Robotics

Robotics

Description

Here is our hypothetical scenario. You work for a local grocery store. One day the store owner engages with you and learns that you are both familiar with technology, and heavily involved with robotics. They are impressed with your knowledge and experience in the domain. The owner has seen the Walmart cleaning robots on social media and wants something similar for their store to run after hours when no one is around.

On your following shift they approach you, and offer a written design brief proposal. They say “I know you only have so much spare time, but I’m really interested in working with you to develop a floor cleaning robot for our grocery store chain. Given the time to develop a fully working model would require significant efforts and time, I want something that demonstrates some basic functionality. If things go well, I will compensate you accordingly, and I am willing to develop an official contract to fund this project. I have drafted a proposal that highlights the core features I want.” Your goal is to achieve everything in the owner’s proposal so you can enter the more fruitful contract and secure the bag. This proposal can be found in the Procedures and Timelines Section.

Notes

• Team Registration - Please sign up your team with this form

• This year the team size is 1-5 students, a max of two teams per school. A TEECA team must be comprised of students from the registered college/university, with a maximum of one graduate student. 

Coordinator

Professor Joseph Kaskel, with North Carolina State University

Guidelines

Robotics ⚙️ 2025 TEECA East Challenge