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Thanks for an amazing 2012 competition!

Thanks to all of our sponsors for making the competition possible, and thanks to all the contestants for making this year's contest spectacular!

The video can be watched online here:
View 6.270 2012 Video

The team websites are now posted: Team Websites

2012 Competition - Feudal Frenzy

Two hundred and seventy years into the sixth millennium . . .

Earth has been mostly abandoned, and the only remaining inhabitants are the humans who chose to stay following the destruction of Earth's natural resources and the mass exodus of 3276.

Condemning the technology that scarred the landscape before, they live much like the people of the medieval times, with castles, kingdoms and a primitive agrarian society. Plagued by war and disease, much like in the past, humans are living in a new dark age. Hunger and tribal warfare threaten to destroy humanity forever.

Long dormant robots, developed by wise men and women alive before the apocalypse, arise from the depths of the mines of Miasmador. In the final hour, these robots will battle for supremacy by demonstrating their superior resource gathering and leadership abilities to win the support of future generations, and save us from destruction.

Your task, as the wise engineers of pre-apocalypse Earth, is to develop one of these robots to save humanity. You will have just 1 month to do so. Register for 6.270 this IAP and accept the challenge! Teams of 3 - register individually.

About 6.270

6.270 throws you head-first into the world of autonomous robotic systems. If you're a robot expert, we'll put your skills to the test; otherwise we'll teach you the basics of control systems, localization, navigation, and more to get you up to speed. In its 25 year history as the original IAP programming/robotics competition, 6.270 has maintained its reputation as one of the most fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding courses at MIT.

You will work in a team of three to build and program a fully-autonomous robot in just 3.5 weeks, with a final showdown on February 1st. Robots are constructed out of LEGO, and programmed in C to utilize an array of electronic components including gyroscopes and IR distance sensors. Teams compete for great prizes.

Video clip from IAP 2010

2011 Team Websites up now

The team websites from last year's competition are now online. Check out the team pictures and contest descriptions from the perspective of the participants! Also, check out the 2011 final competition: click here to view the video.

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