After winning the Myanmar Roboleague 2019 National Robotic Competition, our team was qualified to represent Myanmar for participating in the 2019 FIRST Global Competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the FIRST Global competition, we won the Judges First Award for comprehensive excellence in mechanical design, engineering analysis - such as implementation physics and mathematics -, software design, and composition of the robot engineering book.
Team members are [from left to right] Thiha Zaw (me), Thaw Dar San, Khant Kyaw Khaung, Hein Htut Zaw, Htet Myat Aung (student mentor), Win Naing Kyaw, and Myint Myat Aung Zaw (mentor).
Team information can be found here.
We named our robot "Flying Dutchman", inspired from the Pirates of the Caribbean and to align with the theme of the competition "Ocean Opportunities". The goal of the theme was to "learn about real-world challenges related to cleaning up the world’s oceans, and what actions we can take to help make a change" (FIRST Global, 2019).
We were given about 3 months to build the robot and prepare for the competition. REV robotics kit was provided, and it included aluminum frames, connecting joint brackets, motors, electronic hubs and wires, and necessary tools and wrenches. Fusion 360 was used to draft and plan for the design, and then the robot was built. REV robotics kit included a control hub to program and drive the robot, and JAVA was used as the main language by our programmer team.