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TROIA Robotics Team - Technology, Robotics,
Optimization and Artificial Intelligence
Person in Charge:
Professor Felipe Oliveira e Silva
felipe.oliveira@deg.ufla.br
Institutional Information:
www.nucleoestudo.ufla.br/troia
troia@dcc.ufla.br
Background:
TROIA team, whose name is a Portuguese acronym
for Technology, Robotics, Optimization and Artificial
Intelligence, stemmed from the merger of two research
centers, NemecaBotz and Ctrl Alt, both focused on
designing robots for university competitions. The merger
occurred in 2012 and preserved the goal of the original
centers, to wit, participate in robotics competitions in
Brazil and abroad. The team’s first official project, the
Hobbyweight category (5.5 kg) “Kamikaze” combat
robot, took seventh place among 32 competitors in its
debut at the VIII Winter Challenge in 2012 in São Paulo.
In 2014, it won first place in the team’s first international
competition, Stem Tech Olympiad in Miami, USA.
This competition was also the debut of the team’s most
challenging project, the Lightweight category (27.2 kg)
“Achilles” robot, which finished third. Subsequently, in
the X Winter Challenge, TROIA reached the highest
place on the podium in the Hobbyweight category with
its second project, the “Pé de Pano” robot. Also in 2014,
the team developed its fourth combat robot, “Pegasus,”
Featherweight category (13.6 kg), which in the following
year won first place in its debut at the Submarine URC
competition, Campus Party, Brazil. The team is currently
expanding its scope of categories through the creation
of a robot hockey team and new projects.
Overall Objectives:
To build competition robots with the aim of
participating in national and international
competitions, through research, development and
application of knowledge acquired by its members in
their undergraduate education, united to competition
experience in the categories Follow Line, combat and
robot hockey.
Areas of Expertise:
1. Project management: ways to optimize organizational,
bureaucratic, financial and marketing processes.
2. Mechanics: Research, development, design and
construction in the field of mechanics applied to
robotics. This involves areas such as mechanical
design, materials and manufacturing processes.
3. Electronics: Development of electronic boards.
This mainly deals with electric motors and software
development for autonomous and radio controlled
robots.
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