slot-bots video

Here's the UM news office video on the slot-bots competition!

machine pickup + material reclaim

All,

Happy new year + welcome back from the break.

We'd like to keep the following machines for display, and to serve as examples for slotbots-II in F10:

-murphy's law

-legend

-sei jin's army

-men

-ramrod

-fearpong

-cleansweep7

-victors

-stiga

-juggernauts

-holeinone

If your machine is not listed here, you may pick it up this Thurs or Fri from 4-5pm in 1131ggb. At that time, you will be asked to return and sort the remaining materials in your kit box, so you only take your machine. If no one from your team can make either time, make arrangements with John Baker (jjbaker@umich.edu)

If you'd really really like to take your machine and it is on the list above, please contact me to ask first.

If you are OK with us keeping your machine but want to claim some other items (except for unused kit stuff) from your project box, please also visit the lab at the hours above.

thanks

grades and machine pickup

All-

- Your letter grades will be posted next Monday.

- Due to end-of-semester travel, we will make your machines available (and will ask to borrow some for display) for pickup after the break. I'll make an announcement about this after Jan/1. You'll also be able to get your MS10 score detail then.

I hope you enjoyed ME250 and have a great break!

wrap-up

1. Your team and individual reflections are due on your blog by 9AM Monday. Many of you have described your machine in detail already and you don't need to repeat yourselves - just be sure that you have a good description of your final machine, a few photos, etc. overall.

2. Complete the team evaluation form that has been posted on ctools. This is to be submitted by noon Tuesday (Dec/15) via the corresponding ctools assignment. Type your responses into the document. Your responses will be held strictly confidential.

3. Your MS10 grades will be posted early next week.

4. Letter grades will be posted no later than Monday, December 21.

5. We will be in touch regarding a time for machine pick-up and reclaim of unused kit parts.

slot-bots on annarbor.com

http://www.annarbor.com/news/students-showcase-projects-at-u-m-engineerings-design-expo/

with captions at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36693965@N04/sets/72157622851153057/

slot-bot results

Thanks and congratulations to all for an exciting and successful competition yesterday. Here are the results:

First Place: Murphy's Law - Vince Ji, Mac Van Loon, Corwin Stout, Michael Wang

http://me250-f09-murphyslaw.blogspot.com/

Second Place: Team Legend - Tony DeMarco, Dan Forhan, Nathan Rowley, Jimmy Wobith

http://me250-f09-legend.blogspot.com/

Third Place: Sei Jin's Army - Michael Czarnecki, Dave Huston, Jeff Plott, Nathan Thome

http://me250-f09-seijinsarmy.blogspot.com/

Fourth Place: MEN - Dimitris Assanis, Adam Hall, Nathan Lusk, Paul Schrems

http://me250-f09-men.blogspot.com/

Bracket with scores: http://bit.ly/7p8O19

Recognition by staff consensus

Best mechanical design - MEN

Best manufacturing - Hole in One

Most creative AND riskiest - Fear Pong, Stiga

Strongest machine - Murphy's Law

Most complicated machine - LAWN

Occam's razor (simple and effective design) - Team Ramrod

Funniest - Sei Jin's Army

First place - Murphy's Law

Second place - Team Legend

Third place - Sei Jin's Army

seeding and bracket

Please see the link below for the updated contest instructions, including seeding and the first round bracket

See you tomorrow at the gallery!

http://bit.ly/5hfoG6