The Goal:

Robots must find and extinguish a lit candle in a model home of 2,5 by 2,5 meters with four rooms, and do so without human intervention. The fastest robot wins.

Annual competitions are held in Toronto and Hartford, Connecticut

The club owns a fire fighting house (sometimes called a maze). It is available for use by club members on the last Monday of every month between 5:00 PM and 10:00 PM. It is located in the Beaverbrook area of Kanata. For directions, email Ron at . The need to postpone the fire fighting meeting may arise ocassionally, so be sure to check the status posted on the ORE home page.

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LOCAL ROBOTS

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	owner: Ron C.
	owner: Albert
	"Bobette" owner: Martin info
	"SRX1" owner: Stephane info
	"Bribot" owner: Ron C. description (MS Word) schematic video (mpeg,750k)
	"KISS" owner: Ron C. description software more pictures - top, bottom, back, front-left video - 2.7M version (avi/DivX) video - 10M version (quicktime)

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The Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest

Held every April in Hartford, Connecticut, this event is the largest in North America and attracts robots (and their owners) from around the globe.

The Official website

Floor plan

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Eastern Canada Robot Games

The Official website

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Misc. Links

An article from Acroname

related ORE_bit messages: 3381, 3392

Home-Rolled Flame Detectors (PDF)

 

Here is a good page from a past winner

Fire-Fighting Robots Group on Yahoo