Technology and Engineering

Welcome to the Technology and Engineering page! Here, you will be able to find descriptions and resources regarding your event, a link to the GroupMe specifically for this category, and other information you may find important. If you have any questions, contact the event captain.

Click on any of the below links for access to the rules for each event, as well as resources that will guide you towards being successful in that event!

Events for Engineering and Tech:

Robot Tour

• Design, build, program and test one Robotic Vehicle to navigate a track to reach a target at a set amount of time as accurately and efficiently as possible. 

Tower

• Design and build a Tower (Structure) meeting the requirements specified in these rules to achieve the highest structural efficiency. 

Scrambler

• Team of 2 and will take about 12 minutes

• Will need to build a vehicle that transports an egg a certain distance to be as close to a final barrier as possible, without hitting the barrier.

• The only source of propulsion for the vehicle is a falling mass

• The entire device, including the mounted egg, must be shorter than 0.90 m in every dimension 

• Vehicle is impounded before the event 

• Teas will create a design log tracking the various iterations and testing of a team's vehicle

Flight

• Team of 2 and will take about 15 minutes

• Teams will create a heavier-than-air aircraft with any wing configuration (e.g., monoplane, biplane, triplane, tandem wing, canard), Helicopters, Gliders, Ornithopters, and Gyrocopters with the aim of achieving the maximum time aloft.

• The only propulsion for said aircraft is a rubber motor, utilizing the stored potential energy of a stretched rubber band

• Teams will create a special flight-design log tracking the various iterations and testing of a team's vehicle

• Each team must bring their team-built plane, their testing log, and any tools needed,