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DescriptionRobot competitions have existed almost as long as robots. Most competitions are designed to improve the skills and knowledge of the robot builders, while others are designed to spur new technological developments that will result in more intelligent and useful robots.

Most local robot clubs and organizations hold contests to encourage members to learn about robotics by actually building robots with the goal of completing specific tasks.

Competitions are also being used very successfully by many educational organizations to promote the science and math skills of students.

More recently, corporate media events known by names such as Robot Wars and Battlebots have come on the scene. These events consist of two or more radio controlled vehicles which appear to fight and destroy each while actually being controlled by humans off-screen. These "robot" events have become the professional wrestling of the robot world and spurred endless debates on the use (and misuse) of the word "robot".

Competitions

6.270 - MIT's Autonomous Robot Design Competition (Site) - Provides description of class and robot competition contestants. Includes an overview of previous contests.

ArtBots Robot Talent Show (Site) - An international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots. Awards for "Artist Choice" and "Audience Choice".

AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition (Site) - The goals of this competition are to challenge a new generation of engineers to design and build autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realistic missions in the underwater environment. Information on rules, results, photographs, and prizes.

BEST Robotics Inc (Site) - BEST stands for Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology. BEST is a non-profit organization that promotes team problem solving aided by local industry volunteers, teachers, and mentors through yearly competitions.

Binkey's Robot Rumbles for 1-15 pound bots (Site) - Test your 1-15 pound bot in one-on-one battles, a maze, and speed way. Competition in Sarnia, Ontario.

Eurobot (Site) - A technical, scientific and entertaining challenge organised in France for students from engineering schools, universities or for private scientific clubs.

Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (Site) - This site has information on the annual competition where college students design and construct autonomous ground vehicles to compete in the Autonomous Challenge Competition Vehicle Design Competition and Navigation Challenge Competition. The site consists of Location and date, rules, team photographs, entry application, news, and results from previous competitions.

Jerry Sanders Design Competition (Site) - The Jerry Sanders Design Competition is open to anyone who can build a robot.

K'nex K-Bot World Championship (Site) - Information including rankings and rulebook.

Manitoba Robot Games (Site) - Canadian robot games which include, Atomic Hockey , Robotic Sumo Wrestling, Robotic "Seek and Capture", Mini-Tractor Pull, and Robo-Critters.

Roboexotica 2002 (Site) - A competition of developing technologies for the integration of technological achievements in everyday life, and as a means of documenting the creation of new interfaces for man-machine-interaction.

RoboGames (Site) - Annual competition in San Francisco, formerly known as RobOlympics. Classes and their rules, results and pictures from previous years, registration and ticket information.

Robolympics 2004 Commentary and Photos (Site) - Commentary and photographs of the 2004 Robolympic games held in San Francisco.

Robot Competition FAQ (Site) - Information and dates for all known Robot-related competitions and contests. Updated monthly and posted to comp.robotics.misc and news.answers.

Robot Crusade (Site) - Robot combat group that sponsors events in the United Kingdom. News, event listing, rules and sign-up information.

Robot Riots robot combat event (Site) - Robot Riots robot combat event in Toronto - check site for latest event. Part of the Toronto Robot Fight Club.

Robotic Gladiator (Site) - A site featuring news, tutorials, and forums for robotic competition.

Robotics Contest (Site) - Programming contest related to robotics and mechanics held in Timisoara, Romania in 19/01/2001.

The Builders Database (Site) - Provides registration and tracking resources for robot competitions. Includes interface for teams and event organizers, and public pages describing the entries by category.

Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest (Site) - A challenge to build a computerized robot that can detect a fire and then put it out. Includes rules, registration information, photos, and a FAQ.

6.270 - MIT's Autonomous Robot Design Competition (Site) - Provides description of class and robot competition contestants. Includes an overview of previous contests.

ArtBots Robot Talent Show (Site) - An international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots. Awards for "Artist Choice" and "Audience Choice".

Binkey's Robot Rumbles for 1-15 pound bots (Site) - Test your 1-15 pound bot in one-on-one battles, a maze, and speed way. Competition in Sarnia, Ontario.

Eurobot (Site) - A technical, scientific and entertaining challenge organised in France for students from engineering schools, universities or for private scientific clubs.

Jerry Sanders Design Competition (Site) - The Jerry Sanders Design Competition is open to anyone who can build a robot.

K'nex K-Bot World Championship (Site) - Information including rankings and rulebook.

Manitoba Robot Games (Site) - Canadian robot games which include, Atomic Hockey , Robotic Sumo Wrestling, Robotic "Seek and Capture", Mini-Tractor Pull, and Robo-Critters.

RoboGames (Site) - Annual competition in San Francisco, formerly known as RobOlympics. Classes and their rules, results and pictures from previous years, registration and ticket information.

Robolympics 2004 Commentary and Photos (Site) - Commentary and photographs of the 2004 Robolympic games held in San Francisco.

Robot Competition FAQ (Site) - Information and dates for all known Robot-related competitions and contests. Updated monthly and posted to comp.robotics.misc and news.answers.

Robot Crusade (Site) - Robot combat group that sponsors events in the United Kingdom. News, event listing, rules and sign-up information.

Robot Riots robot combat event (Site) - Robot Riots robot combat event in Toronto - check site for latest event. Part of the Toronto Robot Fight Club.

Robotic Gladiator (Site) - A site featuring news, tutorials, and forums for robotic competition.

Robotics Contest (Site) - Programming contest related to robotics and mechanics held in Timisoara, Romania in 19/01/2001.

2009 FIRST bRobotics Competitionb Starts in Atlanta Geekdad from b...b (Post) - The 2009 FIRST Championship starts today at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Thursday through Saturday, teams from all over the world will compete in three separate competitions. The largest attendance.

21st Century Complete Guide to the DARPA Grand Challenge Competition for Autonomous Robotic Ground Vehicles 2004, 2005, and 2007 Events, Urban Challenge, Reports, Movies Two CDROM Set (Books) - Only

About Strategy VEX Forum (Post) - The teams with previous Vex worlds or FRC experience are much better at strategy and friendly competition than a lot of rookies. The matches that have combined experienced teams have been really good, with some "inside baseball" tactics that ... 2921 has 30 in Programming and 59 in Robot, while 575 has 58 in Robot. In my completely unbiased opinion, Team 575 is the best team with a 2-3 record in robot history. Just about anyway... These scores are as of Friday night. ...

Andrew, Ewan and Alex with their winning robot Robotics Club Trip to Cranfield University (Image) - RoboticsSpring08018_000.jpg

Autonomous Bidding Agents Strategies and Lessons from the Trading Agent Competition Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents (Books) - Only

Boston First MA Regional Robotics Competition (Site) - ... of Science & Technology) Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational ... Regional has become one of the most popular FIRST Robotics Competition events ...

Broomfield upcoming events May 3 (News) - Events in and around Broomfield.

By David Reich WSU Engineering Public Affairs Officer No matter how many times sixyear robotics coach Ira Goldberg and his Berkley High School Da Bears team have been there, the thrill of competing at FIRST Robotics competitions is always (Image) - FIRSTRoboticsDaBearGroup06AA.jpg

Clean Sweep game for 20092010 What do you think VEX Forum (Post) - Vex unreal if you read the game manual found on the Vex robotics website you will find the answers to your questions. QBlake has kindly provided a link to the competition page on his post in this topic. ...

CNET - Robots ready to rumble () - RoboGames (formerly called Robolympics) in San Francisco gives machines a chance to show their stuff in contests from sumo to soccer. An article by Richard Shim.

Competitions (Post) - Other than Combat Robot, another interesting competition is Line Following Robot. The robots are required to follow the line drawn on the game field and move from the start point until the end. The robot which completes the whole track ...

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Coopetition The Marriage of Cooperation and Competition. An article from Robotics World (Books) - Only

Daily Sound Local students win broboticsb challenge (Post) - “While we hope that building the best robot we can will lead to success on the playing field, it is never guaranteed because the competitions have so many elements that are out of our control,” he said in the news release. ...

DARPA Grand Challenge Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Competition for Autonomous Robotic Ground Vehicles 2004, 2005, and 2007 Events, Urban Challenge, Reports, Movies Two CDROM Set (Books) - Only

FIRST Adds Java Technology to the First bRobotics Competitionb Tool Kit (Post) - In the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, contestants will be able to use Java Technology to program the CompactRIO™ controller manufactured by National Instruments. The port of Java to the CompactRIO controller is the culmination of ...

FIRST Chooses Hot Lava Software to Deliver Mobile Content at b...b (Post) - Please visit www.usfirst.org for a complete schedule of FIRST Robotics competitions or visit www.robocomp.org to register to participate in the surveys and questionnaires being offered to all participants attending these competitions. ...

FIRST Chooses Hot Lava Software to Deliver Mobile Content at b...b (Post) - Robotworld The most exciting robot community on the web, sponsored by BlueHosts.com unlimited space. FIRST Chooses Hot Lava Software to Deliver Mobile Content at Robotics Competitions (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

FIRST Robotics Competition Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site) - The FIRST Robotics Competition involves teams of mentors (corporate employees, ... Lego League · FIRST Tech Challenge · FIRST Robotics Competition · World Festival ...

Four high school robotics teams that competed in the FIRST Robotics Competitions this spring, including several that were sponsored or supported by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, (Image) - 224171main_lancaster_robotics_IMG_0128.jpg

High Technology International Trade and Competition Robotics, Computers, Telecommunications, Semiconductors Based on Research by International Trade (Books) - Only

Highland brobotb team in big bcompetitionb (Post) - Highland robot team in big competition, Team 39 went to Atlanta this week to compete in an annual international robotics competition.

Homeschooled students rock brobotics competitionsb (Post) - Article in The Shawnee Dispatch, March 25, 2009.

Homeschooled students rock brobotics competitionsb Shawnee Dispatch (Post) - Homeschooled students rock robotics competitions Shawnee Dispatch, KS By Ashlee Kieler The team, comprised of students from Shawnee, Olathe, Blue Springs, Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Independence and Pleasant Hill, put the time to good ...

HZFIRST bRobotics Competitionb Update (Post) - Check out the pictures above which showcase the robot and the team. Overall this was an amazing event, with over 20000 participants, spectators and supporters gathering at the Georgia Dome to watch the competition. ...

Imagine Cup Student bCompetitionb 2009 (Post) - Register · Get Started · Competition Overview; Competitions. Software Design · Embedded Development · Game Development · Robotics & Algorithm · IT Challenge · MashUp · Photography · Short Film · Design · WW Finals Website Design ...

in the CanDo Competition. The goal is to knock out 5 empty pop cans out of a ring in 3 minutes or less. Congratulations to all of our students. The winners of the tournament were 1st Place Robo Panda Grace, Maggie, Ellie 2nd Place Buggy Courtney C, Angela, Mikayla H 3rd Place Super Dragon Bug II Anna, Courtney T, Makayla L (Image) - robotics_competitions_0036.jpg

Jr. Bomb Squad wins international bcompetitionb baxterbulletin.com b...b (Post) - The Junior Bomb Squad from Mountain Home Junior High can now call themselves world champions, something no other local robotics team can claim. On April 16, they won a gold medal in the FIRST Tech Challenge competition at the Face Off! ...

knock 6 full cans out of a rounded rectangular field in 3 minutes or less. This was a difficult challenge and all students worked hard on their projects. The winners of the tournament were 1st Place Frogger Colte, John, Boden 2nd Place Walle Glen, Thomas, Mannix 3rd Place Robo Wizard Timothy L, Angel, Colin (Image) - robotics_competitions_0033.jpg

Leominster robotics team heads to Texas (News) - LEOMINSTER -- The eighth-grade Junior Devil Dawgs robotics team will fly down to Texas early this morning to compete in a world robotics competition against thousands of other students.

Los Altos Town Crier MVHS broboticsb team rolls to victory in b...b (Post) - Interscholastic robotics competitions are organized by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international non-profit group. Teams participating in the robotics program receive preliminary building ...

matter how many times sixyear robotics coach Ira Goldberg and his Berkley High School Da Bears team have been there, the thrill of competing at FIRST Robotics competitions is always special. Think reallife video game with four players on each side using remote controls to operate popcorn vendor size robots roaming, jostling and bumping across a giant playing field. Think marathon (Image) - FIRSTRoboticsDaBearOperators06AA.jpg

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MORT Team excels at Robotics (News) - Members of the Mount Olive Robotics Team (MORT) at Mount Olive High School have been busy preparing for this year’s competitions.

MORT Team excels at Robotics Mt. Olive Chronicle (Post) - Members of the Mount Olive Robotics Team (MORT) at Mount Olive High School have been busy preparing for this year’s competitions. Robotworld The most exciting robot community on the web, sponsored by BlueHosts.com unlimited space ...

Mountain View High team wins national FIRST bRoboticsb championship b...b (Post) - The Spartan Robotics team won the most prestigious of high school robotic Robotworld competitions, teamed with robots from Milford, Mich., and Shaumburg, Ill.

Mrs Bromley and Mrs Duggan with the Winners We are now the current national robotics champions Dance competition for Primary schools I found the day very interesting. What is it they say about boys and toys Alex, Ewan and (Image) - RoboticsSpring08019.jpg

National bRoboticsb Challenge and RobotWorx (Post) - The two-day event centered around a series of robotics competitions: SUMO robot, robot maze, robot hockey, AgBot and much more. Participating teams hailed from eight states, and included elementary through college students. ...

National security assessment of the U.S. robotics industry SuDoc C 63.2R 57 (Books) - Only

News Release University News Service UMN (Post) - U of M climate experts help hundreds of middle schoolers prepare for robotics competition. Contacts: Ryan Mathre, University News Service, (612) 625-0552, mathre@umn.edu. Rhonda Zurn, Institute of Technology, (612) 626-7959, ...

NL LEGO bRoboticsb Skills Canada Newfoundland amp Labrador 12TH b...b (Post) - The Skills Canada Newfoundland & Labrador: 12TH Annual Provincial Skills Competition was held on April 3, 2009. Robotics is one of the competitions and this year students had to design and build a robot that would pick up tennis balls ...

Open Directory Computers Robotics Competitions (Site) - Top: Computers: Robotics: Competitions (180) Description. BattleBots (19) ... Gladiator - A site featuring news, tutorials, and forums for robotic competition. ...

paper Applying the Engineering Design Process to bCompetitionb b...b (Post) - JVN: The Engineering Design Process & Competition Robotics, John V-Neun, Championship Event, 27, Yesterday 10:22 PM. paper: Using a WOT for Competition Robot Design, John V-Neun, Extra Discussion, 12, 11-30-2008 12:11 AM ...

quotJava, Sun SPOT and the FIRST bRobotics Competitionbquot Page 3 b...b (Post) - "Java, Sun SPOT and the FIRST Robotics Competition" Programming.

RobotEvents.com VEX Robotics Competition (Site) - Local VEX Robotics competitions are being held in many different cities, states and countries. ... an official Vex Robotics Competition team number you will ...

Robotic Competitions (Site) - Here is an incomplete list of various robotics competitions from around the world. ... PARTS Mini-Sumo Robotics Competition ... FIRST Robotics Competitions ...

Robotic welding helps Ridgeview Industries edge out competition.Robotics Case Studies An article from Robotics World (Books) - Only

Robotics team heads to Atlanta for world championship (News) - Joe Usenia, left, and Alex Gadecki of Bedford Trinity High FIRST robotics team stand with their robot.

Robotics teams at Stan Sheriff Center prepping for weekend b...b (Post) - Robotworld The most exciting robot community on the web, sponsored by BlueHosts.com unlimited space. Robotics teams at Stan Sheriff Center prepping for weekend competitions (Honolulu Advertiser)

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San Diego Regional FIRST Robotics Competition Welcome (Site) - ... annual San Diego Regional FIRST Robotics Competition will be held at the San ... The competition is an intense three-day competitive event showcasing robots ...

Schools receive donation of free robotics kits (News) - Students in all five county public school districts are going to learn from robots.

SECOND ANNUAL VEX ROBOTIC CHAMPIONSHIP SET FOR SPRING. An article from CADCAM Update (Books) - Only

SIUC offers broboticsb workshop for educators (Post) - “Competition Robotics Workshop for Educators” is a three-day summer workshop set for July 14-16 in the College of Applied Sciences and Arts building. The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. ...

Six students make it with honours (News) - DOHA: Six students from the Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar will be graduating with honours. Three from the BS in Business Administration programme, two from the BS in Computer Science programme and one from BS Information Systems.

Students get in gear for brobotics competitionb WFAA DallasFort b...b (Post) - Imagine several hundred Erector sets, assembled in wild configurations, all frantically stuffing small foam cubes into clear plastic baskets. Add more than a.

Students get in gear for robotics competition (News) - Imagine several hundred Erector sets, assembled in wild configurations, all frantically stuffing small foam cubes into clear plastic baskets. Add more than a thousand students from all over the world who are even more frantically twiddling joysticks to control the machines.

Summer camps 2009 (News) - Listing of upcoming Summer camps in the area.

SWOSU News and Events bRobotics Competitionb Coming to SWOSU (Post) - Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford is gearing up for a FIRST Technology Challenge (FTC), a high school and junior high school robotics competition that will be held on the Weatherford campus during the fall of 2009. ...

The IJCAI09 workshop on quotCompetitions in Artificial Intelligence b...b (Post) - Workshop Description: Many subfields of artificial intelligence and robotics regularly host competitions which impact research communities in many ways, including a scientific, engineering and community dimension. Scientifically, ...

The NXT STEP LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Blog Are there local b...b (Post) - They organize and run the FLL competitions (usually two for the State of Maine). They have other events, such as a Track Meet (a series of challenges for the NXT or RCX bots) and they also run robotics camps. There are several of these ...

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TipJar 14 1of3 Speeding Up Slow TeleOp Code and How Parallel Loops Can Communicate (Video) -

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TipJar 15 1of2 Simulating and Testing How to put your FRC code through its paces on YOUR computer (Video) -

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Trinity robotics team does well at FIRST final (News) - BY MARK NATALE On April 14, the Trinity Robotics team, Checkmate 40, packed its trailer and started the long drive down to Atlanta to compete in the 2009 FIRST World Championship in the Georgia Dome along with 348 other teams from across the world. Several members of the team are from Bedford. This is the fifth year in a row Checkmate 40 made it to the world championship, and it was their most ...

USFIRST.org (Site) - FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs that build not only science and technology skills and interests, but ... FIRST Robotics Competition. Welcome ...

VEX bRobotics Competitionb FebMar Update VEX Forum (Post) - VEX Robotics Competition Feb/Mar Update E-Mail Blast Archive.

VEX bRoboticsb Teams Battle of the Bots39 at the Inaugural b...b (Post) - The Championship of the Americas, one of the four largest VEX robotics competitions in the world, is supported and organized by the CREATE Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding educational organizations, students, ...

VEX bRoboticsb World Championship SPECIAL NOTICE VEX Forum (Post) - Due to the recent outbreak of the swine influenza, VEX Robotics has received many inquiries regarding the status of the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship to be held in Dallas this weekend. The event is currently scheduled to ...

VEX Robotics Competition (Site) - Vex Robotics Competitions ... Find competitions featuring the VEX Robotics Design System at RobotEvents.com ... a VEX Robotics Competition Field perimeter. ...

VEX Robotics Design System (Site) - VEX Robotics Parts ... ANNUAL VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION TO BE HELD ... VEX Robotics Announces Inaugural College Challenge Competition to ...

When good robots go bad.BattleBots Inc. robotic competitionBrief Article An article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Books) - Only

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William Floyd HS Students Build LI Champion bRobotb (Post) - The FIRST Robotics Competitions are part of a nationwide effort to team professionals and young people to solve engineering design problems in a competitive way. The students are told what the robot must do with certain specifications, ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPI News amp Events News Releases (Post) - Students from 60 high schools around the Northeast will compete in BattleCry@WPI10, one of the largest robotics contests in New England. BattleCry@WPI is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The competition, which is hosted by ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPI News amp Events News Releases (Post) - A Java™ Technology implementation, developed by a team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students and researchers from Sun Microsystems, will be made available to all teams participating in the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition ...

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