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.
