Servo - November 2012

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Send updates, new listings, corrections, complaints, and suggestions to: steve@ncc.com or FAX 972-404-0269

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

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Atlanta Hobby Robot Club (AHRC) Robot Rally Pinckneyville Community Center, Norcross, GA Events include line maze solving, mini Sumo, and the Robot Polyathlon. The polyathlon is made up of six individual contests: Simple Line Follower, Advanced Line Follower, Beacon Killer, Beacon Killer with Obstacles, Navigation by Dead Reckoning, and Bulldozer. www.botlanta.org/robot-rally

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Bloomington VEX Tournament Bloomington, IN This year's Boomington Robotics Club events include Light the Lamp, Full Pull XL, and F8 Autonomous. https://sites.google.com/site/bloomington roboticsclub

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International Micro Robot Maze Contest Noyori Memorial Hall, Nagoya University, Japan While the big attraction is the 1 cm cube micro robot maze event, there are four other events including 1 cm teleoperated robot maze, 1 inch robot maze, legged micro robots, and best free style performance by a micro robot. http://imd.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/maze/ events.html

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All Japan Micromouse Contest Toyosu, Koto-ku, Japan Events for autonomous robots including classic Micromouse, half-size Micromouse, and robot race. www.ntf.or.jp/mouse

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Robotex

Tallinn, Estonia

This is the largest autonomous robot competition in Estonia. This year's events include robot football, line following, mini Sumo, and LEGO Sumo. www.robotex.ee

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Robocon

Tokyo, Japan

Student teams from all over Japan come together at Robocon, where the robots they've designed compete in the Robo Bowl. www.official-robocon.com

DECEMBER

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South's BEST Competition Auburn University, Auburn, AL Regional for the BEST student competition. www.southsbest.org/site

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Roboexotica

Vienna, Austria

This annual competition of cocktail robots includes events for best cocktail service, best cocktail mixing, and best bartending conversation. www.roboexotica.org