Current activity

TeamDARE is currently building a double bass playing robot! The first mechanical design drawings have been completed:

  4 string actuators, for plucking damping and slapping.

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Gigs in 2012

ISG-ISARC 2012, Eindhoven, NL	26-29 June
CCM Mechatronica Trofee 2012 , Eindhoven, NL	6 June
Martin van den Brink Award, Eindhoven, NL	30 May
Robocup Dutch Open, Eindhoven, NL	25-29 April
Brainport Development, Eindhoven, NL	25 January

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Gigs in 2011

Hightech Topevent 2011,'s Hertogenbosch, NL	13 April
RoboNED Conference, Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, NL	27 April
The CCM Waiter on Wheels Mechatronics Contest 2011, Eindhoven, NL	16 June
Xelvin career event @ HTC, Eindhoven, NL	3 November
Tech talk @ ASML, Veldhoven, NL	7 November
Jet-Net Career Day, Eindhoven, NL	21+22 November

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History

TeamDARE is a small team of enthousiastic engineering specialists that share a common hobby: building robots!. The team originates from an internship at the TU/e back in 2001, while participating at Eurobot. Ever since, teamDARE has been building robots and participated at competitions such as Robot Wars in 2002 and Eurobot in 2005 and 2006. Since 2008, teamDARE is participating in the Artemis Orchestra Contest to build a robot band that can participate in an orchestra.

The team is unique in combining industry experience in embedded, intelligent systems, from daily work with long term friendship and experience in robot building. The teams strength is its balance and synergy between mechanics, electronics and computer science. This and help from sponsors make it possible for the team members to combine these endeavors with their full time jobs.

TeamDARE always strives to develop and design their own solutions, with attention to simplicity and low cost. This includes circuit design and layout, building and designing mechanical constructions that require a minimum amount of difficult-to-construct parts, and software design with a preference for open source and solutions that are backed-up by thriving software communities.

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Team members

The team configuration has changed from year to year. Currently the following members are participating in the next challenge:

Name	Looks	Discipline	Member since
Arne de Roest		Mechanics	2011
Bart Janssen		Mechanics	2001
Bastiaan Zuurendonk		Mechanics	2008
Dimitri van Heesch		Software	2005
Frank van Heesch		Electronics	2001
Harm Belt		Software	2007
Heico Sandee		Electronics	2001
Jan Ridder		Mechanics	2011
Mark Nievelstein		Mechanics	2001
Ward van Vlimmeren		Electronics	2001