Sunday, April 6, 2008
Fish-shaped Flying Robots, Propeller-driven Helium Balloons in Competition
A fish-shaped robot and propeller-driven helium balloons competed for the title of fastest, lightest flying robot in an event featuring engineering students from all over Asia.
Competitors were required to build remote-controlled flying machines of under 150 grams (5.3 oz) that had to pass through goal posts and film objects on the ground in a three-minute race.
Juho Lee, a 20-year-old South Korean of Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology who had built a robot attached to balloons, won the first leg of the two-day event that started on Friday.
Other participants said they were hoping to build future space shuttles or fly robotic spy planes
Competitors were required to build remote-controlled flying machines of under 150 grams (5.3 oz) that had to pass through goal posts and film objects on the ground in a three-minute race.
Juho Lee, a 20-year-old South Korean of Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology who had built a robot attached to balloons, won the first leg of the two-day event that started on Friday.
Other participants said they were hoping to build future space shuttles or fly robotic spy planes
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