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About GCER
About GCER
GCER is a professional conference designed for students, their teachers/mentors, tech ed professionals, robot enthusiasts, and invited professional guests. The conference includes guest speaker sessions, breakout sessions, and the International Botball Tournament.
Please learn more about GCER on the official site.
Focus for 2024
Focus for 2024
This year's theme focuses on space and the moon.
NASA's BRAILLE project and its use of robots influenced this theme. The BRAILLE project simulations, also, mimic potential missions on Mars. Learn more about NASA's BRAILLE project:
https://costar.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceapps/spaceapps.html
Keynote Speakers at GCER
Keynote Speakers at GCER
Anouk Wipprecht
Anouk Wipprecht
Designer | Engineer | Educator | Public Speaker
Kevin Sloan
STEM Program Management | Educator | Director of the University Rover Challenge
Kevin Sloan
STEM Program Management | Educator | Director of the University Rover Challenge
Dr. Jennifer G. Blank
Dr. Jennifer G. Blank
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science | Division of Space Sciences & Astrobiology: NASA Ames Research Center
Team Practice Sessions
Team Practice Sessions
Thursday,
June 6th
Work session in
preparation for GCER
Working with motor basics
Robot rebels on a custom function
Designing a new claw and arm
New design for poms & airlocks
Extending from astronauts to a cube
Grabbing and moving the tubes
Grabbing and dropping the tubes
Paper Updates
Mining & Robotics
Finalizing outline and research
Libraries
Survey shared, two responses so far
Tuesday,
June 11th
Work session in
preparation for GCER
Issues with Tubes still
Got that Astronaut... sort of
Running together
Paper Updates
Mining & Robotics
Abstract ready for review
& writing main paper
Libraries
Demonstrating how to setup a custom library
Thursday,
June 13th
Work session in
preparation for GCER
Robot fails to line up correctly, and brings the arm down in the wrong spot, resulting in the claw coming apart. Some adjustments needed.
Calculating scores
Tallying up total number of pieces used
Running together
Rebuilding the Arm
On a Zoom call with Tim Corbly
Paper Updates
Mining & Robotics
Conducted an interview with an expert in the field
Libraries
Online talk with Botball's Tim Corbly about applications of libraries for teams.
Thursday,
June 27th
Paper Updates
Papers submitted for approval June 24th
Working on presentations and paper final edits
Tues. and Wed.,
July 2 & 3
Zooming between US and India to revise paper presentation
Analyzing scoring data
Balancing bot weight
Lost a week of practice due to Hurricane Beryl.
121 Texas counties were placed under a severe weather disaster declaration as Beryl approached. Beryl made landfall as a Cat. 1 Hurricane, near Matagorda County. It produced wind gusts over 60–70 mph (97–113 km/h) with a peak gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) in Brazoria. An additional 13 tornadoes were confirmed in Texas, created by Beryl. More than 2.7 million lost power, some for more than a week. Estimated damage in Texas is over 2.5 billion USD.
Monday,
July 15th
Starting our last full week before GCER, and our first practice following Hurricane Beryl.
adjusting code
recording a test run
continued work on the presentation
full run, work in progress
working on the Rock Heap, some adjustment still required
adding photos to the presentation
setting the robot
Tuesday,
July 16th
scoring a practice run
setting up another test run
Wednesday,
July 17th
Continued work during the last full week of practice.
rechecking rules
counting parts and pieces
checking parts used to parts list
brainstorming build adjustments for the task
replacing a motor and wheel
robots running
setting up new jigs
running bots
Thursday,
July 18th
Last day of the last full week of practice.
progress
and setbacks
updating run log
adjusting arm builds
code adjustments
discussing remaining time
a few last test runs
Monday,
July 22nd
Last full day to practice, tomorrow we'll pack up the robots for travel.
still working on that arm
Tuesday,
July 23rd
Short practice, presentation prep, and then time to pack the robots for travel.
partial group photo on our final day before travel;
some of the other members are already in transit.
Global Conference
for Educational Robotics
Global Conference
for Educational Robotics
WAIS Robotics Team Students and Coaches
at the Convention Center in North Carolina
Seeding
Early matches consist of seeding, where teams run individually. Their scores determine which brackets they'll compete in, and who they'll compete against.
Judges talk through the points scored, and teams may compare their own scores against the judges to make sure everything matches and nothing is missed. Our teams received recognition for our diligence in checking and confirming our scores.
Presentations
In addition to competing on the board, teams must also present information about their team and their strategy, followed by questions from a judge.
One of our teams scored a perfect 100%, and the other a 98%.
Help Desk & Support
Anything worth doing will come with challenges. It's to be expected that a robotics tournament and conference will have a few technical difficulties here and there. KIPR Botball staff helps provide support in these situations.
The conference includes opportunities for students to meet and network with others, as well as sessions from speakers.
Student Papers
& Presentations
Students are also able to write and present research papers. Three of our students submitted papers, and two presented.
The conference always includes a few other fun events as well...
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