Day: January 17, 2017

We’re all ready for our first hack/race day next Sat, 1/21, at the new Oakland warehouse location for DIY Robocar events.

There are three tracks:

1) A RGB lane track:

2) A white-line track for 1/10th scale cars, which is designed to model lanes on real roads. The ones below are just temporary markings; the final lines will be wider and properly stuck to the surface.

3) A walled-in course created by the PowerRacers group for PowerWheels-type racers, especially those using LIDAR to navigate

Rules:

 

For White-Tape track:

• 1.5 meter (5 foot) wide course with borders in 70-110mm (3-4 inch) wide white tape.
• yellow tape at the centerline 35mm – 55mm (1.5-2 inch) wide
• The course must have at least one left turn, right turn, hairpin turn(1.5m outside radius) and gradual turn ( >3m outside radius)
• Course should fit in a box 20m x 15m
• Up to 3 cars at a time (for now)
• Course may not be smooth so the car should be able to handle step shaped bumps of up to 25mm (1 inch)
• People will stand 3 meters away from the track.