Azoresbot: An Arduino Based Robot for Robocup Competitions

Abstract

Robotic competitions in the context of the Robocup festival or similar, obey to a certain set of challenges that demands for each robot to have a set of sensors and actuators adapted to different environments. In this paper we present the Azoresbot robot that was developed in the context of a robotic regional competition which intends to foster the learning of robotics and programming in Azorean schools. In the context of this festival, the robot was presented as a kit that teams had to build, to test and, then, to program for different competitions. This robot was created thinking in the modularity and adaptability needed to the different challenges in the competitions.