

Notre Dame's units used computer vision (pixie-cam) to pair with a unique color on its wide receiver and track the azimuth in real time. Grand Prize - $2,000 (awarded by Notre Dame AME Department): Purdue-Kokomo (Notre Dame is ineligible for the Grand Prize)īest Innovation Award - $1,000 (awarded by VisualEdge): Split ($500 each) between Valpo and Notre Dame, both of which have functional Quarterback/Receiver technology that tracks a moving receiver, and adjusts the speed of the thrown ball to the calculated distance.
#Kokono beat full
Union came with a few robots, while Notre Dame and Purdue-Kokomo brought full teams and scrimmaged. Notre Dame and Purdue-Kokomo tied for first place in the combine with 24 points (using the swimmer scoring system). On April 2 nd, the 2016 Intercollegiate Robot Football Combine took place in the Stepan Center at ND, with four participating teams: Notre Dame, Purdue-Kokomo, Valparaiso, and Mount Union (new entrant to the conference). Valparaiso's huge victories were due to the outstanding performance of their quarterback/wide-receiver system, where they racked up big points on passes, in addition to touchdowns.

