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[ Home | Blogs | Events | Robots | Humans | Projects | Podcasts | About | Account ]ROBOT CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS FAQ Updated: May 1, 2013 Number of events currently listed: 126 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 condensed form in Servo Magazine * Available in condensed form on Robot Magazine website 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 May 3, 2013 SPURT May 3-4, 2013 RoboRave May 3-4, 2013 Swiss Eurobot May 6-10, 2013 ICRA Robot Challenge May 9-12, 2013 Eurobot May 11, 2013 DPRG RoboRama May 11, 2013 Western Canadian Robot Games May 13, 2013 RoboFest May 18, 2013 CybAiRBot May 18, 2013 National SeaPerch Challenge May 20, 2013 NATCAR May 30, 2013 University Rover Challenge May, 2013 Baltic Robot Sumo May, 2013 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge May, 2013 Motodrone AFO Competition May, 2013 Singapore Underwater Robotic Olympiad Jun 1, 2013 Concurso Robótica Radio Servicio Aguilar Jun 1, 2013 Pobot Junior Cup Jun 4-6, 2013 NASA RASCAL Robo-Ops Jun 4-9, 2013 NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge Jun 7-10, 2013 AUVS International Ground Robotics Competition Jun 7-9, 2013 National Underwater Robotics Challenge Jun 8, 2013 Robotic Day Jun 8, 2013 Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition Jun 20-22, 2013 MATE ROV Competition Jun 26, 2013 HBRC Challenge Jun 27-30, 2013 RoboCup Robot Soccer World Cup Jun 29-30, 2013 International Autonomous Robot Contest Jun 29, 2013 UK National Micromouse Competition Jun, 2013 Los Angeles/Orange County Robot Challenge Jun, 2013 Robocore Jul 6-10, 2013 Botball National Tournament Jul 6, 2013 RoboBombeiro Jul 14-18, 2013 AAAI Mobile Robot Competition Jul 21-24, 2013 ASABE Robotics Competition Jul 22-28, 2013 International RoboSub Competition Jul 22-26, 2013 K*bot World Championships Jul 26-27, 2013 International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition Jul, 2013 Microtransat Challenge Aug 5-8, 2013 AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition Aug 8-18, 2013 Missouri State Fair Robot Expo Aug 11-13, 2013 CIG Car Racing Competition Aug 24-29, 2013 FIRA Robot World Cup Aug 30, 2013 DragonCon Robot Battles Aug, 2013 CalGames Aug, 2013 Chibots SRS Robo-Magellan Aug, 2013 RoboCountry Sep 2-6, 2013 World Robotic Sailing Championship Sep 17-20, 2013 International Micro Air Vehicle Competition Sep 21, 2013 Robothon Sep 21, 2013 Robotour Sep 23-27, 2013 euRathlon Sep 24-25, 2013 UAV Outback Challenge Sep 27, 2013 Robots Intellect Sep, 2013 National Junior Robotics Competition Sep, 2013 RoboCup Junior Australia Sep, 2013 Sumo.uy Oct 18-20, 2013 Critter Crunch Oct, 2013 Chibotica Oct, 2013 Combots Cup Oct, 2013 The Franklin Cup Oct, 2013 Latin American Robotics Competition Oct, 2013 MindSpark Nov, 2013 AHRC Robot Rally Nov, 2013 All Japan MicroMouse Contest Nov, 2013 Bloomington VEX Tournament Nov, 2013 Canadian National Robot Games Nov, 2013 International Micro Robot Maze Contest Nov, 2013 Korea Intelligent Robot Contest Nov, 2013 Robocon Nov, 2013 Robotex Nov, 2013 Singapore Inter-School Micromouse Competition Nov, 2013 STHLM Robot Championship Nov, 2013 Texas BEST competition Dec, 2013 IROC International Robot Olympiad Dec, 2013 Penn State Abington Robo-Hoops Dec, 2013 ROBOEXOTICA Dec, 2013 Robotic Arena Dec, 2013 South's BEST competition Jan, 2014 FIRST LEGO League of Central Europe Jan, 2014 Inter-School Robotics Challenge Jan, 2014 ION Autonomous Snowplow Competition Jan, 2014 Kurukshetra Jan, 2014 Powered by Sun Jan, 2014 Singapore Robotic Games Jan, 2014 Techfest Feb, 2014 Motorama Robot Conflict Feb, 2014 Pragyan Feb, 2014 Quark Roboficial Feb, 2014 Robotix Mar 16-20, 2014 APEC Micromouse Contest Mar, 2014 Apogee iStrike Mar, 2014 AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest Mar, 2014 Cognizance Mar, 2014 EMBED National Robotics Challenge Mar, 2014 Festival de Robotique Mar, 2014 Manitoba Robot Games Mar, 2014 METU Robotics Days Mar, 2014 RobotChallenge Mar, 2014 Robotics Tournament Mar, 2014 Techkriti RoboGames Apr 23-26, 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship Apr, 2014 Alabama Robotics Competition Apr, 2014 Alcabot-Hispabot Apr, 2014 Brown IEEE Robotics Competition Apr, 2014 Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races Apr, 2014 CIRC Central Illinois Bot Brawl Apr, 2014 DTU RoboCup Apr, 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition Apr, 2014 Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge Apr, 2014 Istanbul Technical University Robotic Olympics Apr, 2014 Istrobot Apr, 2014 Mercury Remote Robot Challenge Apr, 2014 National Robotics Challenge Apr, 2014 Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot Contest Apr, 2014 Penn State Abington Mini Grand Challenge Apr, 2014 Robotdalen Robotics Innovation Challenge Apr, 2014 RoboGames Apr, 2014 RoboRodentia Apr, 2014 RObotX Apr, 2014 Robot-SM Apr, 2014 The Tech Museum of Innovation's Annual Tech Challenge Apr, 2014 Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest Apr, 2014 UC Davis Picnic Day MicroMouse contest Apr, 2014 UNI MiniSumo Robotics Competition Jul 6-11, 2014 WCCI Competition
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Each listing may include these fields: NAME........The name of the competition LAST DATE...Date of last known occurance of the competition NEXT DATE...Date on which next competition will be held LOCATION....Location where next competition will be held EVENTS......A listing of events in the competition CLASSES.....Autonomous or Remote-Controlled robots SIZE........Max size or weight of robots that may enter AWARDS......Type or value of awards INFO........URL for rules, entry forms, or additional information
NAME: AAAI Mobile Robot Competition LAST DATE: Jul 22-26, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jul 14-18, 2013 LOCATION: Bellevue, WA EVENTS: Different each year, see website CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/conferences.php
NAME: Alcabot-Hispabot LAST DATE: Apr 4-10, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: University of Alcala, Madrid, SPAIN EVENTS: See website SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.depeca.uah.es/alcabot/
NAME: All Japan MicroMouse Contest
LAST DATE: Nov 23-25, 2012
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013
LOCATION: Toyosu, Koto-ku, JAPAN
EVENTS: Micromouse Classic
Micromouse Half-size
Robotrace
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: 25cm x 25cm
AWARDS: Certificates
INFO: http://www.ntf.or.jp/mouse/
NAME: AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest LAST DATE: Mar 8-9, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014 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://jsdc.ec.illinois.edu/
NAME: APEC Micromouse Contest LAST DATE: Mar 17-21, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar 16-20, 2014 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/
NAME: Apogee iStrike LAST DATE: Mar 15-19, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014 LOCATION: BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa, INDIA EVENTS: see website CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.bits-apogee.org/
NAME: AHRC Robot Rally
LAST DATE: Nov 3, 2012
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013
LOCATION: Pinckneyville Community Center, Norcross, GA
EVENTS: Line following
Advanced line following
Beacon killer
Beacon killer with obstacles
Navigation by dead reckoning
Bulldozer
Mini-Sumo
Line Maze Solving
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote control
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.botlanta.org/
NAME: Alabama Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Apr 6, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL EVENTS: K12 Student-made autonomous robots navigate obstacle course CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://outreach.cs.ua.edu/robotics-contest/
NAME: ASABE Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jul 21 - 24, 2013 LOCATION: Kansas City, MO EVENTS: A different agricultural themed contest each year CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://abe-research.illinois.edu/ASABERobotics
NAME: AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Jul 31 - Aug 3, 2012 NEXT DATE: Aug 5-8, 2013 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
NAME: AUVS International Ground Robotics Competition
LAST DATE: Jun 8-11, 2012
NEXT DATE: Jun 7-10, 2013
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.
NAME: International RoboSub Competition
LAST DATE: Jul 17-22, 2012
NEXT DATE: Jul 22-28, 2013
LOCATION: SSC Pacific TRANSDEC, San Diego, CA
EVENTS: Autonomous underwater 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.robosub.org/
NAME: Baltic Robot Sumo LAST DATE: May 12, 2012 NEXT DATE: May, 2013 LOCATION: Riga, Latvia EVENTS: Mini Sumo CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: Cup as a traveling award and other prizes INFO: http://www.balticrobotsumo.org/
NAME: Bloomington VEX Tournament
LAST DATE: Nov 3, 2012
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013
LOCATION: Bloomington, IN
EVENTS: Light the Lamp (RC)
Full Pull XL
F8 Autonomous
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://sites.google.com/site/bloomingtonroboticsclub/
NAME: Botball National Tournament LAST DATE: Jul 18-22, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jul 6-10, 2013 LOCATION: Norman, OK 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/
NAME: Brown IEEE Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Apr 13, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: Brown University, Providence, RI EVENTS: Maze navigation CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: Robot must fit within 25 cm cube AWARDS: Trophies and certificates INFO: http://brown.edu/Departments/Engineering/Organizations/Ieee/competition/
NAME: CalGames LAST DATE: Aug 11, 2012 NEXT DATE: Aug, 2013 LOCATION: Woodside High School, San Jose, CA EVENTS: FIRST-based CLASSES: See rules SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.wrrf.org/
NAME: Canadian National Robot Games
LAST DATE: Nov 12-13, 2011 (cancelled)
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013
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/
NAME: Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races (10th annual)
LAST DATE: Apr 19, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
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/
NAME: Chibotica
LAST DATE: Oct 14, 2012
NEXT DATE: Oct, 2013
LOCATION: Libertyville, IL
EVENTS: Line following
Robot Drag Racing
Maze solving
Mini-sumo challenge
Talent show
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: Will be announced at competition
INFO: http://www.chibots.org/
NAME: Chibots SRS Robo-Magellan LAST DATE: 4 Aug, 2012 NEXT DATE: Aug, 2013 LOCATION: see website EVENTS: SRS Robo-Magellan CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.chibots.org/
NAME: CIG Car Racing Competition LAST DATE: Sep 11-14, 2012 NEXT DATE: Aug 11-13, 2013 LOCATION: Niagara Falls, Ontario, CANADA EVENTS: Participants design autonomous controllers for robot race cars CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://games.ws.dei.polimi.it/competitions/scr/
NAME: CIRC Central Illinois Bot Brawl
LAST DATE: Apr 13, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
LOCATION: Illinois State University Redbird Arena, Normal, IL
EVENTS: RC Combat
Autonomous Sumo
Line Following
Line Maze
Checkers on a Sumo Ring
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: Sponsored prizes, trophies and certificates
INFO: http://circ.mtco.com/
NAME: Cognizance LAST DATE: Mar 23-25, 2012 NEXT DATE: Mar 22-24, 2013 LOCATION: IIT Roorkee, INDIA EVENTS: Armageddon, Powerdrift, Cyborg Breakin, Breachwars and Robosapiens CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://cognizance.org.in/
NAME: Combots Cup LAST DATE: Oct 20-21, 2012 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2013 LOCATION: San Mateo, CA EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://combots.net/
NAME: Concurso Robótica Radio Servicio Aguilar LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: Jun 1, 2013 LOCATION: Tapachula, Chiapas, MEXICO EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://electronica-aguilar.blogspot.com/
NAME: Critter Crunch
LAST DATE: Oct 19-21, 2012
NEXT DATE: Oct 18-20, 2013
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/
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.
NAME: CybAiRBot LAST DATE: May 26, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 13, 2013 LOCATION: Poznan, Poland EVENTS: Sumo (Japanese rules) CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.sumo.put.poznan.pl/
NAME: DragonCon Robot Battles
LAST DATE: Aug 31 - Sep 3, 2012
NEXT DATE: Aug 30 - Sep 2, 2013
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
NAME: DPRG RoboRama LAST DATE: Dec 16, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 11, 2013 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/
NAME: DTU RoboCup LAST DATE: Apr 9-11, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 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/
NAME: EMBED National Robotics Challenge LAST DATE: Mar 7, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014 LOCATION: Malta EVENTS: Student NXT Mindstorms robot contest CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://embed.skola.edu.mt/?p=370
NAME: euRathalon LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: Sep 23-27, 2013 LOCATION: Berchtesgaden, GERMANY EVENTS: Outdoor, offroad, disaster response challenge CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Cash prizes INFO: http://www.eurathlon.eu/
NAME: Eurobot LAST DATE: May 17-20, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 9-12, 2013 LOCATION: France EVENTS: Each year the event is different, see rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.eurobot.org/
NAME: Festival de Robotique LAST DATE: Mar 14-16, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014 LOCATION: Stade Uniprix, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA EVENTS: FIRST LEGO, FRC, FLL, jrFLL, Zone01 CLASSES: Autonomous and remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://festivalderobotique.ca/
NAME: FIRA Robot World Cup
LAST DATE: Aug 20-25, 2012
NEXT DATE Aug 24-29, 2013
LOCATION: Bristol, ENGLAND
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/
NAME: FIRST LEGO League of Central Europe LAST DATE: Jan 11-12, 2013 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014 LOCATION: Obrigheim, GERMANY EVENTS: FIRST LEGO League CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.hands-on-technology.de/en/firstlegoleague/
NAME: FIRST Robotics Competition
LAST DATE: Apr 24-27, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
LOCATION: 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/
NAME: The Franklin Cup LAST DATE: Oct 6, 2012 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2013 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/
NAME: Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge LAST DATE: Apr 26-27, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA EVENTS: Tethered underwater ROV missions CLASSES: Remote-Control SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.phillyseaperch.org/
NAME: Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge LAST DATE: May 19, 2012 NEXT DATE: May, 2013 LOCATION: Richardson Pool, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI EVENTS: Timed, multitasking, tethered mission CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: see MATE ROV competition rules AWARDS: N/A INFO: http://www.materover.org/ OTHER: Regional for the MATE ROV competition
NAME: HBRC Challenge LAST DATE: Oct 24, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 26, 2013 LOCATION: Mountain View, CA EVENTS: TABLEBot Phase I, Phase II, Phase III CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.hbrobotics.org/
NAME: ICRA Robot Challenge
LAST DATE: May 14-18, 2012
NEXT DATE: May 6-10, 2013
LOCATION: Karlsruhe, GERMANY
EVENTS: Micro-Robot Challenge
Virtual Manufacturing Challenge
Solutions in Perception Challenge
Modular and Reconfigurable Robot Challenge
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.icra2013.org/
NAME: Inter-School Robotics Challenge LAST DATE: Jan 24, 2013 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014 LOCATION: The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, India EVENTS: Building Blocks CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.bulo.in/irc.aspx
NAME: International Autonomous Robot Contest LAST DATE: Jun 23-24, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 29-30, 2013 LOCATION: Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA EVENTS: Autonomous navigatioun around fixed obstacles CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: cash prizes INFO: http://www.iaroc.org/
NAME: International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: Jul 26-27, 2013 LOCATION: Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA EVENTS: Autonomous navigatioun around fixed obstacles CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: cash prizes INFO: http://robotracing.wordpress.com/
NAME: International Micro Air Vehicle Competition
LAST DATE: Jul 3-6, 2012
NEXT DATE: Sep 17-20, 2013
LOCATION: Toulouse, FRANCE
EVENTS: Indoor MAV
Outdoor MAV
CLASSES: Autonomous and Radio Control. See rules.
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://www.imav2012.org/
NAME: International Micro Robot Maze Contest
LAST DATE: Nov 4, 2012
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013
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/
NAME: ION Autonomous Snowplow Competition LAST DATE: Jan 24-27, 2013 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014 LOCATION: St. Paul, MN EVENTS: Autonomous snowplow robots must remove snow on designated path CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.autosnowplow.com/
NAME: IROC International Robot Olympiad LAST DATE: Dec 17-20, 2012 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2013 LOCATION: Gwangju, KOREA EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.iroc.org/
NAME: Istanbul Technical University Robotic Olympics
LAST DATE: Apr 11-13, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
LOCATION: Istanbul, TURKEY
EVENTS: Line following
Mini Sumo
Fire Fighting
Vacuum Cleaner
Maze Solving
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://www.ituro.org/
NAME: Istrobot
LAST DATE: Apr 1, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
LOCATION: STU, Bratislava, Slovakia, EU
EVENTS: Line following
IEEE Micromouse
Mini Sumo
Free Style
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.robotics.sk/
NAME: Korea Intelligent Robot Contest
LAST DATE: Nov 11-13, 2011
NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013
LOCATION: POSTECH, Pohang City, Korea
EVENTS: Intelligent robots
Cleaning robots
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see rules
AWARDS: see rules
INFO: http://irc.piro.re.kr/
NAME: K*bot World Championships
LAST DATE: Jul 23-27, 2012
NEXT DATE: Jul 22-26, 2013
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/
NAME: Kurukshetra LAST DATE: Jan 30 - Feb 2, 2013 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014 LOCATION: Guindy, Chennai, INDIA EVENTS: K!onstructor, Khimera, Pandemonium CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.kurukshetra.org.in
NAME: Latin American Robotics Competition
LAST DATE: Oct 18-21, 2012
NEXT DATE: Oct, 2013
LOCATION: Fortaleza, Brazil
EVENTS: Brazilian Robotics Competition
Robocup Latin American Open
Brazilian National Olympiad
National Robotics Fair
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://www.cbrobotica.org/
NAME: Los Angeles/Orange County Robot Challenge LAST DATE: Jun 2, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun, 2013 LOCATION: Santa Anna High School, Santa Ana, CA EVENTS: 3-wall CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: 20x15 cm AWARDS: cash awards INFO: http://www.sahsrobotics.org/
NAME: Manitoba Robot Games (9th Annual)
LAST DATE: Mar 16, 2013
NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014
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/
NAME: MATE ROV Competition LAST DATE: Jun 21-23, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 20-22, 2013 LOCATION: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA EVENTS: Varies each year, see website CLASSES: Remote-Control SIZE: 84cm x 61cm x 61cm AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.marinetech.org/ OTHER: Open to High School and College Students only
NAME: Mercury Remote Robot Challenge
LAST DATE: Apr 20, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
LOCATION: Stillwater, OK
Puebla, MEXICO
EVENTS: Teleoperated robots navigate course 100 miles from operator
CLASSES: Remote-Control
SIZE: 12x12 inches
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://mercury.okstate.edu/
NAME: METU Robotics Days LAST DATE: Mar 9-10, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014 LOCATION: METU Culture & Convention Center, TURKEY EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: see rules SIZE: see rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://topluluk.odturobotgunleri.org.tr/
NAME: Microtransat Challenge LAST DATE: Jul, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jul, 2013 LOCATION: Atlantic ocean EVENTS: Robot boat race CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.microtransat.org/
NAME: MindSpark LAST DATE: Oct 5-7, 2012 NEXT DATE: Oct, 2013 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/
NAME: Missouri State Fair Robot Expo LAST DATE: 9-19 Aug, 2012 NEXT DATE: 8-18 Aug, 2013 LOCATION: Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO EVENTS: see website CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.mostatefair.com/
NAME: Motodrone AFO Competition LAST DATE: May 17-20, 2012 NEXT DATE: May, 2013 LOCATION: Finowfurt, GERMANY EVENTS: Autonomous Flying Objects CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.motodrone.de/
NAME: Motorama Robot Conflict LAST DATE: Feb 15-17, 2013 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2014 LOCATION: Harrisburg, PA EVENTS: "Robots" (RC vehicles) attempt to destroy each other CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.nerc.us/
NAME: NASA RASCAL Robo-Ops LAST DATE: May 30 - Jun 1, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 4-6, 2013 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/
NAME: NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge LAST DATE: Jun 15-18, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 4-9, 2013 LOCATION: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA EVENTS: Navigate unknown terrain, avoid obstacles, return with a sample CLASSES: autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: 1.5 million USD in cash prizes INFO: http://challenge.wpi.edu/
NAME: NATCAR LAST DATE: May 25, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 20, 2013 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.
NAME: National Junior Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Sep 3-8, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2013 LOCATION: Science Centre, Singapore EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.njrc.com.sg/
NAME: National Robotics Challenge LAST DATE: Apr 11-13, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: Marion, OH EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/
NAME: National SeaPerch Challenge LAST DATE: 2012 NEXT DATE: May 18, 2013 LOCATION: Indianapolis, IN EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: remote control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.seaperch.org/seaperch_challenge/
NAME: National Underwater Robotics Challenge LAST DATE: Jun 8-10, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 7-9, 2013 LOCATION: Chandler, AZ EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Remote Control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.h2orobots.org/
NAME: Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot Contest LAST DATE: Apr 13, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 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/users/avanzato/robots/contests/firefighting/ OTHER: This is a regional qualifier for the Trinity College Fire-Fighting contest.
NAME: Penn State Abington Mini Grand Challenge LAST DATE: Apr 16, 2011 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 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/users/avanzato/robots/contests/outdoor
NAME: Penn State Abington Robo-Hoops LAST DATE: Dec 6, 2008 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2013 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/
NAME: Pobot Junior Cup LAST DATE: May 26, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 1, 2013 LOCATION: Sophia-Antipolis, France EVENTS: Waste collection robots CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.pobot.org/
NAME: Powered by Sun LAST DATE: Jan 24, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014 LOCATION: Ostrava, Czech Republic EVENTS: Race of solar powered robots CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://napajenisluncem.vsb.cz/
NAME: Pragyan LAST DATE: Feb 28 - Mar 3, 2013 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2014 LOCATION: National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India EVENTS: Traffic Rush, Fix the Android, Diner Dash, Lanka Reloaded CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.pragyan.org/
NAME: Quark Roboficial LAST DATE: Feb 1-3, 2013 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2014 LOCATION: BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa, India EVENTS: Amphibious, Raider of the Lost Ark, RoboKombat, Anaglyph CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.bits-quark.org/
NAME: RoboBombeiro LAST DATE: Jul 7, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jul 6, 2013 LOCATION: San Miguel Pavilion, Guarda, Portugal EVENTS: Fire fighting robot contest CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://robobombeiro.ipg.pt/
NAME: Robocon LAST DATE: Nov, 2012 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013 LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan EVENTS: See rules CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.official-robocon.com/
NAME: Robocore LAST DATE: June 8-10, 2012 NEXT DATE: June, 2013 LOCATION: Jaguariuna, Brazil EVENTS: Sumo LEGO/VEX, Line following, Bot Hockey, combat CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robocore.net/modules.php?name=GR_Eventos
NAME: RoboCountry LAST DATE: Aug 6, 2011 NEXT DATE: Aug, 2013 LOCATION: Kochi Obiya, Japan EVENTS: Humanoid Robot Combat CLASSES: Remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robocountry4.com/
NAME: RoboCup Junior Australia LAST DATE: Sep 21-23, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2013 LOCATION: Canberra, AUSTRALIA EVENTS: Rescue, Soccer CLASSES: Remote-Control and Autonomous SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.robocupjunior.org.au/
NAME: RoboCup Robot Soccer World Cup
LAST DATE: Jun 18-24, 2012
NEXT DATE: Jun 27-30, 2013
LOCATION: Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS
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/
http://www.robocup2013.org/
NAME: Robotdalen Robotics Innovation Challenge LAST DATE: Apr 25, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: Eskilstuna, Sweden EVENTS: demonstrate robot with most commercial potential CLASSES: See rules SIZE: See rules AWARDS: Commercialization assistance INFO: http://www.robotdalen.se/ric2013
NAME: ROBOEXOTICA
LAST DATE: Dec 6-9, 2012
NEXT DATE: Dec, 2013
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/
NAME: RoboFest
LAST DATE: May 19, 2012
NEXT DATE: May 13, 2013
LOCATION: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
EVENTS: Game Competition - 2 autonomous robots work together
Robot Exhibition
Vision Centric Robot Challenge
RoboShove
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://robofest.net/
NAME: RoboGames LAST DATE: Apr 19-21, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 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/
NAME: RoboRave LAST DATE: May 5, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 3-4, 2013 LOCATION: Albuquerque, NM EVENTS: Fire Fighting, Line Following, Jousting, Robotovate CLASSES: autonomous except Robotovate which is remote control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: cash prizes INFO: http://www.roborave.org/
NAME: RoboRodentia
LAST DATE: Apr 20, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
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/
NAME: RobotChallenge
LAST DATE: Mar 10-11, 2012
NEXT DATE: Mar 23-24, 2013
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/
NAME: Robothon
LAST DATE: Jun 2, 2012
NEXT DATE: Sep 21, 2013
LOCATION: The Armory, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
EVENTS: SRS Robo-Magellan
Line Following
Line Maze
Mini Sumo
CLASSES: Remote-Control and Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.robothon.org/
NAME: Robotic Arena LAST DATE: Dec 15, 2012 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2013 LOCATION: Wroclaw, POLAND EVENTS: Mini/Micro/Nano Sumo, micromouse, line following, freestyle CLASSES: see rules SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.roboticarena.org/
NAME: Robotic Day LAST DATE: Apr 28, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 8, 2013 LOCATION: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC EVENTS: Bear Rescue, Ketchup House, Line Following, Mini Sumo, RoboCarts CLASSES: autonomous and remote-control SIZE: See rules AWARDS: Cups, certificates, sponsored prizes INFO: http://www.roboticday.org/
NAME: Robotics Tournament
LAST DATE: Mar, 2013
NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014
LOCATION: Rybnik, POLAND
EVENTS: Micromouse
Line following
Freestyle
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: see website
AWARDS: see website
INFO: http://www.robotictournament.pl/
NAME: Robotour LAST DATE: Sep 15, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep 21, 2013 LOCATION: POLAND EVENTS: Autonomous navigation in a park carrying a 5L barrel of beer CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotika.cz/
NAME: Robot-SM LAST DATE: Apr 27, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: Chalmer University of Technology, Gothenburg, SWEDEN EVENTS: Sumo, Mini-Sumo, Micro-Sumo, Line following, Folkrace, Freestyle CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotsm.se/
NAME: Robotex LAST DATE: Nov 23-25, 2012 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013 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/
NAME: Robotix LAST DATE: Feb 1-4, 2013 NEXT DATE: Feb, 2014 LOCATION: IIT Khargpur, West Bengal, India EVENTS: Abyss, Overhaul, A.C.R.O.S.S., Lumos, The Seeker, Marauder's Map CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Cash prizes and certificates INFO: http://www.robotix.in/
NAME: Robots Intellect LAST DATE: May 3, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep 27, 2013 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/
NAME: RObotX LAST DATE: Apr 29, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: Sibiu, France EVENTS: Eurobot event CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotx.ro/
NAME: Singapore Inter-School Micromouse Competition LAST DATE: Nov 15-18, 2010 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013 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/soe/outreach/competition/micromouse/Pages/default.aspx
NAME: Singapore Robotic Games
LAST DATE: Jan 22-23, 2013
NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014
LOCATION: The Marquee, Science Centre, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
EVENTS: Picomouse
Sumo
Robot Soccer
Intelligent Robot Competition
Wall Climbing
Pole Balancing
Underwater Robots
Legged Robot Marathon
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/
NAME: Singapore Underwater Robotic Olympiad LAST DATE: May, 2011 NEXT DATE: May 23, 2012 LOCATION: Republic Polytechnic, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE EVENTS: ROV CLASSES: Remote Control SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.rp.sg/seg/
NAME: South's BEST competition LAST DATE: Dec 1-2, 2012 NEXT DATE: Dec, 2013 LOCATION: Auburn University, Auburn, AL EVENTS: see rules CLASSES: Remote-control only SIZE: See rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://www.southsbest.org/ http://www.bestinc.org/
NAME: Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition LAST DATE: Jun 16, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 8, 2013 LOCATION: Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, CO EVENTS: Autonomous ground and air robot contest CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: See rules INFO: http://avc.sparkfun.com/
NAME: SPURT (School Projects Using Robot Techniques) LAST DATE: May 4, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 3, 2013 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/
NAME: STHLM Robot Championship LAST DATE: Nov 10, 2012 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013 LOCATION: Stockholm, SWEDEN EVENTS: Sumo, folk-race, line following, freestyle CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.robotchampion.se
NAME: Sumo.uy LAST DATE: Oct 3-6, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep, 2013 LOCATION: Facultad de Ingenieria - Udelar, Montevideo, Uruguay EVENTS: Sumo, Liceal, LARC IEEE Open/SEK, Line following, Vision CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.fing.edu.uy/sumo.uy
NAME: Swiss Eurobot LAST DATE: May 5, 2012 NEXT DATE: May 3-4, 2013 LOCATION: Sion (Valais), Switzerland EVENTS: Eurobot regional CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: 120cm AWARDS: Cup and certificates INFO: http://www.swisseurobot.ch/
NAME: Techfest
LAST DATE: Jan 3-5, 2013
NEXT DATE: Jan, 2014
LOCATION: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, INDIA
EVENTS: International Robotics Challenge
TechOlympics
Robotron
Dimensions
Xtreme Machines
Code Czar
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.techfest.org/
NAME: Techkriti RoboGames LAST DATE: Mar 14-17, 2013 NEXT DATE: Mar, 2014 LOCATION: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India EVENTS: see website CLASSES: Autonomous and remote control SIZE: See website AWARDS: See website INFO: http://www.techkriti.org/#/competitions/robogames/
NAME: The Tech Museum of Innovation's annual Tech Challenge LAST DATE: Apr 20, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: San Jose, CA EVENTS: see website CLASSES: see website SIZE: see website AWARDS: US Savings bonds and other prizes. See website. INFO: http://techchallenge.thetech.org/
NAME: Texas BEST competition LAST DATE: Nov 9-11, 2012 NEXT DATE: Nov, 2013 LOCATION: Curtis Culwell Center, Garland, 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/
NAME: Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest
LAST DATE: Apr 6-7, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
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/
NAME: UAV Outback Challenge LAST DATE: Oct 1-4, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep 24-25, 2013 LOCATION: Calvert, Queensland, Australia EVENTS: Search and Rescue Challenge, Airborne Delivery Challenge CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.uavoutbackchallenge.com.au/
NAME: UC Davis Picnic Day MicroMouse contest
LAST DATE: Apr, 2013
NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014
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/
NAME: UNI MiniSumo Robotics Competition LAST DATE: Apr 26, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr, 2014 LOCATION: UNI, Cedar Falls, IA EVENTS: Ship-in mini-sumo CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://www.narobotics.org/
NAME: University Rover Challenge LAST DATE: na NEXT DATE: May 30, 2013 LOCATION: Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, UT EVENTS: Student teams build rovers for extreme desert environment CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: see rules INFO: http://urc.marssociety.org/
NAME: UK National Micromouse Competition LAST DATE: Jun 16, 2012 NEXT DATE: Jun 29, 2013 LOCATION: Birmingham, UNITED KINDGOM EVENTS: Micromouse CLASSES: Autonomous SIZE: see rules AWARDS: Brass cheese and cash prizes INFO: http://www.bcu.ac.uk/tee/events/techfest/micromouse
NAME: VEX Robotics World Championship LAST DATE: Apr 17-20, 2013 NEXT DATE: Apr 23-26, 2014 LOCATION: Anaheim, CA EVENTS: Elementary, Middle, High school and University VEX contests CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote Control SIZE: see website AWARDS: see website INFO: http://www.vexrobotics.com/competition/
NAME: WCCI Competition
LAST DATE: Jul 10-15, 2012
NEXT DATE: Jul 6-11, 2014
LOCATION: Beijing, CHINA
EVENTS: Human-like bots
Physical Traveling Saleman problem
Turing Test Track
CLASSES: Autonomous
SIZE: See rules
AWARDS: See rules
INFO: http://www.ieee-wcci2014.org/
NAME: Western Canadian Robot Games
LAST DATE: May 12, 2012
NEXT DATE: May 11, 2013
LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
EVENTS: Sumo, Mini-Sumo
Art and Innovation Bot
Classic Line Follower
Minesweeper
LEGO Mindstorms
Humanoid and Walker Challenges
Off-road Challenge
CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control
SIZE: Varies with contest, see rules.
AWARDS: Cash prizes ranging from $50 - $500
INFO: http://www.robotgames.com/
NAME: World Robotic Sailing Championship LAST DATE: Sep 17-21, 2012 NEXT DATE: Sep 2-6, 2013 LOCATION: Brest, FRANCE 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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