DEFCONBOTS - An Autonomous Robotics Competition at DEFCON(defconbots.org)
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DEFCONBOTS - An Autonomous Robotics Competition at DEFCON
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Thanks for organizing!
I did it back in DEFCON 14 and had a blast!
Where's a good place to discuss/ask questions about the rules?
EDIT: Just found https://github.com/Defconbots/2014_Competition_Rules/issues
Where's a good place to discuss/ask questions about the rules?
EDIT: Just found https://github.com/Defconbots/2014_Competition_Rules/issues
2014 is the year Defcon abandons all pretenses that they were not a fed/military recruiting event.
I've never been on the other side of a conspiracy theory. This is interesting.
Achievement unlocked!
Please explain this view. I fail to see how a robotics competition means federal recruiting.
Targeting fast moving objects is the apex of warfare engagement. (coordination strategy perhaps more transcendent.)
Will al-Qada field a team; or bring any hot chicks in burkas to seduce the winners?
Awesome! That goes really well with the upcoming course on Controlling Mobile Robots I was gonna take https://www.coursera.org/course/conrob
Magnus's Finite Automata course was one of my favorites at GaTech and I'm sure you won't be disappointed with his Coursera offering.
Anyone in the Santa Monica/LA area want to take a stab at this competition?
Anyone in the Santa Monica/LA area want to take a stab at this competition?
This sounds like fun. Perhaps Gen. Alexander could be invited to MC the event.
I'm looking forward to seeing this being submitted as a contest/event :-). It also reminds me I need to update the site!
Seems so much fun.
What would be the Hackers News's features for this robot ? :)
Where will the contest take place?
We really love robotics and wanted to bring the contest back but wanted it to be more programmer-friendly. We're hoping that a simple reference design and less mechanically-challenging contest will get more CS folks interested and participating.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=fryguy