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Weir-Warman and Engineers Australia
Design & Build Competition - 2008
Project “READY” – Responsible Aid for Distaster, Year-round
2008 RULES:
- Project "READY" Responsible Aid for Disaster, Year-round-2008 (v2)
- Project "READY" Responsible Aid for Disaster, Year-round- 2008 (v1)
THE CONTEXT:
The Gondwanan people have lived an idyllic lifestyle for some time but they are concerned by their observation of troubles on other planets. The report of global warming on Earth is one such example. The Gondwanans, who worry much, have heard of the effects of fires, floods, quakes and cyclones in many sectors of the galaxy and they want to be well prepared for any natural disaster that might come their way.
THE DILEMMA:
In response to the perceived needs, the Gondwanan Emergency Response Organisation (GERO) has been tasked by the Gondwanan Parliment to be prepared to provide autonomous emergency relief to those stranded in difficult urban and rural environments under a number of scenarios. To help with minimising logistic support and to keep within their limited budget, they velieve a singel versatile device will be the best approach. But what should the device look like and how should it operate? They do not know.
THE ENVIRONMENT:
Inter alia (amongst other things) GERO want an all terrain device to help get relief packages to where they are needed. GERO recognise that such a capability could also be of great value following accidents or acts of terror. Unfortunately, the likelihood of these events seems to be growing in the current epoc.
The GERO has conceived a "test track" to explore possible technical solutions vuty they have little engineering knowledge or skills to conceive, design, create and demonstrate a range of prototypes themselves. They have decided that with their minimal funding allocated to prize money, they will run a competition, which for the winner could lead to travel, fame and fortune; and for the GERO, a plan to meet their charter for readiness.
THE CHALLENGE:
The GERO have advertised their competition widely across the galaxy. Their specifications calls for a single autonomous device to deal with transportation and deployment of relief payload.
Fortunately, teams of engineering students from Earth are about to visit Gondwanan as part of their work experience programs and the GERO are keen to engage them in the competition. On previous visits such engineering students have rendered invaluable assistance with solutions to similar engineering problems, and the Gondwanans again are hoping to benefit from the innovative budding engineers.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective is to design, build and prove a prototype device in a laboratory environment that serves to navigate difficult terrain and deploy a response payload. Can you win the Gondwanan Emergency Response Organisation's competition? Can you achieve an unbeatable score?
Can you assist in Project Ready - Responsible Emergency Aid for Disaster, Year-round?
National Organiser:
Dr Warren Smith
Phone: 02 6268 8262
Fax: 02 6268 8276
Email: w.smith@adfa.edu.au
See: http://www.adfa.edu.au/acme/studentactivities/warman/index.html
Students participating are encourated to consider well the Judges tips:
- Warman - Judges Tips
- Warman - Judges Tips (Word Document)
Previous Year's Competitions:-
- Project "Escape" - 2003
- Project "PEP" -
2004
- Project "SCAD" - 2005
- Project "ABC" - 2006
- 2003 Final Results
- 2005 Final Results
- 2006 Competition Results
- 2007 National Final Results
For information on previous year's competitions, please refer to the following web sites:-
University of Southern Queensland - The Warman Student Design and Build Competition and Warman Trophy - http://www.usq.edu.au/warman_comp/
NCED (The National Committee on Engineering Design) - Weir Warman Design & Build Competition - http://www.ncedaust.org/competitions_awards