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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
3
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
3
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
4
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
20 SERVO 11.2012
23-
25
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
23-
25
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
25
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
1-2
South's BEST Competition
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Regional for the BEST student competition.
www.southsbest.org/site
6
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
15
Robotic Arena
Wroclaw, Poland
Lots of events including mini Sumo, micro
Sumo, nano Sumo, Micromouse, line following,
and freestyle.
www.roboticarena.org