Impossible Robotics: REcYcLE rush robot demonstration

In the blog post ‘Engineering the future: Impossible Robotics‘, we introduced you to the young Dutch team that Victron Energy are delighted to sponsor.

On Monday Victron Energy R&D staff along with some of the team member’s families and team coach Henk van der Wal, were first given a presentation and then a demonstration of the Impossible Robotics REcYcLE rush robot in action. Sticking with competition rules, the team had until midnight on Monday to finalise their design. Here are some photos and a video from their demonstration day.

The team’s challenge is to move objects and containers about a game area, stacking them and filling them with items. Here’s a short 1 minute video proof of concept – and a nice tune!

On the 16th of March the team travel to America for the REcYcLE rush challenge to be held in Richmond, Virginia , USA from  Mar 18th – Mar 21st, 2015.

We’ll continue to report regularly here on the Victron blog, as the team continue to progress. Do show your support for them in the DISQUS comments section below and/or like and follow them using these links:

Website – Impossible Robotics

Twitter – Team5412

Facebook – impossible.robotics

From all at Victron Energy, we thank the Impossible Robotics team and coach Henk van der Wal for an excellent day, presentation and demonstration – and naturally we wish you all the very best for the next phase of the competition.

John Rushworth.