Mario Bros Project Competition

Table 1 and a figure below show the point values and arena dimensions of the different tasks, respectively, involved in this competition. Teams have forty seconds to gain points with coins, Mario and Luigi, the gold star, and Princess Peach. Teams can eliminate negative points by sweeping away Donkey Kong and Bowser. The machines are triggered by a switch at the beginning of each round and perform independently for the remainder of the forty seconds. An ideal machine would be able to perform all of the tasks; however there are a number of difficult challenges involved with the competition that limit the machine’s capabilities.

Used the priority table to identify and finalize what points our team is going to prioritize on getting.

This is an initial 3D model of the machine using SolidWorks. We prioritized to gain points from removing Donkey Kong & Bower, putting Mario & Luigi in the green tube and pushing the star button.

Successfully prototyped a machine that can remove Donkey Kong & Browser and press the star button behind the dolls, using mouse traps and an actuator.

This is the final design of the machine.

And lastly a practice run of the machine before the competition.