About This Competition
Portal: Firefighting is the IEEE RAS robotics competition run by the IEEE RAS chapter at the University of Jordan Student Branch, where teams build their own robots and send them through a maze arena to find and put out a flame. Competing with my colleague Abdullah Abu Dabaseh, we placed 3rd in this edition, held on 6 October 2018. We entered again the following year, in IEEE RAS Portal: FireFighting I in June 2019, and finished 4th while taking the Best Design and Clean Sheet awards.
Highlights
- Placed 3rd with my colleague Abdullah Abu Dabaseh, competing on 6 October 2018 at the University of Jordan.
- Teams sent self-built robots through a plywood maze arena to reach a flame and extinguish it, with judges following each run around the arena.
- Organised by the IEEE RAS chapter of the University of Jordan Student Branch, with the event carrying IEEE Day branding.
- Returned the following year for IEEE RAS Portal: FireFighting I in June 2019, where we finished 4th and won the Best Design and Clean Sheet awards.