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ROBOT CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS FAQ Updated: Mar 1, 2011 Number of events currently listed: 113 THIS LISTING IS PUBLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS: * Posted monthly in comp.robotics.misc, comp.answers, news.answers * Available in HTML format at http://robots.net/rcfaq.html * Available in ASCII format at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/robotics-faq/ * Available in condensed form in Servo Magazine This listing contains brief summaries of known robot competitions around the world, answering the frequently asked questions; Where and when can I find a robot competition? Submission of new contest information is encouraged. All information received will be made available to the public through monthly postings of this listing to newsgroups and the web. I'm attempting to follow up on the incomplete entries but have listed what I know (however little that may be) at this time. If anyone can fill me in on one of the partial listings or knows of a competition that I've left out, send me email! If you find out-dated copies of this document on other web sites, please ask the webmaster to link to this official copy which can found at http://robots.net/rcfaq.html Send updates, new listings, corrections, complaints, and suggestions to: Email steve@ncc.com Event Listing by Date Mar 6-10, 2011 [#LNK006 APEC Micromouse Contest] Mar 11-12, 2011 [#LNK005 AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest] Mar 12-13, 2011 [#LNK056 METU Robotics Days] Mar 19, 2011 [#LNK054 Manitoba Robot Games] Mar 22-24, 2011 [#LNK031 DTU RoboCup] Mar 26, 2011 [#LNK039 Harrisburg University Pennbots] Mar 26-27, 2011 [#LNK074 Robocore] Mar 26-28, 2011 [#LNK083 RobotChallenge] Apr 2, 2011 [#LNK023 CIRC Central Illinois Bot Brawl] Apr 2-3, 2011 [#LNK108 Trenton Computer Festival Robotics Contest] Apr 4-8, 2011 [#LNK003 Alcabot-Hispabot] Apr 9, 2011 [#LNK049 Istrobot] Apr 9, 2011 [#LNK090 Robot-SM] Apr 9-10, 2011 [#LNK109 Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest] Apr 10, 2011 [#LNK086 Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference] Apr 11-12, 2011 [#LNK106 IEEE TEPRA Student Robotics Competition] Apr 14-16, 2011 [#LNK063 National Robotics Challenge] Apr 14-16, 2011 [#LNK112 VEX Robotics World Championship] Apr 15, 2011 [#LNK019 Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races] Apr 15-17, 2011 [#LNK080 RoboGames] Apr 16, 2011 [#LNK038 Greater Philadelphia Sea Perch Challenge] Apr 16, 2011 [#LNK066 Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot Contest] Apr 16, 2011 [#LNK067 Penn State Abington Mini Grand Challenge] Apr 16, 2011 [#LNK082 RoboRodentia] Apr 23, 2011 [#LNK013 Baltic Robot Sumo] Apr 23, 2011 [#LNK100 Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition] Apr 27-30, 2011 [#LNK036 FIRST Robotics Competition] Apr 30, 2011 [#LNK040 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge] Apr 30, 2011 [#LNK042 National Electronics Museum Robot Festival] Apr 30, 2011 [#LNK105 The Tech Museum of Innovation's Annual Tech Challenge] Apr, 2011 [#LNK065 PARTS Indoor Challenge] Apr, 2011 [#LNK110 UC Davis Picnic Day MicroMouse contest] May 7, 2011 [#LNK079 RoboFest] May 4-5, 2011 [#LNK094 Robots Intellect] May 9-11, 2011 [#LNK033 FIRA Robot World Cup] May 9-13, 2011 [#LNK043 ICRA Robot Challenge] May 14, 2011 [#LNK030 DPRG RoboRama] May 14, 2011 [#LNK113 Western Canadian Robot Games] May 20, 2011 [#LNK061 NATCAR] May 20, 2011 [#LNK101 SPURT] May 20-21, 2011 [#LNK032a SwissEurobot] May 23-26, 2011 [#LNK060 NASA RASCAL Robo-Ops] May, 2011 [#LNK009 Austrobot] May, 2011 [#LNK027 CybAiRBot] May, 2011 [#LNK095 RObotX] May, 2011 [#LNK098 Singapore Underwater Robotic Olympiad] Jun 2-4, 2011 [#LNK047 ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition] Jun 3-6, 2011 [#LNK011 AUVS International Ground Robotics Competition] Jun 10-12, 2011 [#LNK064 National Underwater Robotics Challenge] Jun 16-18, 2011 [#LNK055 MATE ROV Competition] Jun 22-27, 2011 [#LNK032 Eurobot] Jun 25-26, 2011 [#LNK044 International Autonomous Robot Contest] Jun, 2011 [#LNK041 HBRC Challenge] Jun, 2011 [#LNK059 Motodrone AFO Competition] Jun, 2011 [#LNK111 UK National Micromouse Competition] Jul 4-10, 2011 [#LNK077 RoboCup Robot Soccer World Cup] Jul 8-12, 2011 [#LNK016 Botball National Tournament] Jul 11, 2011 [#LNK089 RobotRacing] Jul 12-17, 2011 [#LNK012 AUVS International Underwater Robotics Competition] Jul, 2011 [#LNK051 K*bot World Championships] Jul, 2011 [#LNK073 RoboBombeiro] Aug 6, 2011 [#LNK021 Chibots SRS Robo-Magellan] Aug 7-11, 2011 [#LNK002 AAAI Mobile Robot Competition] Aug 9-11, 2011 [#LNK010 AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition] Aug 16-20, 2011 [#LNK114 World Robotic Sailing Championship] Aug, 2011 [#LNK045 International Micro Air Vehicle Competition] Aug, 2011 [#LNK081 ROBOMO Expo] Sep 2-5, 2011 [#LNK029 DragonCon Robot Battles] Sep 17, 2011 [#LNK088 Robotour] Sep, 2011 [#LNK057 Microtransat Challenge] Sep, 2011 [#LNK062 National Junior Robotics Competition] Sep, 2011 [#LNK076 RoboCup Junior Australia] Sep, 2011 [#LNK093 Robots at Play] Oct, 2011 [#LNK017 CalGames] Oct, 2011 [#LNK020 Chibotica] Oct, 2011 [#LNK024 Combots Cup] Oct, 2011 [#LNK025 Competencia Robotica (LARC)] Oct, 2011 [#LNK026 Critter Crunch] Oct, 2011 [#LNK028 Devyanin Mobile Robots Festival] Oct, 2011 [#LNK058 MindSpark] Oct, 2011 [#LNK084 Robothon] Oct, 2011 [#LNK007 Atlanta Robot Rally] Oct, 2011 [#LNK037 The Franklin Cup] Nov, 2011 [#LNK004 All Japan MicroMouse Contest] Nov, 2011 [#LNK015 Bloomington VEX Tournament] Nov, 2011 [#LNK018 Canadian National Robot Games] Nov, 2011 [#LNK046 International Micro Robot Maze Contest] Nov, 2011 [#LNK050 Korea Intelligent Robot Contest] Nov, 2011 [#LNK071 Real World Robot Challenge] Nov, 2011 [#LNK053 Robocon] Nov, 2011 [#LNK075 RoboCountry] Nov, 2011 [#LNK072 Roaming Robots Grand Final] Nov, 2011 [#LNK096 Singapore Inter-School Micromouse Competition] Nov, 2011 [#LNK099 South's BEST competition] Nov, 2011 [#LNK107 Texas BEST competition] Dec 10, 2011 [#LNK085 Robotic Arena] Dec, 2011 [#LNK035 FIRST LEGO League of South Africa Championship] Dec, 2011 [#LNK048 IROC International Robot Olympiad] Dec, 2011 [#LNK078 ROBOEXOTICA] Dec, 2011 [#LNK068 Penn State Abington Robo-Hoops] Dec, 2011 [#LNK091 Robotex] Dec, 2011 [#LNK087 Robotics Olympics] Jan, 2012 [#LNK034 FIRST LEGO League of Central Europe] Jan, 2012 [#LNK069 Powered by Sun] Jan, 2012 [#LNK092 Robotix] Jan, 2012 [#LNK097 Singapore Robotic Games] Jan, 2012 [#LNK103 Techfest] Feb, 2012 [#LNK014 BotsIQ] Feb, 2012 [#LNK052 Kurukshetra] Feb, 2012 [#LNK070 Pragyan] Feb, 2012 [#LNK080a Techkriti RoboGames] Apr, 2012 [#LNK008 Austrian Hexapod Championship] Jul 10-15, 2012 [#LNK022 CIG Car Racing Competition]
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Explanation of fields
Each listing may include these fields: NAME........The name of the competition and/or sponsoring organziation. LAST DATE...Date of the last known occurance of the competition. NEXT DATE...Date on which the next competition will be held. LOCATION....Location where next competition is to be held EVENTS......A listing of the events included in the competition. CLASSES.....Autonomous or Remote-Controlled robots. SIZE........Notes on size or weight of robots that may enter. AWARDS......Type or value of awards for winners. INFO........Who to contact for rules, entry forms, or additional information. OTHER.......Misc. additional information.
AAAI Mobile Robot Competition
NAME: AAAI Mobile Robot Competition
LAST DATE: Jul 11-15, 2010
NEXT DATE: Aug 7-11, 2011
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
EVENTS: Semantic Robot Vision Challenge
Human-Robot Interaction Challenge
Integration Challenge
Robot Exhibition
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/conferences.php
Alcabot-Hispabot
NAME: Alcabot-Hispabot LAST DATE: Apr 12-16, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 4-8, 2011 LOCATION: University of Alcala, Madrid, SPAIN EVENTS: See website SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.depeca.uah.es/alcabot/
All Japan MicroMouse Contest
NAME: All Japan MicroMouse Contest
LAST DATE: Nov 19-21, 2010
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011
LOCATION: Tsukuba, JAPAN
EVENTS: Micromouse
Micromouse Expert
Micro Clipper
Robotrace
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: 25cm x 25cm
AWARDS: Certificates
INFO: http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/
AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest
NAME: AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest LAST DATE: Mar 12-13, 2010 NEXT DATE: Mar 11-12, 2011 LOCATION: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL EVENTS: Different event each year. CLASSES: Autonomous or Remote-Control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: Cash prizes INFO: http://dc.cen.uiuc.edu/
APEC Micromouse Contest
NAME: APEC Micromouse Contest LAST DATE: Feb 21-25, 2010 NEXT DATE: Mar 6-10, 2011 LOCATION: Fort Worth, TX EVENTS: Micromouse maze running CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: 25cm x 25cm AWARDS: Cash prizes and trophies INFO: http://www.apec-conf.org/
Atlanta Robot Rally
NAME: Atlanta Robot Rally
LAST DATE: Oct 23, 2010
NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011
LOCATION: Pinckneyville Community Center, Norcross, GA
EVENTS: Line following
Advanced line following
Beacon killer
Beacon killer plus obstacles
Navigation by dead reckoning
Bulldozer
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: No limits
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.botlanta.org/
Austrian Hexapod Championship
NAME: Austrian Hexapod Championship
LAST DATE: Apr 8, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2012
LOCATION: FH Hagenberg, AUSTRIA
EVENTS: Hexapod dancing
Hexapod race
CLASSES: see rules
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.fh-ooe.at/campus-hagenberg/aktuelles/events.html
OTHER: No contest planned for 2011
Austrobot
NAME: Austrobot LAST DATE: May 8, 2010 NEXT DATE: May, 2011 LOCATION: University of Applied Science, Wels, Austria EVENTS: Temples of Atlantis, Eurobot regional CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Cup and certificates INFO: http://www.austrobot.info/
AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition
NAME: AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Aug 9-13, 2010 NEXT DATE: Aug 9-11, 2011 LOCATION: Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, UND, Grand Forks, ND EVENTS: Fully autonomous air vehicles and sub-vehicles perform tasks CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: Max takeoff weight 1.5kg, max dimension 1 meter AWARDS: Large cash prize which increases each year until won INFO: http://iarc.angel-strike.com/ OTHER: Open to university students only
AUVS International Ground Robotics Competition
NAME: AUVS International Ground Robotics Competition
LAST DATE: Jun, 2010
NEXT DATE: Jun 3-6, 2011
LOCATION: Oakland University, Rochester, MI
EVENTS: Autonomous ground vehicle navigates outdoor obstacle course within
prescribed time while staying within 5mph speed limit.
CLASSES: Autonomous (emergency RC control and manual stop required)
SIZE: Length between 3 and 9 feet. Width < 5'. Height < 6'
(excluding antenna). Propulsion must be by direct ground contact
and powered by combustible fuel or electricity. Payload is a 20
pound block approximately like an 18"x8"x8" cinder block.
AWARDS: $20,000 of prize money. See rules for award levels
INFO: http://www.igvc.org/
OTHER: Open to college students only.
AUVS International Underwater Robotics Competition
NAME: AUVS International Underwater Robotics Competition
LAST DATE: Jul 13-18, 2010
NEXT DATE: Jul 12-17, 2011
LOCATION: SSC Pacific TRANSDEC, San Diego, CA
EVENTS: Autonomous underwather vehicles must complete an underwater
course with various requirements.
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: Not greater than 6 feet long x 3 feet wide x 2 feet deep. Not
greater than 100kg mass.
AWARDS: cash prizes. See rules for award levels
INFO: http://www.auvsifoundation.org/AUVSI/FOUNDATION/Competitions
Baltic Robot Sumo
NAME: Baltic Robot Sumo LAST DATE: Oct 2, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 23, 2011 LOCATION: Klaipeda, Lithuania EVENTS: Mini Sumo CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: Cup as a traveling award and other prizes INFO: http://www.balticrobotsumo.org/
BotsIQ
NAME: BotsIQ LAST DATE: Feb 23-27, 2011 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2012 LOCATION: TBA EVENTS: Student-built "Robots" (RC vehicles) attempt to destroy each other. CLASSES: Remote-Control only SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.botsiq.org/
Bloomington VEX Tournament
NAME: Bloomington VEX Tournament
LAST DATE: Nov 6, 2010
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011
LOCATION: Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN
EVENTS: HoopLa (RC)
Full Pull
Autonomous
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://sites.google.com/site/bloomingtonroboticsclub/
Botball National Tournament
NAME: Botball National Tournament LAST DATE: Jul 7-11, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jul 8-12, 2011 LOCATION: Orange County, CA EVENTS: Robot move black and white balls on game board CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: Robot of appropriate size is provided in kit form AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.botball.org/
CalGames
NAME: CalGames LAST DATE: Oct 22-23, 2010 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011 LOCATION: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA EVENTS: FIRST-based CLASSES: See rules SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.wrrf.org/
Canadian National Robot Games
NAME: Canadian National Robot Games
LAST DATE: Nov 20-21, 2010
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011
LOCATION: Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EVENTS: Sumo
Line following
Fire-fighting
Walker Race
Search and Rescue
CLASSES: See rules
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.robotgames.ca/
Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races
NAME: Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races (10th annual)
LAST DATE: Apr 16, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr 15, 2011
LOCATION: CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
EVENTS: Mobot Slalom
MoboJoust
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: Cash prizes of $1,000 for 1st, $500 for 2nd, $250 for 3rd
INFO: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mobot/
Chibotica
NAME: Chibotica
LAST DATE: Oct 23-24, 2010
NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011
LOCATION: Rosemont, IL
EVENTS: Line following
Maze solving
Mini-sumo challenge
Talent show
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: Will be announced at competition
INFO: http://www.chibots.org/
Chibots SRS Robo-Magellan
NAME: Chibots SRS Robo-Magellan LAST DATE: 24 Jul, 2010 NEXT DATE: 6 Aug, 2011 LOCATION: Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL EVENTS: SRS Robo-Magellan CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.chibots.org/
CIG Car Racing Competition
NAME: CIG Car Racing Competition LAST DATE: Jul 18-23, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jul 10-15, 2012 LOCATION: Brisbane, AUSTRALIA EVENTS: Race Cars controlled by artificially evolved neural nets CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.wcci2010.org/
CIRC Central Illinois Bot Brawl
NAME: CIRC Central Illinois Bot Brawl
LAST DATE: Mar 6, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr 2, 2011
LOCATION: Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
EVENTS: RC Combat
Autonomous Sumo
Line Following
Line Maze
Best in Show
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: Sponsored prizes, trophies and certificates
INFO: http://circ.mtco.com/
Combots Cup
NAME: Combots Cup LAST DATE: Oct 23-24, 2010 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011 LOCATION: San Mateo, CA EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://combots.net/
Competencia Robotica (LARC)
NAME: Competencia Robotica (LARC) LAST DATE: Oct 21-22, 2010 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011 LOCATION: Center for Robotics UTFSM, Valparaiso, CHILE EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://robotica.elo.utfsm.cl/competencia/
Critter Crunch
NAME: Critter Crunch
LAST DATE: Oct 22-24, 2010
NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, CO
EVENTS: Robot combat - 2lbs and 20lbs event catagories
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: Starting size of 12"x12"x12". Expansion during event okay.
Weight limit of 20lbs. Power source must meet OSHA requirements
for indoor use.
AWARDS: Handmade art objects created by local artist. Awards for 1st, 2nd
3rd place as well as "amusing and arbitrary accomplishments".
INFO: http://www.milehicon.org/critrule.htm
History: http://www.owlhouse.org/laboratory/critter.html
OTHER: This contest was created by the Denver Area Mad Scientists. This
group still governs the contests. This is the original robot
battle competition and predates Robot Wars and Battle Bots by
more than 10 years.
CybAiRBot
NAME: CybAiRBot LAST DATE: May 8, 2010 NEXT DATE: May, 2011 LOCATION: Poznan, Poland EVENTS: Sumo (Japanese rules) CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.sumo.put.poznan.pl/
Devyanin Mobile Robots Festival
NAME: Devyanin Mobile Robots Festival LAST DATE: Oct 3-10, 2010 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011 LOCATION: Moscow State University, Moscow ,Russian Federation EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: Trophies and coffee cups INFO: http://www.mobilerobots.msu.ru/en
DragonCon Robot Battles
NAME: DragonCon Robot Battles
LAST DATE: Sep 3-6, 2010
NEXT DATE: Sep 2-5, 2011
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
EVENTS: 12 pound max weight single combat
60 pound max weight single combat
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: Weight limits only.
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.dragoncon.org/
OTHER: Event is part of the DragonCon Science Fiction convention
DPRG RoboRama
NAME: DPRG RoboRama LAST DATE: Nov 13, 2010 NEXT DATE: May 14, 2011 LOCATION: Dallas, TX EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Prizes and certificates awarded for each event INFO: http://www.dprg.org/competitions/
DTU RoboCup
NAME: DTU RoboCup LAST DATE: Apr, 2010 NEXT DATE: Mar 22-24, 2011 LOCATION: Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, DENMARK EVENTS: Varied course including line and wall following CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: Max 50cm high, 45cm wide AWARDS: Cash prizes INFO: http://www.robocup.dtu.dk/
Eurobot
NAME: Eurobot LAST DATE: May 27-30, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jun 22-27, 2011 LOCATION: Astrakhan, RUSSIA EVENTS: Each year the event is different, see rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.eurobot.org/
FIRA Robot World Cup
NAME: FIRA Robot World Cup
LAST DATE: 15-19 Sep, 2010
NEXT DATE May 9-13, 2011
LOCATION: Dubai, UAE
EVENTS: HuroSot - Humanoid Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
S-HuroSot - Single Humanoid Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
RoboSot - Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
S-RoboSot - Single Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
MiroSot - Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
S-MiroSot - Single Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
NaroSot - Nano Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
S-NaroSot - Single Nano Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
KheperaSot - Khepera World Cup Soccer Tournament
S-KheperaSot - Single Khepera World Cup Soccer Tournament
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules for each event
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.fira.net/
FIRST LEGO League of Central Europe
NAME: FIRST LEGO League of Central Europe LAST DATE: Jan 22, 2011 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2012 LOCATION: Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum, Paderborn, GERMANY EVENTS: FIRST LEGO League CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.hands-on-technology.de/en/firstlegoleague/
FIRST LEGO League of South Africa Championship
NAME: FIRST LEGO League of South Africa Championship LAST DATE: Dec 4, 2010 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2011 LOCATION: TBA EVENTS: FIRST LEGO League CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.fllsa.org.za/
FIRST Robotics Competition
NAME: FIRST Robotics Competition
LAST DATE: Apr, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr 27-30, 2011
LOCATION: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
EVENTS: Given a standard kit of parts, a set of rules, and a design
workshop, corporate-sponsered teams of high school students
assisted by professional engineers design and build robots.
CLASSES: Remote-Control
SIZE: Variable - defined in FIRST rules for each competition.
AWARDS: Scholorships and other prizes.
INFO: http://www.usfirst.org/
http://www.innovationfirst.com/
The Franklin Cup
NAME: The Franklin Cup LAST DATE: Oct 9, 2010 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011 LOCATION: Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA EVENTS: "Robots" (RC vehicles) attempt to destroy each other CLASSES: Remote-Control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.nerc.us/
Greater Philadelphia Sea Perch Challenge
NAME: Greater Philadelphia Sea Perch Challenge LAST DATE: Oct 9, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 16, 2011 LOCATION: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA EVENTS: Tethered underwater ROV missions CLASSES: Remote-Control SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.coe.drexel.edu/seaperch/
Harrisburg University Pennbots
NAME: Harrisburg University Pennbots LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: Mar 26, 2011 LOCATION: Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, PA EVENTS: Maze solving and combat CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://web.me.com/wjbechtel/Robot_Competition/Welcome.html
Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge
NAME: Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge LAST DATE: May 23, 2010 NEXT DATE: May 30, 2011 LOCATION: Kahanamoku Pool, UoH at Manoa, Honolulu, HI EVENTS: Timed, multitasking, tethered mission CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: see MATE ROV competition rules AWARDS: N/A INFO: http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/ OTHER: Regional for the MATE ROV competition
HBRC Challenge
NAME: HBRC Challenge
LAST DATE: Oct 27, 2010
NEXT DATE: Jun, 2011
LOCATION: Homebrew Robotics Club, CMU, Silicon Valley, CA
EVENTS: TABLEBot Phase I - Jun 30, 2010
TABLEBot Phase II - Aug 25, 2010
TABLEBot Phase III - Oct 27, 2010
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.hbrobotics.org/
National Electronics Museum Robot Festival
NAME: National Electronics Museum Robot Festival
LAST DATE: Apr 24, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr 30 - May 1, 2011
LOCATION: National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD
EVENTS: Fire-fighting
FIRST
Sumo
Robot combat
CLASSES: see website
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://www.robotfest.com/
ICRA Robot Challenge
NAME: ICRA Robot Challenge
LAST DATE: May 3-8, 2010
NEXT DATE: May 9-13, 2011
LOCATION: Shanghai, CHINA
EVENTS: Planetary Exploration Challenge
Human-Robot Interaction Challenge
Virtual Manufacturing Automation Challenge
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://icra.wustl.edu/
International Autonomous Robot Contest
NAME: International Autonomous Robot Contest LAST DATE: Jun, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jun 25-26, 2011 LOCATION: San Diego County Fairgrounds, San Diego, CA EVENTS: Autonomous navigatioun around fixed obstacles CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: cash prizes INFO: http://www.iaroc.org/
International Micro Air Vehicle Competition
NAME: International Micro Air Vehicle Competition
LAST DATE: Jul 6-9, 2010
NEXT DATE: Aug, 2011
LOCATION: Delft, THE NETHERLANDS
EVENTS: Indoor MAV
Outdoor MAV
CLASSES: Autonomous and Radio Control. See rules.
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://www.imav2011.org/
International Micro Robot Maze Contest
NAME: International Micro Robot Maze Contest
LAST DATE: Nov 7, 2010
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011
LOCATION: Nagoya University, JAPAN
EVENTS: Micro robot racer (1cm cube)
Climbing competition (1cm cube)
Maze Solver (1 inch cube)
2 leg robot competition (2 inch)
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://imd.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/maze/
ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition
NAME: ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition LAST DATE: Jun 3-5, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jun 2-4, 2011 LOCATION: Beavercreek, OH EVENTS: Autonomous lawn mowing CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.automow.com/
IROC International Robot Olympiad
NAME: IROC International Robot Olympiad LAST DATE: Dec 14-17, 2010 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2011 LOCATION: Queensland, AUSTRALIA EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.iroc.org/
Istrobot
NAME: Istrobot
LAST DATE: Apr 17, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr 9, 2011
LOCATION: Slovak University of Technology, Bratislave, Slovakia, EU
EVENTS: Line following
IEEE Micromouse
Mini Sumo
Free Style
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.robotics.sk/
Korea Intelligent Robot Contest
NAME: Korea Intelligent Robot Contest
LAST DATE: Nov 6-7, 2010
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011
LOCATION: POSTECH, Pohang City, Korea
EVENTS: Intelligent robots
Cleaning robots
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://irc.piro.re.kr/
K*bot World Championships
NAME: K*bot World Championships
LAST DATE: Jul 19-24, 2010
NEXT DATE: Jul, 2011
LOCATION: Las Vegas, NV
EVENTS: Two-wheel drive K*bots (autonomous)
Four-wheel drive K*bots (autonomous)
Cyber K*bot Division (RC)
Motorless K*bot Division (simple machines)
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.kbotworld.com/
Kurukshetra
NAME: Kurukshetra LAST DATE: Feb 2-5, 2011 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2012 LOCATION: Guindy, Chennai, INDIA EVENTS: K!onstructor, Khimera, Pandemonium CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.kurukshetra.org.in
Robocon
NAME: Robocon LAST DATE: Nov 21, 2010 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011 LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.official-robocon.com/
Manitoba Robot Games
NAME: Manitoba Robot Games (9th Annual)
LAST DATE: Mar 20-21, 2010
NEXT DATE: Mar 19, 2011
LOCATION: Tec Voc High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
EVENTS: Mini-Sumo - Japanese style
Sumo - Western style
Mini-Tractor Pull - robot pulls weighted sled in minimal time
Super Scramble - Walk, wheel or track, first over mixed terrain
Line Follower - 4 layouts, flat and inclined
Robo-Critters - contest for kids with supplied robot-kit
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: Prizes awarded in each event
INFO: http://www.scmb.mb.ca/
MATE ROV Competition
NAME: MATE ROV Competition LAST DATE: Jun 24-26, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jun 16-18, 2011 LOCATION: NASA JSC Neutral Bouyancy Lab, Houston, TX EVENTS: Varies each year, see website CLASSES: Remote-Control SIZE: 84cm x 61cm x 61cm AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/ OTHER: Open to High School and College Students only
METU Robotics Days
NAME: METU Robotics Days LAST DATE: Mar 12-13, 2010 NEXT DATE: Mar 12-13, 2011 LOCATION: METU Culture & Convention Center, TURKEY EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://topluluk.odturobotgunleri.org.tr/
Microtransat Challenge
NAME: Microtransat Challenge LAST DATE: Sep 11, 2010 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2011 LOCATION: TBA EVENTS: Robot boat race CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.microtransat.org/
MindSpark
NAME: MindSpark LAST DATE: Oct 8-10, 2010 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011 LOCATION: College of Engineering, Pune, INDIA EVENTS: Micromouse, Dogfight, Search and Destroy CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.mind-spark.org/
Motodrone AFO Competition
NAME: Motodrone AFO Competition LAST DATE: Jun 5-6, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jun, 2011 LOCATION: Finowfurt, GERMANY EVENTS: Autonomous Flying Objects CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.motodrone.de/
NASA RASCAL Robo-Ops
NAME: NASA RASCAL Robo-Ops LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: May 23-26, 2011 LOCATION: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX EVENTS: Teleoperated Planetary Rovers CLASSES: Remote-controled SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.nianet.org/RASCAL/RoboOps/index.aspx
NATCAR
NAME: NATCAR LAST DATE: May 27, 2010 NEXT DATE: May 20, 2011 LOCATION: UC Davis Campus, Davis, CA EVENTS: Autonomous robot car race CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: 14 inch max wheelbase, 3 feet max length AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/natcar/ OTHER: A high-speed variation on line-following in which the line is a wire taped to a black floor with white tape. The wire produces a 75KHz magnetic field, so either optical or magnetic sensors may be used.
National Junior Robotics Competition
NAME: National Junior Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Sep 6-11, 2010 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2011 LOCATION: Science Centre, SINGAPORE EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.science.edu.sg/events/Pages/njrcompetition.aspx
National Robotics Challenge
NAME: National Robotics Challenge LAST DATE: Apr, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 14-16, 2011 LOCATION: Marion, OH EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/
National Underwater Robotics Challenge
NAME: National Underwater Robotics Challenge LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: Jun 10-12, 2011 LOCATION: Chandler, AZ EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Remote Control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.h2orobots.org/
PARTS Indoor Challenge
NAME: PARTS Indoor Challenge
LAST DATE: Apr 3, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2010
LOCATION: Portland State University, Portland, OR
EVENTS: Out and Back
Out and Back with Obstacles
Square
Dog-leg or Horseshoe with Obstacles
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.portlandrobotics.org/
Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot Contest
NAME: Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot Contest LAST DATE: Apr 24, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 16, 2011 LOCATION: Penn State Abington, Abington, PA EVENTS: Robot navigates maze and puts out fire. CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/~avanzato/robots/contests/ OTHER: This is a regional qualifier for the Trinity College Fire-Fighting contest.
Penn State Abington Mini Grand Challenge
NAME: Penn State Abington Mini Grand Challenge LAST DATE: Apr 24, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 16, 2011 LOCATION: Penn State Abington, Abington, PA EVENTS: Outdoor autonomous mobile robot navigation CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: $500 prize INFO: http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/~avanzato/robots/contests/outdoor/contest05.htm
Penn State Abington Robo-Hoops
NAME: Penn State Abington Robo-Hoops LAST DATE: Dec 6, 2008 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2011 LOCATION: Penn State Abington, Abington, PA EVENTS: Robots must pick up and shoot or dunk foam balls CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/~avanzato/robots/contests/robo-hoops/
Powered by Sun
NAME: Powered by Sun LAST DATE: Jan 25, 2011 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2012 LOCATION: Ostrava, CZECH REPUBLIC EVENTS: Race of solar powered robots CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://napajenisluncem.vsb.cz/
Pragyan
NAME: Pragyan LAST DATE: Feb 17-20, 2011 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2012 LOCATION: National Institute of Technology, Trichy, INDIA EVENTS: Micromouse, Fix the Android, PIP bot, Crop Circles CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.pragyan.org/
Real World Robot Challenge
NAME: Real World Robot Challenge LAST DATE: Nov 18-19, 2010 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011 LOCATION: Tsukuba Expo Center, Tsukuba, JAPAN EVENTS: Robot navigation CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.ntf.or.jp/challenge/
Roaming Robots Grand Final
NAME: Roaming Robots Grand Final LAST DATE: Nov 7, 2010 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011 LOCATION: Maidstone, UK EVENTS: "Robots" (RC vehicles) attempt to destroy each other CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/
RoboBombeiro
NAME: RoboBombeiro LAST DATE: Jul 17-20, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jul, 2011 LOCATION: San Miguel Pavilion, Guarda, Portugal EVENTS: Fire fighting robot contest CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://robobombeiro.ipg.pt/
Robocore
NAME: Robocore LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: Mar 26-27, 2011 LOCATION: Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Bazil EVENTS: combat CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robocore.net/modules.php?name=GR_Eventos&evento=10
RoboCountry
NAME: RoboCountry LAST DATE: Nov 20-21, 2011 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011 LOCATION: Kochi Obiya, Japan EVENTS: Humanoid Robot Combat CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robocountry4.com/
RoboCup Junior Australia
NAME: RoboCup Junior Australia LAST DATE: Sep 18-19, 2010 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2011 LOCATION: Canberra, AUSTRALIA EVENTS: Dance, Rescue, Soccer CLASSES: Remote-Control and Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robocupjunior.org.au/
RoboCup Robot Soccer World Cup
NAME: RoboCup Robot Soccer World Cup
LAST DATE: Jun 19-25, 2010
NEXT DATE: Jul 4-10, 2011
LOCATION: Istanbul, TURKEY
EVENTS: Soccer Simulation - Teams demo and test their robots
Small-size Robot Soccer - F180 robots play soccer
Mid-size Robot Soccer - Larger robots play soccer
Sony Legged Robot Soccer - Legged robots play soccer
RoboCup Junior - small robots play soccer
Humanoid Soccer - humanoid robots play soccer
Rescue Robots - NIST Standard Rescue Robot Test Field
RoboCup@Home - real world robot event
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: Small/F180 robots are 180 sq cm or less (e.g. 10cm x 18cm)
Mid-Size roboat are 50cm x 50cm x 80cm
Junior robots are under 220 sq cm and 22cm in diameter
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.robocup.org/
ROBOEXOTICA
NAME: ROBOEXOTICA
LAST DATE: Dec 2-5, 2010
NEXT DATE: Dec, 2011
LOCATION: Vienna, AUSTRIA
EVENTS: Serving cocktails
Mixing cocktails
Bartending conversation
Lighting cigarettes/cigars
Other achievements in electronic cocktail culture
CLASSES: See rules
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.roboexotica.org/
RoboFest
NAME: RoboFest
LAST DATE: May 8, 2010
NEXT DATE: May 7, 2011
LOCATION: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
EVENTS: Game Competition - 2 autonomous robots work together
Robot Exhibition
RoboFashion Show
Mini Urban Challenge
Fire Fighting
VEX
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://robofest.net/
RoboGames
NAME: RoboGames LAST DATE: Apr 23-25, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 15-17, 2011 LOCATION: San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, CA EVENTS: FIRA, BEAM, Mindstorms, and Combat CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robogames.net/
ROBOMO Expo
NAME: ROBOMO Expo LAST DATE: 16 Aug, 2010 NEXT DATE: Aug, 2011 LOCATION: Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO EVENTS: see website CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robomo.com/
RoboRodentia
NAME: RoboRodentia
LAST DATE: Apr 18, 2009
NEXT DATE: Apr 16, 2011
LOCATION: California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, CA
EVENTS: Autonomous micromouse-like robot must navigate maze, pick up balls,
and place balls in a "nest".
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: No limit (must navigate 12" wide paths in 8'x4' arena)
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: https://sites.google.com/site/calpolycomputerengineering/
RobotChallenge
NAME: RobotChallenge
LAST DATE: Mar, 2010
NEXT DATE: Mar 26-28, 2011
LOCATION: Vienna, AUSTRIA
EVENTS: Parallel Slalom
Slalom Enhanced
Standard Sumo
Mini Sumo
Micro Sumo
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.robotchallenge.org/
Robothon
NAME: Robothon
LAST DATE: Oct 22-24, 2010
NEXT DATE: Oct, 2011
LOCATION: Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
EVENTS: SRS Robo-Magellan
MicroMouse
Line Following (2 categories)
Line Maze
Walking Robot Race
Mini Sumo
3kg Sumo (autonomous and RC)
CLASSES: Remote-Control and Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.robothon.org/
Robotic Arena
NAME: Robotic Arena LAST DATE: Nov 13, 2010 NEXT DATE: Dec 10, 2011 LOCATION: Wroclaw, POLAND EVENTS: Minisumo, Sumo, line following, freestyle CLASSES: see rules SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://lirec.ict.pwr.wroc.pl/~arena/
Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference
NAME: Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference LAST DATE: Nov 7-8, 2009 NEXT DATE: Apr 10, 2011 LOCATION: Woburn, MA EVENTS: Robot Mobility through Unconventional Means CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Cash prizes up to $5,000 INFO: http://ricc.wpi.edu/
Robotics Olympics
NAME: Robotics Olympics
LAST DATE: Dec 4, 2010
NEXT DATE: Dec, 2011
LOCATION: Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
EVENTS: Robot programming
Line following
Maze solving
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://www.hartnell.edu/robotics
Robotour
NAME: Robotour LAST DATE: Sep 18, 2010 NEXT DATE: Sep 17, 2011 LOCATION: Vienna, AUSTRIA EVENTS: Autonomous navigation in a park CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotika.cz/
RobotRacing
NAME: RobotRacing LAST DATE: Jul 24, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jul 11, 2011 LOCATION: University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA EVENTS: Autonomous car racing CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotracing.org/
Robot-SM
NAME: Robot-SM LAST DATE: Apr 18, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 9, 2011 LOCATION: University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SWEDEN EVENTS: Sumo, Mini-Sumo, Robot Pentathlon CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotsm.se/
Robotex
NAME: Robotex LAST DATE: Dec 3-4, 2010 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2011 LOCATION: Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, ESTONIA EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Cash and non-cash prizes INFO: http://www.robotex.ee/
Robotix
NAME: Robotix LAST DATE: Jan 28-31, 2011 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2012 LOCATION: IIT Khargpur, West Bengal, INDIA EVENTS: Ballista, Pirate Bay, RAFT, RoboCop, Fugitives, Negotiators CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Cash prizes and certificates INFO: http://www.robotix.in/
Robots at Play
NAME: Robots at Play LAST DATE: Sep 10-12, 2009 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2011 LOCATION: City Square, Odense, DENMARK EVENTS: Robots compete to demonstrate playfulness and interactivity CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotsatplay.dk/
Robots Intellect
NAME: Robots Intellect LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: May 4-5, 2011 LOCATION: Kaunas, LITHUANIA EVENTS: Robots must fetch 1 kilo "bag of gold" CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: 9000 EUR INFO: http://www.robotsintellect.lt/
RObotX
NAME: RObotX LAST DATE: May 14, 2010 NEXT DATE: May, 2011 LOCATION: Polytechnic University of Bucharest, ROMANIA EVENTS: Eurobot event CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotx.ro/
Singapore Inter-School Micromouse Competition
NAME: Singapore Inter-School Micromouse Competition LAST DATE: Nov 15-18, 2010 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011 LOCATION: Ngee Ann Polytechnic, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE EVENTS: Micromouse maze running CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: 25cm x 25cm AWARDS: Trophies INFO: http://www.np.edu.sg/alpha/micromouse/mice_contest.htm
Singapore Robotic Games
NAME: Singapore Robotic Games
LAST DATE: Jan 25-27, 2011
NEXT DATE: Jan, 2012
LOCATION: Singapore Science Center, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
EVENTS: Micromouse
Sumo
Robot Soccer
Intelligent Robot Competition
Wall Climbing
Pole Balancing
Underwater Robots
Legged Robot Marathon
Legged Robot Obstacle Race
Robot Colony
Humanoid Competition
School Robotic Competition
CLASSES: Varies by event, see rules.
SIZE: Varies by event, see rules.
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/srg/
Singapore Underwater Robotic Olympiad
NAME: Singapore Underwater Robotic Olympiad LAST DATE: May 26, 2010 NEXT DATE: May, 2011 LOCATION: Republic Polytechnic, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE EVENTS: ROV CLASSES: Remote Control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.rp.sg/seg/
South's BEST competition
NAME: South's BEST competition
LAST DATE: Nov 18-20, 2010
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011
LOCATION: Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
EVENTS: Different each year, see web site for details. The listed date
is for the state-wide championship contest. A month earlier, the
various teams have regional contests and the winners go on to
compete at the state-wide competition. BEST is very similar to
the larger FIRST contest except that in the BEST event, teams of
students build robots from standardized kits with only minimal
guidance from their corporate sponsers.
CLASSES: Remote-Control only
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.southsbest.org/
http://www.bestinc.org/
Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
NAME: Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition LAST DATE: Apr 17, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 23, 2011 LOCATION: Boulder, CO EVENTS: Ground and air circumnavigation of Sparkfun building CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10435
SPURT
NAME: SPURT (School Projects Using Robot Techniques) LAST DATE: May, 2010 NEXT DATE: May 20, 2011 LOCATION: University of Rostock, Rostock-Warnemunde, GERMANY EVENTS: Race on the SPURT track CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: Must fit on track and be less than 20cm broad AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://spurt.uni-rostock.de/
SwissEurobot
NAME: SwissEurobot LAST DATE: May 27-28, 2010 NEXT DATE: May 20-21, 2011 LOCATION: Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland EVENTS: Eurobot regional CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: 120cm AWARDS: Cup and certificates INFO: http://www.swisseurobot.ch/
Techfest
NAME: Techfest LAST DATE: Jan 7-9, 2011 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2012 LOCATION: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, INDIA EVENTS: ArchiTech, Autobots, Nexus, Robowars, Split Second CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.techfest.org/
Techkriti RoboGames
NAME: Techkriti RoboGames LAST DATE: Feb 18-21, 2010 NEXT DATE: Feb 17-20, 2011 LOCATION: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India EVENTS: see website CLASSES: Autonomous and remote control SIZE: See website AWARDS: See websiteINFO: http://www.techkriti.org/#/competitions/robogames/
The Tech Museum of Innovation's Annual Tech Challenge
NAME: The Tech Museum of Innovation's annual Tech Challenge LAST DATE: Apr, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 30, 2011 LOCATION: Parkside Hall, San Jose, CA EVENTS: Explore the Volcano CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: US Savings bonds and other prizes. See website. INFO: http://techchallenge.thetech.org/
IEEE TEPRA Student Robotics Competition
NAME: IEEE TEPRA Student Robotics Competition LAST DATE: 9 Nov, 2009 NEXT DATE: Apr 11-12, 2011 LOCATION: Woburn, MA EVENTS: see website CLASSES: see website SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.tepra2011.wpi.edu/
Texas BEST competition
NAME: Texas BEST competition LAST DATE: Nov 19-20, 2010 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2011 LOCATION: University of North Texas, Denton, TX EVENTS: Total Recall CLASSES: Remote-Control only SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.eng.unt.edu/texasbest/ http://www.bestinc.org/
Trenton Computer Festival Robotics Contest
NAME: Trenton Computer Festival Robotics Contest LAST DATE: Apr 23-25, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 2-3, 2011 LOCATION: College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, NJ EVENTS: Maze Navigation, Precipice avoidance, Micromouse CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.tcf-nj.org/
Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest
NAME: Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest
LAST DATE: Apr 10-11, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr 9-10, 2011
LOCATION: Trinity College, Hartford, CT
EVENTS: The goal of the contest is to produce a computer controlled robot
capable of navigating through a mock house, locating a fire, and
extinguishing the flames. Robot with the shortest time wins.
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: 31cm x 31cm x 31cm. Expansion of robot or extension of probes
is not permited at any time. No weight limit.
AWARDS: Cash and non-cash prizes. See rules for distribution.
INFO: http://www.trincoll.edu/events/robot/
UC Davis Picnic Day MicroMouse contest
NAME: UC Davis Picnic Day MicroMouse contest
LAST DATE: Apr 14, 2010
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2011
LOCATION: University of California, Davis campus, CA
EVENTS: Micromouse faces an unknown path from start to finish of maze.
The maze cannot be solved by wall hugging. Mouse must map maze
and determine shortest path, using advanced algorithms.
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: Maximum base of 25 cm. by 25 cm. No height restriction (must
fit through door of building!).
AWARDS: Non-cash prizes for both categories.
INFO: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/umouse/
UK National Micromouse Competition
NAME: UK National Micromouse Competition LAST DATE: Jun 27, 2010 NEXT DATE: Jun, 2011 LOCATION: Birmingham, UNITED KINDGOM EVENTS: Micromouse CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Brass cheese and cash prizes INFO: http://www.tic.ac.uk/micromouse/
VEX Robotics World Championship
NAME: VEX Robotics World Championship LAST DATE: Apr 22-24, 2010 NEXT DATE: Apr 14-16, 2011 LOCATION: Kissimmee, FL EVENTS: High school and University VEX contests CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote Control SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.vexrobotics.com/competition/
Western Canadian Robot Games
NAME: Western Canadian Robot Games
LAST DATE: May 14, 2010
NEXT DATE: May 14, 2011
LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
EVENTS: Robot Sumo Wrestling - western standards (5kg,9"x9")
Mini Sumo
Walking Robot Triatholon (3 events for walking robots)
Robot Art and Innovation - open class
Atomic Hockey - Ping Pong Particle Physics
Well Head Blowout - similar to fire extinguiser contests
BEAM Solaroller - Solar-powered bot race
BEAM Photovore - More solar-powered bots
SolarSpeeder Competition
General exhibition, workshops and lectures
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: Varies with contest, see rules.
AWARDS: Cash prizes ranging from $50 - $500
INFO: http://www.robotgames.com/
World Robotic Sailing Championship
NAME: World Robotic Sailing Championship LAST DATE: Jun 7-10, 2010 NEXT DATE: Aug 16-20, 2011 LOCATION: Lubeck, Germany EVENTS: Robot sailboats must navigate an ocean course around buoys CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.roboticsailing.org/
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