An Italian wins the grand prize at element14's Twist, Turn and Move challenge

Participants in the challenge sponsored by the Farnell community creatively applied robotics to everyday life, using TE Connectivity components, Arduino Uno and Robotics shields

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element14 Community has announced the winners of its design challenge Twist, Turn and Move. Ten challengers, equipped with a selection of TE connectors, an Arduino Uno and Robotics shields, had 11 weeks to design and build a robotic arm or mobile robot to complete a specific task.

"We were amazed by the creativity of the challengers during the Twist, Turn and Move design challenge. Not only did they give concrete thought to the use of robotics in everyday life, but they also showed great ingenuity," said Dianne Kibbey, Global Head of Community and Social Media at element14. "Through the challengers' blog posts, it is amazing to see the thought process behind these creations. We are very happy to announce the winners and continue to support an incredible community of creative engineers."

"I am amazed at the outcome of this exercise, " said Michael Steuer, Global Account Manager Industrial of TE Connectivity. "History has shown that great developments sometimes start small and with a good idea, so I'm excited to see where these ideas will go!"

Of the 10 sponsored challengers in the Twist, Turn and Move design challenge, eight completed all five posts and submitted their final projects. The element14 Community judging team selected a grand prize winner and a runner-up:

  • Grand Prize Winner-Ambrogio Galbusera from Italy created Rullit, a solar panel cleaning robot designed to clean solar panels using painter's rollers. The robot has a fun and inexpensive method of locomotion and is controlled remotely via a mobile app. According to the judges, "The world is called to provide more green energy, and pollution can affect cell efficiency. People have to keep their cells clean and this is almost impossible, especially if they are on the roof." Ambrose received a Flash Forge Guider II 3D printer and an iRobot Roomba robot vacuum cleaner with automatic emptying for a total value of $2100.
  • Runner-up - Dale Winhold from Canada created Unlimited CNC, a prototype CNC laser cutting machine that can cut without limits. A judge commented, "Overall, the result of this exercise amazed me. History has shown that big breakthroughs sometimes started small with a good idea, so I'm excited to see how it will turn out." Winhold received an iRobot Bravaa Jet Mop robot and an Ender 3 V2 3D printer worth $500.

Challengers were judged on their ability to use the Challenger's Kit in the most creative way, as well as publish multimedia-rich blog posts with photos, videos and code examples. The remaining six participants received a Multicomp Pro Multimeter worth $30 as a final prize.


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