Accomplishments

2nd Place (Stella) in Midwestern Robotics Design Competition 2019
3rd Place in Systems Engineering, NASA Robotic Mining Competition 2016
2nd Place for the Caterpillar Autonomy Award, NASA Robotic Mining Competition 2017
2014-2015 Competition Highlights
3rd place Overall at NASA Robotic Mining Competition 2015
3rd Place (Team GlaDos) and 4th Place (Team Pandora) at JSDC
2014-2015 Operating Highlights
Increased team membership by 45 people
Diverse membership spanning the Honors College, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, and Alpha Eta Mu Beta
Sponsorship from AMD, Motorola, NVidia, SICK Sensors, SolidWorks, and NASA
High School/Middle School/Elementary School Outreach Events

Looking Ahead

EDT Shop/Headquarters will be renovated in Summer 2020
Teams Stella, Artois, and Air will participate in the Midwest Robotics Design Competition
Teams Devastating Wind and Cyclone will compete in the Robobrawl Competition
Four new project teams will be starting at EDT in 2020, including the Robotic Arm, Drift Trike, Filament Recycler, and maze mice.

Competition Results

2000-2001 First year at JSDC. The task was unscrewing light bulbs.

2001-2002 Bocci-Bob (later known as Thor) at JSDC. Task was bowling & bocci balls.

2002-2003 Moto-Bob and Scarab at JSDC. Task was balloons.

2003-2004 Ares taken to JSDC. Task was tetris pieces. EDT secured their current shop space.

2004-2005 Ares and Thor (Bob 2.0) at JSDC. Task was picking up foam balls. EDT won most creative award for Ares.

2005-2006 Ares and Thor. Thor was the first fully autonomous robot at JSDC. Task was picking up foam balls. Ares wins first place, Thor was most innovate.

2006-2007 EDT’s first time at IGVC with Achilles.
Took Ares, Thor, Odin, and Loki to JSDC. Task was hula hoops and Frisbees. Ares-3rd, Thor-4th.

2007-2008 IGVC – Achilles.
Ares, Thor, Odin, and Loki to JSDC. Task was hoops and Frisbees again. Ares-1st Thor-4th.

2008-2009 IGVC – EDT Qualifies for the first time!
Took Ares, Thor, Odin, and Kronos to JSDC. Task was balloons. Kronos-2nd, Odin-Demo Champion.

2010-2011 3rd Place at JSDC with Raijin, and Good Sportsmanship Award with Sephiroth. Task was foam balls
IGVC – Kratos and Enyo

2011-2012 Task at JSDC was foam balls
JSDC 1st Place – Sepiroth
JSDC 2nd Place + Demolition Champion – Raijin
IGVC – Kratos

2012-2013 IGVC – EDT Qualifies for the second time! They also took home 3rd in Engineering Design, 15th in JAUS, and 22nd in Auto-Nav. This earned them 8th Place overall, an EDT PR!
First place at JSDC with Thanatos. Lamashtu wins Demolition Champion.

2013-2014 Task at JSDC was cones and soccer balls
JSDC 1st Place – Team Richard + “Most Single Round Points”
JSDC 3rd Place – Team GlaDos + “Most Minimalist”
RMC 17th out of 36 – Hushpuppy
IGVC 7th out of 50 + 2nd Place Engineering Design – Scipio

2014-2015
JSDC 3rd Place – Team GlaDos
JSDC 4rd Place – Team Pandora
RMC 3rd out of 46 – SuruS