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Happy New Year, robot builders! The 2007 contest
dates are beginning to roll in as more organizations finalize
their plans for the new year.
Know of any robot competitions I've missed? Is your
local school or robot group planning a contest? Send an
email to steve@ncc.com and tell me about it. Be sure to
include the date and location of your contest. If you have a
website with contest info, send along the URL as well, so we
can tell everyone else about it.
For last-minute updates and changes, you can always
find the most recent version of the Robot Competition FAQ
at Robots.net: http://robots.net/rcfaq.html
— R. Steven Rainwater
January 2007
16-19 Singapore Robotic Games
Republic of Singapore
Lots of events including wall climbing, pole
balancing, Micromouse, sumo, legged robot races,
robot soccer, and more.
http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/srg
20
Robot Sumo in DC
Washington, DC
The name says it all. This is a robot sumo contest
held in Washington, DC.
www.societyofrobots.com/sumo_robots_in_
DC.shtml
26-28 Techfest
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Micromouse and two other events with the intriguing names of SNAP and Full Throttle: Afterburn.
www.techfest.org
February
1-4
Robotix
IIT Khargpur, West Bengal, India
A national-level competition. Events include
Fastrack Manual, Fastrack Auto, and Softandroid.
http://gymkhana.iitkgp.ac.in/robotix
26
APEC Micromouse Contest
Anaheim, CA
One of the best-known micromouse competitions
in the United States. Expect to see some very
advanced and fast micromouse robots.
www.apec-conf.org
March
3
RoboWars
Montreal, Canada
Sumo and BEAM Solaroller events.
www.robowars.ca
9-10
AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Check the website for the details of this year's contest.
http://dc.cen.uiuc.edu
9-10
National Robotics Challenge
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Marion, OH
In addition to Sumo and maze solving events, this
student competition includes two unusual ones: a
robotic workcell event and a pick-and-place event.
www.nationalroboticschallenge.org
10
CIRC Central Illinois Bot Brawl
Peoria, IL
Includes several classes of autonomous sumo and
remote-control vehicle destruction.
www.circ.mtco.com
17-18 Manitoba Robot Games
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Events may include both Japanese and Western
style sumo, mini-tractor pull, and Atomic Hockey.
www.scmb.mb.ca
31
Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot
Contest
Penn State Abington, Abington, PA
Regional for the Trinity Fire Fighting contest.
www.ecsel.psu.edu/~avanzato/robots/
contests/outdoor/ contest05.htm
31
Penn State Abington Mini Grand Challenge
Penn State Abington, Abington, PA
Autonomous outdoor ground robots must navigate on
and off-road around the campus, avoiding obstacles.
www.ecsel.psu.edu/~avanzato/robots/
contests/outdoor/ contest05.htm
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