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A '''robotic competition''' is an event where ]s have to accomplish a given task. Usually they have to beat other robots in order to become the best one. | |||
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A '''robot competition''' is an event where the abilities and characteristics of ]s may be tested and assessed. Usually, they have to outperform other robots in order to win the competition. Many competitions are for schools, but several competitions with professional and hobbyist participants also exist. | |||
== History == | |||
Most competitions are for schools but as time goes by, several professional competitions are arising. | |||
Robotic competitions have been organized since the 1970s and 1980s. In 1979 a ] competition was organized by the ] as shown in the '']'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cyberneticzoo.com/tag/maze-runner/ |title=Maze Runner Archives |date=May 8, 2010 |publisher=cyberneticzoo.com |access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> | |||
There is a wide variety of competitions for ]s of various types. The following examples are describe a few of the higher profile events. | |||
Although it is hard to pinpoint the first robotic competition, two events are well known for their longevity: the ], of ] in Japan, and the Trinity College International Fire Fighting Robot Contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trinityrobotcontest.org/ |title=Trinity College Int'L Firefighting Home Robot Contest |publisher=Trinityrobotcontest.org |access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> | |||
==RoboGames== | |||
Two contemporary events are ] and ]. Companies like ] and ] have also developed branded events, which they call leagues, although they function more like individual cups in regional qualifiers with finals. | |||
Recognized by the ] as the "World's Largest Robot Competition", the ] (formerly ROBOlympics) host over 70 different events and are modeled on the human ]. Robot soccer, sumo, combat, android wrestling, maze solving, fire-fighting, biped races, balancer races, and exoskeletons are a few of the events held. Teams compete from around the world, and RoboGames has no prerequisites for contestants, it is open to anyone regardless of age or affiliation. | |||
There is some controversy about whether university-specific challenges should be considered competitions or workshops. The general trend is to open competitions to the public, to prevent nepotism and improve the quality of the competing robots. | |||
==Aerial robotic vehicle competitions== | |||
Some organizations have tried to standardize robotics competition through the introduction of full-fledged leagues with a standard calendar, but the model has worked only in some countries, such as Spain, where the National League was founded in 2008 and still functioning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lnrc.es |title=Liga nacional de robotica de competicion |publisher=Lnrc.es |access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> | |||
The AUVSI ] is the longest running aerial robotic event, held annually since 1991. This competition involves fully autonomous flying robots performing tasks that, at the time posed, are undemonstrated anywhere world wide. The competition is open to universities and has had missions involving ground object capture and transfer, hazardous waste location and identification, disaster scene search and rescue, and remote surveillance of building interiors by fully autonomous robots launched from 3km. In 2008 an $80,000 prize was awarded. | |||
== Types of competitions == | |||
A series of ] (MAV) events have been sponsored by various organizations including the ], the ], French ], Indian Ministry of Defense <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nal.res.in/mav08/|title=MAV 08|publisher=National Aerospace Laboratories (India)|accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref>, and others over the past decade. Typically, these competitions involve capability demonstrations rather than missions, and may or may not involve full autonomy. Prizes range up to an aggregate value of $600,000 in 2008. | |||
There are many types of robot competitions, making it hard to compare them or establish standards for them. For example: | |||
== Ground robotic vehicle competitions == | |||
* Publicly popular, vs. popular with competitors | |||
The ] is a competition for driverless cars to traverse, in the shortest time possible, a path of pre-defined start and finish points. The unclaimed 2004 prize for navigating through the Mojave Desert was $1,000,000. The farthest any participant got was only 7.4 miles. However, the 2005 prize of $2,000,000 was claimed by ]. In this race, four vehicles successfully completed the race. This is a testament to how fast robotic vision and navigation are improving. The 2007 competition pits the vehicles against a mock-urban course with live traffic obstacles. | |||
* Indoors vs. outdoors | |||
* Branded materials (LEGO or VEX) vs. open materials | |||
* Minors/students, vs. professionals/clubs | |||
* Itinerant (Robocup) vs. fixed-location (All Japan Sumo) | |||
* Nature of movement: humanoid, wheeled, aerial, aquatic, underwater, etc. | |||
== Competitions == | |||
The ] is a competition for autonomous ground vehicles that must traverse outdoor obstacle courses without any human interaction. This international competition sponsored by the ] (AUVSI), is a student design competition at the university level and has held annual competitions since 1992. | |||
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=== Major competitions and organizations === | ||
All these competitions are indoors, itinerant in their location and showcase different categories. The competitions in this listing have a yearly recurrent major impact in their locations with a huge national impact or an international significant reach. Map in reference <ref>{{Cite web |title=Robotics Competitions |url=https://www.playtolabs.com/blog/robotics-for-kids/robotics-competitions-for-kids}}</ref> | |||
The AUVSI and the U.S. Office of Naval Research have sponsored the International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/water.cfm|title=Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition|publisher=AUVSI website|accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> since 1997. This competition, as with the AUVSI Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition is a spin-off of the AUVSI ], and as such, carry through the theme of full autonomy of operation, albeit in a subsurface robotic vehicle. This too is a collegiate competition. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
== BEST Robotics == | |||
|- | |||
! Competition !! Branded !! Students / Pros !! Founded !! Short description | |||
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| ] || Yes (]) || Students || 1992 || US-based international organization | |||
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| ] || No || Students || 1993{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} || American student competition | |||
|- | |||
| ] || No || Both || 1997 || Asian organization competing with Robocup | |||
|- | |||
| ] || No || Both || 1997 || Organization similar to FIRA but with more expansion | |||
|- | |||
| ] || No || Pros|| 2000 || American TV Program | |||
|- | |||
| ] || No || Students || 2002 || Asian organization similar to FIRST | |||
|- | |||
| ] || No || Both || 2002 || Asian humanoid reference event | |||
|- | |||
| ] (aka Robolympics) || No || Both || 2004 || American well known competition | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Yes (Lego) || Students || 2004 || Similar to Lego and Vex with less branding | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Yes (VEX)|| Students || 2007 || International robotics competition in multiple grade levels. | |||
|- | |||
| ] || No || Both || 2014 || India-based international Robotics competition | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Yes (]) || Students || 2015 || China-based international ] ] competition | |||
|- | |||
|'''RoboCap League''' | |||
|Yes | |||
|Students | |||
|2021 | |||
|'''RoboCap League''' is the world's best Robotics Competition designed by experts to test the Robotics Skills of kids | |||
|} | |||
=== Historically relevant competitions === | |||
The ] competition includes two elements: a robot competition, in which teams attempt to score as many points as possible in head-to-head competition, and the BEST award. The BEST award is more complex, encompassing such tasks as writing a high-quality technical notebook or engineering journal, designing a website, an interview, delivering an oral presentation to a panel of judges, and creating a table display booth. | |||
] | |||
BEST is the second largest robotics competition in the U.S. with approximately 800 schools and over 10,000 students participating. | |||
These competitions had an important impact on the evolution of technology, public awareness or other robotic competitions in the world. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Competition !! In / Out !! Branded / Open !! Students / Pros !! Location !! Movement !! Short description !! Year first run !! Still active | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Indoors || Open || Both || Itinerant || Wheeled || Mouse labyrinth navigation done in several locations: ], ] and ] || 1979 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cyberneticzoo.com/tag/maze-runner/ |title=Maze Runner Archives |date=May 8, 2010 |publisher=cyberneticzoo.com |access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] (IARC) || Both || Open || University only || 2 Venues || Aerial || Fully autonomous aerial robots; multi-year missions; 2 simultaneous venues (USA and Asia) || 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerialroboticscompetition.org |title=International Aerial Robotics Competition home page |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Outdoors || Open || Students || Fixed || Wheeled || Students customize autonomous buggies at ] || 1993 || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Indoors || Open || Both || Fixed || Wheeled || Fire fighting historical event at ] || 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trinityrobotcontest.org |title=Trinity Fire Fighting Robot Competition |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Indoors || Open || Both || Itinerant || Wheeled/Legged || Several league (Football, Rescue, @home, @work, Junior) || 1997 || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] and Roboboat || Outdoors || Open || Both || Fixed || Underwater || AUVs innovation in San Diego || 1997 || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Indoors || Open || Students || Itinerant || Wheeled || Changing normative student event originated in France || 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobot.org |title=EUROBOT: International Students Robotic Contest |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Outdoors || Open || Pros || Itinerant || Several || NASA's contests for non-government achievements (not strictly a robotics event)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/index.html |title=STMD: Centennial Challenges |date=September 3, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>|| 2003 || No | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Outdoors || Open || Pros || Fixed || Wheeled || Autonomous street cars in the USA (in 2019 focus changing to "spectrum collaboration")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2016-03-23 |title=New DARPA Grand Challenge to Focus on Spectrum Collaboration |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> || 2004 || No | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Outdoors || Open || Pros || Itinerant || Wheeled || Military R&D in Europe ("not organised as a competition but as a trial,")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elrob.org |title=ELROB – The European Land Robot Trial |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> || 2006 || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Outdoors || Open || Both || Fixed || Aerial|| UAVs innovation in Australia || 2007 || Yes | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Outdoors || Branded || Pros || Itinerant || Wheeled || Autonomous ] cars || TBD || ? | |||
|- | |||
| ANA Avatar ] || Indoors || Open|| Pros || Long Beach, CA|| Wheeled || Telepresence Systems || 2018-2022|| No | |||
|} | |||
=== Local active competitions with Misplaced Pages pages === | |||
Another challenge teams involved in BEST face is limited materials – the primary construction materials used in BEST are simple and easily formed. These materials include PVC pipe, string, plywood, a limited quantity of sheet metal, and a bit of aluminum, as well as miscellaneous hardware, 2 large motors and 2 small motors, and the electronics necessary to run these motors and the 3 provided ]. At the beginning of competition, the robot is checked over to make sure that no illegal parts are used. Originally, old printers were also part of the BEST kit and printer parts could be used on the machine. The limited materials make students think much more creatively with what they are given. | |||
Location for these competitions is fixed, usually linked to a venue or institution. | |||
==International METU Robotics Days== | |||
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The International METU Robotics Days event is hosted annually by the ] in Ankara, Turkey. The Robotics Days include competitions as well as lectures and workshops designed to bring professionals, academics and amateurs together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roboticsdays.org|title=METU Robotics Days Main Page|publisher=roboticsdays.org|accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> | |||
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! Competition !! In / Out !! Branded / Open !! Students / Pros !! Movement !! Short description !! Last edition | |||
|- | |||
| National Engineering Robotics Contest || Indoors || Open || Students || Several || A student competition at ] || Active | |||
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| ] || Indoors || Open || Students || Wheeled || Student competition || Active | |||
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| ] || Indoors || Open || Students || Wheeled || Student competition || Active | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Indoors || Open || Students || Several|| Student competition at the University of Southampton|| Active | |||
|- | |||
| ] || Indoors || Open || Students || Several|| Hacker event with a competition|| Active | |||
|} | |||
== Unsourced or discontinued minor competitions == | |||
==IEEE Micromouse competition== | |||
The following events appear to be inactive or have no reference that show them to be active. | |||
In ] competitions, small robots try to solve a maze in the fastest time. The current format involves the "mouse" finding its way to the centre of a 16x16 maze. The competitions have been held since 1979 and are conducted in countries around the world. | |||
=== OFF Road Robotics Competition === | |||
== FIRST competition == | |||
This competition is organized by the Robot Association of Finland. | |||
The goal is to build a robot which is able to move without human help off-road. The competition is held annually at the mid-summer Jämi Fly In air show in Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamiflyin.com/uk/introduction.html|title=Jami Fly In|publisher=jamiflyin.com|access-date=August 31, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.propelli.net/robot/offroad2007.html|title=Off-road Robot Car Competition 2007|publisher=propelli.net|access-date=August 31, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425175302/http://www.propelli.net/robot/offroad2007.html|archive-date=April 25, 2008}}</ref> The competition track is randomly selected 10 minutes before competition by the judge, marked with four wooden sticks to make a 200-meter track. The track consists of sand roads and fields containing bushes and rocks. The robots must run outside the sticks from start to finish without human assistance as fast as possible. YouTube movies and pictures from the 2007 and 2008 competitions are available.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robotti.wikidot.com/off-road-2007|title=Off Road 2007 videos|publisher=wikidot.com|access-date=August 31, 2008}}</ref> | |||
], Founder of ] ('''''F'''or '''I'''nspiration and '''R'''ecognition of '''S'''cience and '''T'''echnology''), created the world's leading high school robotics competition in 1992. FIRST provides a varsity-like competitive forum that inspires in young people, their schools and communities in an appreciation of science and technology. | |||
=== International Autonomous Robot Racing Challenge (IARRC) === | |||
Their ] is a multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. Their outreach includes the original ] (FRC) and the newer ] (FVC or FTC) for ages 14-18, the ] (FLL) for ages 9-14, and ] (JFLL) for ages 6-9. In 2007, there were over 130,000 students and 37,000 adult mentors from around the world involved in at least one of FIRST's competitions. FIRST encourages teams to find adults from outside of the school environment who can pass on their knowledge as mentors. There are thousands of scholarships available to students who participate. | |||
Student teams from around the world compete in an outdoor racing competition, where small-scale robots race against other robots to the finish line, without any human guidance or control. Their skills are put to the test in a static judging event, a drag race and a circuit race event, where the vehicles navigate around obstacles and obey the traffic rules. These robots are finding their way into applications such as space exploration, mining, search and rescue, remote sensing and automotive inspection. | |||
Robot Racing is an effort to promote research in autonomous mobile robotics technology. The competition provides students with engineering design challenges, including components of mechanical, computer, control software, and system integration. Students work together to design and build robotic vehicles that can navigate twisting, obstacle-filled courses without any human guidance or control. | |||
The FLL robots are entirely ]; the FVC competition involves separate autonomous and driver control matches; and the FRC competition involves an initial autonomous period (10 or 15 seconds) followed by tele-operated driver control. | |||
=== Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition (Maslab) === | |||
==RoboCup== | |||
The ], or Maslab, is a university-level vision-based autonomous robotics competition. The competition is open to students of the ] (MIT) and requires multithreaded applications of image processing, robotic movements, and target ball deposition. The robots are run with ] and run on an independent ] platform that facilitates sensor-hardware additions and recognition. | |||
=== Flying Donkey Challenge === | |||
] is a competitive organization dedicated to developing a team of fully ] ] that can win against the human world ] champion team by the year 2050. There are many different leagues ranging from ], to full-size ]. | |||
The Flying Donkey Challenge is an escalating series of sub-challenges held annually in Africa with a focus on lifting cargo. The initial challenge was scheduled to take place in Kenya in November 2014 with four enabling technology and design sub-challenges and three non-technical challenges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flyingdonkey.org/the-challenge/ |title=The Flying Donkey Challenge |publisher=Flyingdonkey.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424193052/http://www.flyingdonkey.org/the-challenge/ |archive-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Munford |first=Monty |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/13/africa-drone |title=Forget Amazon, drone delivery will take off in Africa |publisher=] |date=February 13, 2014}}</ref> | |||
=== Micro Air Vehicle Events === | |||
] is similar to RoboCup. RoboCup Junior is a competition for ] and ] aged students. RoboCup Junior includes three competitions: | |||
A series of ] (MAV) events have been sponsored by organizations including the ], the ], French ], Indian Ministry of Defense, and others. For example, the International Micro Air Vehicle conferences (IMAVs) always include competitions in which capabilities are demonstrated and missions are performed. The goal of most competitions is to stimulate research on full autonomy of the micro air vehicles. Prizes range up to an aggregate value of $600,000 in 2008. | |||
* soccer - two robots per team play ] in a game of ] | |||
* rescue - an obstacle course in which a robot must follow a line to retrieve an object, and bring it back to safety as fast as possible | |||
* dance - robots are designed to dance to music and are judged on criteria such as creativity and costumes | |||
As is the case with ], all robots are designed and developed solely by the students and act ] without any form of remote control or human intervention. | |||
=== UBBOTS competition === | |||
==Botball Educational Robotics== | |||
UBBOTS is an annual robot exhibition taking place at Babes-Bolyai University, ], ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubbots.com/ |title=UBBots |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304175830/http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro:80/~moltean/robots/ |archive-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> The teams have to create a robot that helps humans and simplify their life. | |||
=== Duke Annual Robo-Climb Competition (DARC) === | |||
] is a robotics competition for middle and high school students. Organized by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, Botball encourages participants to work constructively within their team building basic communication, problem solving, design, and programming skills. Each team builds one or more (up to four) robots that will autonomously move scoring objects into scoring positions. | |||
{{main|Duke Annual Robo-Climb Competition}} | |||
Hosted by ], the ] challenges students to create wall-climbing ]s. The competition is discontinued. | |||
=== SAURO === | |||
==Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition== | |||
Sakarya University Robotics Competition (SAURO) is a robotics competition hosted by ] since 2009. The organization is open to undergraduates, graduates and high school students. The competition is discontinued. | |||
=== First Robot Olympics === | |||
The ] is a university-level vision-based autonomous robotics competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maslab.csail.mit.edu|title=Maslab - Advanced IAP Robotics Competition|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> The competition is open to students of the ] (MIT) and requires multithreaded applications of image processing, robotic movements, and target ball deposition. The robots are run with ] and run on an independent OrcBoard<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orcboard.org/|title=OrcBoard Robotics Controller|publisher=OrcBoard Community|accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> platform that facilitates sensor-hardware additions and recognition. | |||
{{main|First Robot Olympics}} | |||
The first Robot Olympics took place in Glasgow Scotland on September 27–28, 1990. The event was run by ] at the Sports Centre at the ]. It featured 68 robots competing in a range of sporting events. The robots were from 12 different countries and involved over 2,500 visitors over the two-day period. The competition is discontinued. | |||
== See also == | |||
==Annual fire-fighting home robot contest== | |||
* ] | |||
] also has an annual firefighting robot contest (http://www.trincoll.edu/events/robot/) which is participated by high schools and colleges from around the world including from countries like Israel and China. This is the largest, public robotics competition held in the U.S. that is open to entrants of any age, ability or experience from anywhere in the world. The 14th Annual Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest was held on the Trinity campus in Hartford, Connecticut on April 14-15 in 2007. One new event in the concept division was added to the 2007 competition, which is the baby-finding contest. Participants will have to find both the flame and the simulated baby, extinguish the former and announce (or bring it to people's attention somehow) when it finds the latter in the expert division. In the concept division, simply finding the baby and notifying the people is sufficient. Check the event website for contest details. | |||
* ], robotics competition inspired by ] | |||
* ] | |||
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== Notes == | |||
==Duke Annual Robo-Climb Competition (DARC)== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Robotics}} | |||
Hosted by ], the ] challenges students to create innovative wall-climbing ]s that can ascend vertical surfaces. The competition, which will be held on Duke's campus in ], will allow students to showcase their wall-climbing technology in an international forum and encourage students to network with industry leaders. | |||
== AAAI Grand Challenges == | |||
The two ] Grand Challenges focus on ], with one being a robot attending and delivering a conference talk, the other being operator-interaction challenges in rescue robotics. | |||
== Centennial Challenges == | |||
The ] are ] prize contests for non-government funded technological achievements, including robotics, by US citizens. | |||
== Robofest == | |||
] is an annual robotics competition originated at ] in 2000 for students in grades 5 to 12. Robofest challenges student teams, to design, build, and program fully autonomous robots. The aim is to promote student mastery of mathematics and science through enjoyable activity. The competition categories in junior and senior age divisions in Robofest are games, creative exhibitions, pentathlon, sumo, and fashion show. The Robofest name is also used by several other organizations worldwide. | |||
== Collegiate Robofest == | |||
The Collegiate Robofest is also organized by ] and is open to professionals, hobbyists, college students and advanced high school students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robofest.net/2007/miniUrbanMissions.pdf|title=LTU Collegiate Robofest|publisher=]|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> The current competition category is the "Mini Urban Challenge" using a PC-based robot with a camera called L2Bot. | |||
== International Robot Olympiad == | |||
Robot game for children ages 9 - 17. Split essentially to the standard category (building robot from scratch and solve a problem within 2-3 hours) and the creative category (project based, bring your design, reports, and research and show it - exhibition style). The committee are experts from various universities around the world, with the purpose of promoting innovation and education. <ref> (Dead link with no archive as of 2008-09-01)</ref>{{cn}} | |||
== Rat's Life robot programming contest == | |||
This contest is organized to promote research results and stimulate further interest in bio-inspired robotics control. The participation to the contest is open to anyone and free of charge. Contestants can download a free version of the ] software for simulating a robotic scenario where two rat robots compete for survival in a maze-like environment. The developed robot controllers can be transferred in real ] robots roaming an interactive ] maze. | |||
==ABU RoboCon== | |||
{{main|Robocon}} | |||
An annual robot contest which started in 2002 for university, college and polytechnic students in the Asia-Pacific region. Under a common set of rules, participants compete with their peers from other countries with hand-made robots. This contest aims to create friendship among young people with similar interests, as well as help advance engineering and broadcasting technologies in the region. The event broadcasts in countries/region through ABU member broadcasters. | |||
The contest is hosted by a different broadcaster/country every year. | |||
== OFF Road Robotics Competition == | |||
The competition is organized by the Robot Association of Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.propelli.net/robot/|title=Finnish Robotics Association|publisher=propelli.net|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> | |||
The goal is to build a robot which is able to move without human help off road. The competition is held annually at the mid-summer Jämi Fly In air show in Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamiflyin.com/uk/introduction.html|title=Jami Fly In|publisher=jamiflyin.com|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.propelli.net/robot/offroad2007.html|title=Off-road Robot Car Competition 2007|publisher=propelli.net|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> | |||
The competition track is randomly selected 10 minutes before competition by the judge, marked with four wooden stick to make a 200 meter track. The track consists of sand roads and fields containing bushes and rocks. | |||
The robots must run outside the sticks from start to finish without human assistance as fast as possible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.propelli.net/robot/off_road2007e.pdf|title=Off-road Robot Car Competition Rules|publisher=propelli.net|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> Youtube movies and pictures from the 2007 and 2008 competitions are available.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robotti.wikidot.com/off-road-2007|title=Off Road 2007 videos|publisher=wikidot.com|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://robotti.wikidot.com/jami2008|title=Off Road 2008 video|publisher=wikidot.com|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/yty/tags/sryoffroadsm2007/|title=Off road robotics competition photos|publisher=flickr.com|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> | |||
== Defcon Robot Contest (DefconBots) == | |||
The ], world's largest hacker convention hosts a robotic competition called ]. This competition's objective has changed a couple of times. From 2006 to 2008 the goal was to build a autonomous stationary robot to shoot down the targets. Previous competitions included line following and transporting ping-pong balls across the arena. The contest is open to everyone. | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:35, 2 January 2025
This article is about events that substantially involve non-combat based competition and self-automation. For combat based competition between typically remote controlled vehicles, see Robot combat.
A robot competition is an event where the abilities and characteristics of robots may be tested and assessed. Usually, they have to outperform other robots in order to win the competition. Many competitions are for schools, but several competitions with professional and hobbyist participants also exist.
History
Robotic competitions have been organized since the 1970s and 1980s. In 1979 a Micromouse competition was organized by the IEEE as shown in the Spectrum magazine.
Although it is hard to pinpoint the first robotic competition, two events are well known for their longevity: the All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament, of Robot-Sumo in Japan, and the Trinity College International Fire Fighting Robot Contest.
Two contemporary events are Robocup and Robo One. Companies like Lego and VEX have also developed branded events, which they call leagues, although they function more like individual cups in regional qualifiers with finals.
There is some controversy about whether university-specific challenges should be considered competitions or workshops. The general trend is to open competitions to the public, to prevent nepotism and improve the quality of the competing robots.
Some organizations have tried to standardize robotics competition through the introduction of full-fledged leagues with a standard calendar, but the model has worked only in some countries, such as Spain, where the National League was founded in 2008 and still functioning.
Types of competitions
There are many types of robot competitions, making it hard to compare them or establish standards for them. For example:
- Publicly popular, vs. popular with competitors
- Indoors vs. outdoors
- Branded materials (LEGO or VEX) vs. open materials
- Minors/students, vs. professionals/clubs
- Itinerant (Robocup) vs. fixed-location (All Japan Sumo)
- Nature of movement: humanoid, wheeled, aerial, aquatic, underwater, etc.
Competitions
Major competitions and organizations
All these competitions are indoors, itinerant in their location and showcase different categories. The competitions in this listing have a yearly recurrent major impact in their locations with a huge national impact or an international significant reach. Map in reference
Competition | Branded | Students / Pros | Founded | Short description |
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FIRST | Yes (Lego) | Students | 1992 | US-based international organization |
BEST Robotics | No | Students | 1993 | American student competition |
FIRA | No | Both | 1997 | Asian organization competing with Robocup |
Robocup | No | Both | 1997 | Organization similar to FIRA but with more expansion |
Battlebots | No | Pros | 2000 | American TV Program |
ABU Robocon | No | Students | 2002 | Asian organization similar to FIRST |
Robo One | No | Both | 2002 | Asian humanoid reference event |
RoboGames (aka Robolympics) | No | Both | 2004 | American well known competition |
World Robot Olympiad | Yes (Lego) | Students | 2004 | Similar to Lego and Vex with less branding |
VEX Robotics Competition | Yes (VEX) | Students | 2007 | International robotics competition in multiple grade levels. |
Technoxian | No | Both | 2014 | India-based international Robotics competition |
RoboMaster | Yes (DJI) | Students | 2015 | China-based international team shooting competition |
RoboCap League | Yes | Students | 2021 | RoboCap League is the world's best Robotics Competition designed by experts to test the Robotics Skills of kids |
Historically relevant competitions
These competitions had an important impact on the evolution of technology, public awareness or other robotic competitions in the world.
Competition | In / Out | Branded / Open | Students / Pros | Location | Movement | Short description | Year first run | Still active |
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IEEE Micromouse competition | Indoors | Open | Both | Itinerant | Wheeled | Mouse labyrinth navigation done in several locations: APEC, Taiwan and Japan | 1979 | Yes |
International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) | Both | Open | University only | 2 Venues | Aerial | Fully autonomous aerial robots; multi-year missions; 2 simultaneous venues (USA and Asia) | 1991 | Yes |
AUVSI Foundation's Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) | Outdoors | Open | Students | Fixed | Wheeled | Students customize autonomous buggies at Oakland University | 1993 | Yes |
Trinity Fire Fighting Robot Competition | Indoors | Open | Both | Fixed | Wheeled | Fire fighting historical event at Trinity College (Connecticut) | 1994 | Yes |
RoboCup | Indoors | Open | Both | Itinerant | Wheeled/Legged | Several league (Football, Rescue, @home, @work, Junior) | 1997 | Yes |
RoboSub and Roboboat | Outdoors | Open | Both | Fixed | Underwater | AUVs innovation in San Diego | 1997 | Yes |
Eurobot | Indoors | Open | Students | Itinerant | Wheeled | Changing normative student event originated in France | 1998 | Yes |
Centennial Challenges | Outdoors | Open | Pros | Itinerant | Several | NASA's contests for non-government achievements (not strictly a robotics event) | 2003 | No |
DARPA Grand Challenge | Outdoors | Open | Pros | Fixed | Wheeled | Autonomous street cars in the USA (in 2019 focus changing to "spectrum collaboration") | 2004 | No |
European Land-Robot Trial | Outdoors | Open | Pros | Itinerant | Wheeled | Military R&D in Europe ("not organised as a competition but as a trial,") | 2006 | Yes |
UAV Outback Challenge | Outdoors | Open | Both | Fixed | Aerial | UAVs innovation in Australia | 2007 | Yes |
Roborace | Outdoors | Branded | Pros | Itinerant | Wheeled | Autonomous Formula E cars | TBD | ? |
ANA Avatar XPRIZE | Indoors | Open | Pros | Long Beach, CA | Wheeled | Telepresence Systems | 2018-2022 | No |
Local active competitions with Misplaced Pages pages
Location for these competitions is fixed, usually linked to a venue or institution.
Competition | In / Out | Branded / Open | Students / Pros | Movement | Short description | Last edition |
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National Engineering Robotics Contest | Indoors | Open | Students | Several | A student competition at NUST | Active |
Pioneers in Engineering | Indoors | Open | Students | Wheeled | Student competition | Active |
Botball | Indoors | Open | Students | Wheeled | Student competition | Active |
Student Robotics | Indoors | Open | Students | Several | Student competition at the University of Southampton | Active |
DEF CON | Indoors | Open | Students | Several | Hacker event with a competition | Active |
Unsourced or discontinued minor competitions
The following events appear to be inactive or have no reference that show them to be active.
OFF Road Robotics Competition
This competition is organized by the Robot Association of Finland.
The goal is to build a robot which is able to move without human help off-road. The competition is held annually at the mid-summer Jämi Fly In air show in Finland. The competition track is randomly selected 10 minutes before competition by the judge, marked with four wooden sticks to make a 200-meter track. The track consists of sand roads and fields containing bushes and rocks. The robots must run outside the sticks from start to finish without human assistance as fast as possible. YouTube movies and pictures from the 2007 and 2008 competitions are available.
International Autonomous Robot Racing Challenge (IARRC)
Student teams from around the world compete in an outdoor racing competition, where small-scale robots race against other robots to the finish line, without any human guidance or control. Their skills are put to the test in a static judging event, a drag race and a circuit race event, where the vehicles navigate around obstacles and obey the traffic rules. These robots are finding their way into applications such as space exploration, mining, search and rescue, remote sensing and automotive inspection.
Robot Racing is an effort to promote research in autonomous mobile robotics technology. The competition provides students with engineering design challenges, including components of mechanical, computer, control software, and system integration. Students work together to design and build robotic vehicles that can navigate twisting, obstacle-filled courses without any human guidance or control.
Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition (Maslab)
The Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory, or Maslab, is a university-level vision-based autonomous robotics competition. The competition is open to students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and requires multithreaded applications of image processing, robotic movements, and target ball deposition. The robots are run with Ubuntu Linux and run on an independent OrcBoard platform that facilitates sensor-hardware additions and recognition.
Flying Donkey Challenge
The Flying Donkey Challenge is an escalating series of sub-challenges held annually in Africa with a focus on lifting cargo. The initial challenge was scheduled to take place in Kenya in November 2014 with four enabling technology and design sub-challenges and three non-technical challenges.
Micro Air Vehicle Events
A series of micro air vehicle (MAV) events have been sponsored by organizations including the University of Florida, the U.S. Army, French DGA, Indian Ministry of Defense, and others. For example, the International Micro Air Vehicle conferences (IMAVs) always include competitions in which capabilities are demonstrated and missions are performed. The goal of most competitions is to stimulate research on full autonomy of the micro air vehicles. Prizes range up to an aggregate value of $600,000 in 2008.
UBBOTS competition
UBBOTS is an annual robot exhibition taking place at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The teams have to create a robot that helps humans and simplify their life.
Duke Annual Robo-Climb Competition (DARC)
Main article: Duke Annual Robo-Climb CompetitionHosted by Duke University, the Duke Annual Robo-Climb Competition (DARC) challenges students to create wall-climbing robots. The competition is discontinued.
SAURO
Sakarya University Robotics Competition (SAURO) is a robotics competition hosted by Sakarya University since 2009. The organization is open to undergraduates, graduates and high school students. The competition is discontinued.
First Robot Olympics
Main article: First Robot OlympicsThe first Robot Olympics took place in Glasgow Scotland on September 27–28, 1990. The event was run by The Turing Institute at the Sports Centre at the University of Strathclyde. It featured 68 robots competing in a range of sporting events. The robots were from 12 different countries and involved over 2,500 visitors over the two-day period. The competition is discontinued.
See also
- Robot combat
- Robot-sumo, robotics competition inspired by sumo
- Micromouse
- Mobile robot
Notes
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- Munford, Monty (February 13, 2014). "Forget Amazon, drone delivery will take off in Africa". Wired UK.
- "UBBots". Archived from the original on March 4, 2015.
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