Sunday, March 17, 2019

RidgeRun support "Armstrong" Robot at The 2019 FIRST® Robotics competition by providing NVIDIA Jetson support


FIRST Robotics Competition [1] Team 102, The Gearheads, from Somerville High School in NJ, demonstrating the "Armstrong" - The robot for the 2019 season. They hope that the combination of Nvidia TX1, Auvidea J90LC, and drivers from RidgeRun will provide a cost effective, state of the art Computer Vision solution.  Go Gearheads!

[1] https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc

RidgeRun help getting the kernel built with the IMX219 V4L2 driver for TX1 on the Auvidea J90-LC for state of the art Computer Vision solution for The 2019 FIRST® 2019 season.

Pictures from the FIRST Robotics Competition at Bridgewater, NJ on March 16, 2019.
"Armstrong" - The robot.

Please note the Ridgerun graphic on the "Armstrong" - The robot.

"Armstrong" - The robot in action.

More close-up Ridgerun graphic on the "Armstrong" - The robot


Team 102, The Gearheads, qualified for the finals out of 35, went on to tie in the semi finals and ultimately finished very favorably.


Next competition is the Greater Pittsburgh Regional in PA on Mar 20 - 23.


Watch out! and we will keep updating as the competition progress.

For more information please contact us at support@ridgerun.com or for purchase related questions post your inquiry at our Contact Us page. 

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