Robot info
Builder info
Robot:
Minotaur
Builder:
Marco Antonio Meggiolaro
Type:
Drum spinner
Job:
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Team:
RioBotz
Marco Antonio Meggiolaro (Captain), Daniel Freitas (Driver), Gabriel Barsi (Electronics), Carlos Junior (Electronics), Rodrigo Almeida (Fabricator), Rodrigo Nogueira (Fabricator), Lohan Marins (Assembly)
Years competing:
15 years
Hometown:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Favorite tool:
Dead On Annihilator Superhammer (we like to call it Zombie Killer)
Favorite robot:
Ava from Ex_Machina
Interesting fact:
In 2009 my research group designed and built a brain-machine interface that allowed us to control a 120lb combat drum robot only using our thoughts.
