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The 2023 12 Hours of Science Atrium is a contest open to teams of students from Wilfrid Laurier University.
The concept is very simple. Whichever team completes the most laps in 12 hours wins.
The challenge will be that, during that 12 hours, you may not physically touch your car with your hand or any hand-operated implements.
Batteries, chargers, motors, wheels/tires and drivetrains, an assortment of programmable electronics and RC control units will be standard and supplied to the contestants by The 12 Hours of Science Atrium team.
The cars will be fast enough to be fun, but not so fast as to make this a contest of who can recruit the best driver.
Batteries are “previous generation” batteries as are the motors and speed controllers. The intent of the contest is not to be about who can buy the best emerging technology, but rather who can get the most out of existing, proven and safe technologies.
The team that makes the wisest use of the resources available to them will emerge victorious and win both bragging rights and a cash prize!
The concept is to supply groups of students with electric cars with grossly insufficient range to complete the mission of driving for 12 hours continuously. It’s up to the students to figure out how to best manage the energy consumption and re-charging to maximize the distance travelled.
While manual manipulations of the car and batteries are not allowed during the race (exceptions for crash recovery/repairs), it IS permissible to make machines that manage maintenance requirements, so long as those machines are made within the allotted budget.
CAD training as well as the resources of the Science Maker Lab and other partners will be made available to the teams in the months leading up to the actual race day.
The goal of this event is to inspire students to think of ways to use the energy required for transportation far more efficiently than it is now, but in a manner that does not adversely affect transit times.
Teams can comprise of up to 6 current Wilfrid Laurier University Students. These students can be from any discipline and can be undergraduate, graduate or a combination thereof.
Teams must be exclusively from Laurier. All members must have current grade averages of at least 70% to participate in this contest.