Servo - August 2015

AUGUST

6-8 Defconbots

Las Vegas, NV

Autonomous Tower Defense.

www.defconbots.org

12-14 AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition

Atlanta, GA and Beijing, China

Fully autonomous air vehicle and sub-vehicles perform a series of tasks. www.aerialroboticscompetition.org

16 Missouri State Fair Robot Expo

Sedalia, MO

Events include FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST Robotics Competition, VEX Robotics Competition, 4-H Robot Challenge, and other contests. www.mostatefair.com

31 World Robotic Sailing Championships

Åland Islands, Finland

Autonomous robot sailboats must navigate an ocean course around buoys. Contest runs through September 4. www.roboticsailing.org

SEPTEMBER

4-7 DragonCon Robot Battles

Atlanta, GA

Autonomous and remote control robot battles in various weight ranges. www.dragoncon.org

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.