The electronics and automation undergraduate program and the robotics club held two webinars in order to strengthen the use of technological tools and several techniques for the development of robots. The webinars were titled "Diseño de robot seguidor de línea con sistemas embebidos" and "Diseño de robots minisumo y microsumo"

The talks were led by students Luis David López and Javier Guin, members of IEEE Robotics / Automation Society. They were guided by their professor, Byron Lima, coordinator of the robotics club. 

During the conference on the design of robots, presented by Luis David Lopez, they spoke about the category "line follower", robot parts and materials that improve efficiency during a competition. They also carried out a simulation through with Proteus 8.7 software and discussed the importance of line follower robots in industries. 

Lopez answered participants' questions and gave some suggestions. "During a competition there are many difficulties regarding the tracks and the size of the robot, I suggest putting carbon fiber bars on your sensors in order to regulate distance; the most important thing however, is that you know your robot well "

Sumo robots represent Japanese sumos, the purpose of this competition is to push the other competitor out of the dohyo (competition area). It is the same in competitions where robots have to lift the opponent so that tires lose traction and they leave the area.

In the conference on the design of mini-consumption and micro-consumption robots, presented by Javier Guin, the topics were: categories and regulatory sizes of the tournament, materials and structures of robots, as well as the sensors and motors that allow better development during competition and the most common strategies applied in combat.

Guin said: "My goal is to inspire my colleagues to join the branch (IEEE Robotics) and take part in competitive robotics, not to be afraid, answer their questions and take advantage of quarantine to motivate their creativity and try to design a prototype."

The electronics and automation undergraduate program and the robotics club are constantly holding webinars; the next one will be on automation software and telecommunications software.   

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Watch the conferences:  

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