We are proud to announce that we’ve broken the PAVE recruiting record with an all time high of over 50 new members. Although the increase coincides with the expanded enrollment of B.S.E. students at Princeton, several of our new members are Sophomores and Juniors, and many are from disciplines outside the engineering school. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be participating in the 2010 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC), which will run from June 5-8, 2010 in Rochester, Michigan. At this point, we are still finalizing our plans for our 2010 entry, which is yet to be named. Check back in the coming months for news and updates on the progress of our 2010 IGVC team.

The Princeton IGVC team will be arriving in Rochester, Michigan on Thursday for the 17th annual IGVC. The competition begins tomorrow with the first round of design competitions. We will be making our design presentation on Saturday. Today, our team is enjoying a day at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, before completing the remaining two hours to the competition location. We’ll be updating the blog with plenty of photos and videos as the competition progresses. Check back soon!

The IGVC team continues to make good progress after recovering from setbacks encountered prior to exhibiting during the NYC FIRST Regional Competition. Since last week when the new electrical system components arrived, the team has been working to get the robot wired up and rolling on its wheels again.
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PAVE was at the 2009 NYC FIRST Regional Competition from March 7 to March 8, 2009. This is the second year that we have been invited to exhibit at the competition’s career expo. This gave us a chance to show Prospect 12 and our build-in-progress robot for the 2009 IGVC to hundreds of middle- and high-school students from the greater New York City area. Team photo after the break. Read the rest of this entry »