MARCH
6-9 Techkriti RoboGames
IIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
University competition with several events for
autonomous robots
www.techkriti.org/#/competitions/robogames
8-9 METU Robotics Days
METU Culture & Convention Center, Turkey
Events this year include: Sumo, Mini Sumo,
Minefield, Line Following, Robot Triathalon,
Search and Rescue, and Freestyle.
http://topluluk.odturobotgunleri.org.tr
14-15 AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Autonomous and remote-controlled robot compete
in teams on playing fields with ramps, colored
cones, and other elements to score points.
http://jsdc.ec.illinois.edu
16-20 APEC Micromouse Contest
Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX
Small high speed maze-solving robots compete
to find their way through a complex maze in the
shortest possible time.
www.spec-conf.org
20-22 Festival de Robotique
Stade Uniprix, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Events include FIRST LEGO, FRC, FLL, jrFLL,
and Zone01.
http://festivalderobotique.ca
21-23 Cognizance
IIT Roorkee, India
This student competition includes a variety
of events for autonomous and
remote controlled robots
http://cognizance.org.in
22 Manitoba Robot Games
Tec Voc High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Events include Sumo, Mini Sumo, Mini Tractor Pull,
Super Scramble, Line Following, and, for the kids,
Robo-Critters.
www.scmb.mb.ca
27-31 Apogee iStrike
BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar,
Goa, India
Autonomous robots must navigate roadways while
following traffic signals and avoiding obstacles.
www.bits-apogee.org
29-30 RobotChallenge
Vienna, Austria
Events include Sumo, Mini Sumo, Micro Sumo,
Parallel Slalom, and Enhanced Slalom.
www.robotchallenge.org
EVENTS
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
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