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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
November
1
Bloomington VEX Tournament
Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN
Events include Top-It-Off-2, Pythagorean-2, VEX
Tractor Pull, and a CAD Design Contest.
http://robotics.bloomington.googlepages.com
15
ROBOMO Expo
Indian Trails Public Library, Overland, MO
This year’s ROBOMO will include demonstrations
of mini-Sumo, line-following, mini-Magellan, and
robot soccer. All robots are welcome. There
will be door prizes and a Chinese food buffet
afterwards.
www.robomo.com
21-23 All Japan MicroMouse Contest
Tsukuba, Japan
Includes Micromouse, Micromouse Expert level,
and Micro Clipper events.
www.robomedia.org/directory/jp/game/mm_
japan.html
22
Roaming Robots Grand Final
Kent, UK
“Robots” (RC vehicles) attempt to destroy each other.
www.roamingrobots.co.uk/events_
calendar.htm
22-23 Canadian National Robot Games
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lots of events including Mini-Sumo, full size
Sumo, fire-fighting robots, line-following, a
walking robot race, Photovore, Search and Rescue,
and an Art and Innovation contest.
www.robotgames.ca
24
Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge
Kahanamoku Pool, UoH at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Timed, multitasking tethered mission.
www.marinetech.org/rov_competition
29
FIRST LEGO League of South Africa
Championship
Sci Bono Science Center, Johannesburg,
South Africa
FIRST LEGO League events.
www.fllsa.org.za
TBA
South’s BEST competition
Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL
Different each year, see website 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 FIRST contest except that in
the BEST event, teams of students build robots
from standardized kits with only minimal guidance
from their corporate sponsors.
www.southsbest.org/ or www.bestinc.org/
December
4-31
ROBOEXOTICA
Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria
Robots are tested on serving cocktails, mixing
cocktails, bartending conversation, lighting
cigarettes/cigars, and other achievements in
electronic cocktail culture.
www.roboexotica.org/en/acra.htm
5
Robotex
Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, ESTONIA
www.robotex.ee
17-21 IROC International Robot Olympiad
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
www.iroc.org or www.iiu.edu.my/ICOM/2008
20 SERVO 11.2008