Lipscomb University
 


Music City BEST
2008 Competition
"Just Plane Crazy!"
The 2008 BEST competition's theme is "Just Plane Crazy!". BEST Robotics, Inc. (BRI) returns to the surly bonds of earth after spending a year on the Martian surface performing tasks necessary to ready a space station for habitation by astronauts. In 2008, student-designed robots will address the Lean and Efficient manufacture of airplanes.

BRI has decided to form a new company,  namely, BEST Aircraft Company. The new company will focus upon the BEST way to assemble an aircraft using robots that integrate BRAIN (Best Robotics Advanced Instruction Node) control. BRI has decided to compete as many as four Divisions (teams) of the new company against one another to leverage new ideas and technology in order to derive the most efficient processes.

Because of the urgency to meet demands, each Division must show how much work they can accomplish in a relatively short period of time (match). The Division robots have only three minutes to perform the following tasks:
  • Exit the starting position and activate the tie-breaker switch which also activates the Warehouse light(s)
  • Navigate around, or re-position Foreign Object Debris (FOD)
  • Enter the Warehouse and collect subassemblies of the aircraft being assembled and deliver them to the Assembly Area
  • Completely assemble each aircraft and transport it to the Delivery Center and assist it into Flight.
Points will be awarded at the end of the match based upon progress and performance toward these goals.


For more information on the challenge visit: www.bestinc.org