of the fact BOW was the only robot using ultrasonic
sensing and never touched the maze walls. Unfortunately,
maze solving robot mentor Bill Bechtel couldn’t get it done
with his robot — accurately named Loser — which decided
to climb the maze wall rather than navigate it (Figure 8)
Hack-A-Bot
PennBots partnered with the National Electronics
Museum in Linthicum, MD, on April 9th to conduct two
1st Place
Flea Ant Beetle
FleeWee
Demonator
Nick Barber
Fangus
Bill Bechtel
Kyle Singer
2nd Place
3rd Place
Cleanup
Dick Kelley
Bigfoot
Dave Kelley
Heath Hill
Dave Graham
Snaggletooth
Dave Graham
TopsyTurvy
Bill Bechtel
Table 1. Downtown Dogfight Winners.
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