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MTRAS Promotional Documents and Graphics

When promoting, referencing or linking to the Middle Tennessee Robotic Arts Society (MTRAS), we ask that you use the following documents and links.

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Quick Trip

Event Summary

The objective of this contest is to create code for a robot (built or purchased) that will start moving from one side of a field, cross a line at the other end of the field, turn and return to the original starting line. The robot that accumulates the highest score wins.

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Line Following

Event Summary

The objective of this contest is to create code for a robot (built or purchased) that will follow a black line on a white background without losing the line. The robot to complete the course in the shortest period of time while accurately tracking the course line from start to finish wins.

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Video - Learn how to solder

Video - Learn how to solder

One of the hardest simple things about electronics is soldering. I had a EE professor once say that soldering was "impossibly easy" which, only those who have tried to figure it out on their own, have come to understand the meaning of this description. I have been trying (and mostly failing) to solder for years before I was sent the links below but, by the end of the first video, I could solder tenfold better than my best previous attempts. After the the second video, I was ready to take on the world. 

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