Atmel has posted the official press release at it’s website. Here’s an abstract:
Three Winners Announced for Atmel Robotics Contest
San Jose, CA, October 4, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced winners for the Atmel Robotics Contest, sponsored by the Atmel University Program. Judges challenged the teams to bring Mel, the University Program mascot, inspired robots to life at the World Maker Faire 2012 in Queens, New York, on Saturday, September 29.
Congratulations to the three winning teams:
- Third place: Roger Tang, Ali Kocaturk, Sam Baran and Syed Sakib from the University of Texas, Austin for their robot, DWAI (Don’t Worry About It)
- Second place: Kristina Pardo, Andrea Fant, Evdokiya Kostadinova and Haris Khan from Furman University for their robot, Aldo
- First place: Ryan Huston from Folsom Lake College for his robot, Pinhead
The four judges were Alf-Egil Bogen, Atmel AVR® microcontroller co-inventor, Brian McLaughlin,GeekDad’s editor, Eric Weddington, Atmel’s open source community manager and Bob Martin, Atmel’s MCU applications manager.
An announcement has also been posted on the Furman News and Events page.