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.
— R. Steven Rainwater
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