Competitions

IGVC (June 5-8, 2010) Rochester, Michigan

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Objective

Develop solutions that aid the de-mining process while exercising excellent engineering practice.

More specifically we aim to

• Develop a humanitarian low-cost landmine detection robot
• Design the robot such that it is competitively independent (i.e. regarding platform and sensors)
• Minimize detection faults by at least 50%

Code of Ethics

We, the members of the Cornell MineSweeper, in recognition of the importance of our efforts, and in accepting a personal obligation to our objective, its members and the world we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:

1. To be a non profit organization with the sole intent of creating humanitarian applica-tions of technology;
2. To accept responsibility in making decisions consistent with the safety, health and wel-fare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment;
3. To avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist;
4. To be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data;
5. To reject bribery in all its forms;
6. To improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences;
7. To maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations;
8. To seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and cor-rect errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others;
9. To treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, religion, gender, disability, age, or national origin;
10. To avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or mali-cious action;
11. To assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.

Approved by team leaders of Cornell Mine Sweeper 2008.