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— R. Steven Rainwater
OCTOBER
15
The Franklin Cup
Philadelphia, PA
Various weight classes of remote control vehicles
attempt to destroy each other at this annual NERC
event.
www.nerc.us
20-
21
Competencia Robotica (LARC)
Center for Robotics UTFSM, Valparaiso, Chile
This year's events are Robot Freighter and Police
Robot. Robot Freighter is a way-finding contest in
which robots must pick up a payload and take it
to a destination. Police Robot is a contest where
autonomous robots must surveil a city, locate
criminals, and deploy guard robots in areas
with too many criminals.
http://robotica.elo.utfsm.cl/competencia
21-
22
CalGames
Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA
This is a FIRST-based robotics event for
high school teams.
www.wrrf.org
21-
23
Critter Crunch
Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, CO
Autonomous and remote controlled robots, along
with other machines battle each other in hopes of
winning prizes that include handmade objects by
local artists and awards for "amusing and arbitrary
achievements.
www.milehicon.org/?page_id=16
18 SERVO 10.2011
22-
23
Chibotica
iHobby Expo, Donald E. Stephens Convention
Center, Rosemont, IL
Lots of events to keep your robot busy including
line following, maze solving, mini Sumo, and a
talent show.
www.chibots.org
28-
30
COMBOTS Cup
San Mateo, CA
Remote control vehicles destroy each other.
http://combots.net
NOVEMBER
6
International Micro Robot Maze Contest
Nagoya University, Japan
This competition is held along with the
International Symposium on Micro Mechatronics
and Human Science. Events include 1 cm Micro
Robot Races, Teleoperated Mountain Climbing
Micro Robots, the Autonomous Micro Robot
Maze, and Micro Biped Locomotion Robots.
http://imd.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/maze
12
AHRC Robot Rally
Pinckneyville Community Center, Norcross, GA
This year's competition includes Open
Competition, R/C Qube Quest, Maze Solving, and
a new six part Polyathlon. There will also be mini
Sumo exhibition matches.
www.botlanta.org/robot-rally
12-
16
Real World Robot Challenge
Tsukuba Expo Center, Tsukuba, Japan
Autonomous robots compete in the real world,
literally — they must navigate the Tsukuba streets
and sidewalks, coexisting with humans, animals,
and vehicles.
www.ntf.or.jp/challenge
20
Robocon
Tokyo, Japan
Ssixty-two technical colleges and 57 other schools
nationwide participate in Robocon, which
culminates at this championship.
www.of ficial-robocon.com
