Cal Poly IEEE CMS

Natcar is an annual competition held by UC Davis or UCSD in May 2010. The objective is to create an autonomous RC-scale size vehicle capable of detecting and following a current-carrying wire as quickly and accurately as possible. This time will be the first year the IEEE or even Cal Poly will put together a team to compete and as such, it will be a great learning experience! This will put into practice the team's knowledge on physics, mechanical, circuit design, microcontrollers, programming, and other engineering skills.

PolyKart is now a quarterly competition that the IEEE-SB here at Cal Poly hosts. The goal is to interface up to three infrared emitters/sensors with the PolyBot Board, an exclusive board made by Professor Seng and is normally used as a robot controller board for use in Roborodentia, senior projects, and any project requiring microcontroller control, and to make the new "Kart" follow a black lined course that is different every quarter. One of the highlights of the competition is to see who can go around the track the fastest and most accurately. Please check out some of our videos from last year's competition! The new videos will be posted shortly!

Roborodentia is an annually held robotics competition hosted by IEEE-CS branch during Cal Poly's Open House during the month of April. The objective is to build a robot that will meet the specifications of the competition and compete against other entries for three prize levels ($1000 for 1st, $600 for 2nd, and $400 for 3rd place). In the past, line-following robots have competed in head-to-head double elimination style tournaments where the object was to launch the most ping pong balls into the opposing robot's net. Participants have included a team of ME, CSC, CPE, EE, undergraduate or graduate students. IEEE this year would like to sponsor from 2-3 competitive and talented (2-3 student) teams to compete. To many students, this has become their senior projects as well. So if you've had previous experience in classes, robots, or Roborodentia and would like to participate please e-mail the club's Technical Projects Coordinator with a general info and experience, to be considered for one of the teams.

Roborodentia 2010 has been cancelled. Therefore, there are no IEEE-sponsored or any other Roborodentia teams this year.

LED Matrix Display:
The IEEE lounge needs to visually appeal to students as well as inform them of current club events. The LED Matrix Display group is designing an array of LED matrix display from scratch to mount on the outside of the lounge. This display will light up LEDs and display current club events as well as any other messages. Some of the knowledge that will be needed to design this project are some digital design concepts, microcontrollers, circuit design, and maybe some materials fabrication. We're looking forward to a cool display!

Motion-LED Cube :
Do you love those fun and basic games such as snake on the old gaming stations or even your phone? Now imagine a motion based gaming cube (no relation to Nintendo's GameCube); enough said.

Selling discounted lab kits and parts are some of the many services our IEEE club provides to students. In order to continue providing and improving on cost-effective and efficient items, a group of students is working with our Parts Manager to create a software database to track item purchases, statistically analyze them, and modify their information as needed.

Parking Lot Counter:
Do you ever drive around campus in circles for more than 5 minutes to find a free parking space? This a problem that Professor Oliver and a group of students are attempting to improve with a prototype for a parking lot occupancy detection system. This system will include wireless self-sustainable sensor nodes with an on-line application system that will host the occupancy information on the Internet. The team is currently researching a prototype to implement on one of the school parking lots. This is considered an on-going project that will last at least a year.