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— R. Steven Rainwater
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Competencia Robotica (LARC)
Valparaiso, Chile
Autonomous robots must search a maze for
colored cubes and assemble them into a
flag of Chile.
http://robotica.elo.utfsm.cl/competencia
22-
23
Calgames
San Jose, CA
Students compete in a STEM type robot
competition based on the FIRST Breakaway event.
www.wrr f.org
OCTOBER
22-
24
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Baltic Robot Sumo
Tallinn, Estonia
Autonomous robots compete in the Sumo ring.
www.balticrobotsumo.org
Critter Crunch
Denver, CO
Autonomous and remote control robots
participate in the original robot combat event.
www.milehicon.org
3-10 Devyanin Mobile Robots Festival
Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russian Federation
Autonomous robot race.
www.mobilerobots.msu.ru/en
22-
24
SRS Robothon
Seattle, WA
This year's Robothon includes Robo-Magellan,
Robot Combat, Double-Cross, and
Brickheap Wars.
www.robothon.org
8
Mindspark
Pune, India
University students compete in engineering
events which include robotics and AI challenges.
www.mind-spark.org
23-
24
Chibotica
iHobby Expo, Rosemont, IL
Lots of contests including line following,
Sumo, table top, and LEGO. Also lots of cool
robot demonstrations and displays.
http://www.chibots.org
9
The Franklin Cup
Philadelphia, PA
Remote controlled vehicles destroy each other
for your enjoyment.
www.nerc.us
23-
24
COMBOTS Cup
San Mateo, CA
Remote controlled vehicles destroy each other
for your enjoyment.
http://combots.net
16
Antimov
SparkFun, Boulder, CO
This competition is autonomous robot
performance art in which robots attempt
to self-destruct in humorous or
entertaining ways.
www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_
info.php?products_id=9975
27
Homebrew Robotics Club TABLEBot Phase III
Silicon Valley, CA
HBRC is ready for Phase III of their TABLEBot
competition in which autonomous robots must
navigate on the surface of a table and push an
object into a box.
www.hbrobotics.org
16 SERVO 10.2010
