Announcing the Third Annual Onshape Design Competition

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Go head-to-head with top CAD designers in the third annual Onshape Design Competition! We’ve partnered with the Battlebots team Midnight Invention to bring you a contest like never before: designing a new weapon system for their robot Switchback.

You can work alone or as a team to design a new vertical spinner and wedge system for the robot. And since Switchback was modeled in Onshape, you can work from their model to design your own weapon system.  

Don’t forget to register for Onshape Live to participate. View the Onshape document for full competition details.

EvanReese

@alnis this is basically on a silver platter for you.

bryan_lagrange

I agree with @Evan_Reese

MichaelPascoe

Exciting! 

Question:
Do we have to "design a new vertical spinner and wedge system" ? 
or can we "design your own weapon system" ?

richard_doyle

MichaelPascoe said:

Exciting! 

Question:
Do we have to "design a new vertical spinner and wedge system" ? 
or can we "design your own weapon system" ?

I think a design will have to follow the specs laid out to be eligible to win the prize(s), but I wouldn't mind seeing some really off-the-wall weapons. If you're in it just for the fun, I say go for it!

Richard

bryan_lagrange

So that would be a NO for the rocket launcher I guess.

MichaelPascoe

alnis

Haha @Evan_Reese @bryan_lagrange I don't know if I can participate as a current Onshape intern XD

EvanReese

Easy. Resign for a week, win, then get the internship back.

alnis

@Evan_Reese I don't think it would be appropriate for a presenter to resign before the conference

EvanReese

okay okay okay you're off the hook then. For real though, I'm excited to see what people come up with.

Domenico_DiMare

We've gotten some questions and wanted to clarify the rules around what you can design.

You are designing a new system that can occupy the volume where the vertical spinner and forks/wedges were. If you are able to design a weapon system that provides a competitive advantage, fits the existing Switchback model, and follows the rules of Battlebots, then go for it! We do expect many of the submissions to be novel and creative takes on a vertical spinner and wedge/fork system, as that is what the Switchback robot provide the best opportunities for.

MichaelPascoe

For those interested, I believe these are the Battlebots Rules. Page 7 (Section 8) deals with weapons.