Dear UC Robotics Supporter:

The 2006 UC Robot Team intends to compete in the International Ground Vehicle Competition at Selfridge Air National Guard Base Harrison Township, Michigan in June 10 - 12, 2006. To compete, student teams must design and construct a mobile robot that will autonomously navigate an obstacle course using state of the art machine vision, sonar, electronics, and artificial intelligence computing. The development of future engineers, scientists, and leaders in these disciplines is crucial to continued global industrial competitiveness. The competition is of the highest caliber and has international teams from Japan and Canada.

Our student team members and faculty advisor meet regularly each Friday to design, build, and test the complex Bearcat robotic vehicle. We are adding more sensors and refining the original prototype, but now need funding for development of a new robot, The Bearcat Cub. We are seeking individual or corporate sponsors to help the UC Robot team complete our competition vehicle. In return for sponsorship we will:

1) Provide a Certificate of Sponsorship

2) Display your company logo on the Bearcat robot vehicle, team T-shirts, and event booth.

3) Display your company logo on our Web page at:
http://www.robotics.uc.edu/

Visit our website to share our design technology and follow the development of The Bearcat Cub throughout the design competition.

Sponsorship serves to demonstrate your support for the students and manufacturing student activities. There is also an opportunity to become acquainted with outstanding students who are creative, energetic and inventive and could be a future asset to your company.

Donations may be made to the:

UC Center for Robotics c/o The UC Foundation
College of Engineering Development Office
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210018
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0018

Please feel free to call us at (513) 556-2730 or (513) 556-4687 to discuss this opportunity.

More information on the contest may be found at: www.IGVC.org

Sincerely,

All team members

Contact Information:

Mark McCrate
Team Leader
Email: mcmptk@YAHOO.COM

Masoud Ghaffari
Treasurer
Email: ghaffam@email.uc.edu

Ernest L. Hall
Faculty Advisor to the Robot Team
Email: Ernie.Hall@uc.edu