robotovate® challenges ver. 11.01.12
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Robotovate® Challenges Ver. 11.01.12. Robotovate® CHALLENGES TABLE OF CONTENTS. Pre-questions Eligibility, Description, & Registration Four categories: Description & sample videos Helping Humans, ……Limited to 20 robots entries Biomimicry , …………….Limited to 20 robots entries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1) Pre-questions2) Eligibility, Description, & Registration 3) Four categories: Description & sample videos
Helping Humans, ……Limited to 20 robots entriesBiomimicry, …………….Limited to 20 robots entries3-D motion,…………… .Limited to 20 robots entriesOld tech; New use …..Limited to 20 robots entries
4) Rules; Scoring; Pre-competition Points; Deadline; Event5) Post-questions6) Additional Resources & Contact Information
Robotovate® CHALLENGES TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pre-questions (Table of Contents)
1) Name 3 of the 4 Robotovate® Challenge categories
2) How will winners be picked in these categories?
3) Remote control or autonomous robots?
4) How many robot entries are open for each category?
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Eligibility, Description, & Registration (Table of Contents)
• ELIGIBLE: Teams from High school (HS) and Big KIDS Divisions
• ONLY 20 robots per category being accepted for 2013 (for a total of 80 robots in the entire Robotovate® Challenge)
• CHALLENGE: create a new, never-seen-before robot (remote controlled or autonomous) that fits one of the these four categories:- Helping Humans , - Biomimicry, - 3-D Motion , - Old Tech; New Use
• REGISTRATION: $100 / robot per category; Each category requires a separate robot with a team of 2 to 4 persons
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Category - HELPING HUMANS (Table of Contents) (Eligibility)
• Any remote controlled or autonomous robotic design that expands human knowledge or capabilities, with civility and dignity
• Video examples as suggestions• Roomba• Treebot• Google car• Environmental research• Medical surgery
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Category – BIOMIMICRY (Table of Contents) (Eligibility)
• Any remote controlled or autonomous robotic design that incorporates biological attributes in the operation of the robot, with civility and dignity
• Video examples as suggestions• Environmental research• Lizards• Insects• Spiders• Snakes• Jellyfish
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Category – THREE DIMENSIONAL MOTION (Table of Contents) (Eligibility)
• Any remote controlled or autonomous robotic design that incorporates three dimensional motion in the operation of the robot, with civility and dignity
• Video examples as suggestions• Pipe inspecting• Flying • Jumping• Running• Swimming
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Category – OLD TECHNOLOGY; NEW USE (Table of Contents) (Eligibility)
• Any remote controlled or autonomous robotic design that incorporates old technology (used in some other design) and incorporates it to perform a new use/product, with civility and dignity
• Video examples as suggestions• Lego RCX for Botball• Robot from junk• Junkyard robot• Scrap electronics in robot
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Rules (Table of Contents) (Rules – Page 2)
• GOAL: Capture the audience’s attention to earn their vote with your amazing use of robots to demonstrate innovation…It is all about Robot + Innovation or as we like to call it…Robotovate®
• ROBOT VALUE: Under $3000 value (be prepared to validate if asked)
• ROBOT PLATFORM: Any platform is allowed
• BEST OVERALL ROBOT AWARD: Each category will have a GOLD, SILVER, and COPPER winner valued at $500, $400, and $300, respectively. One overall PLATNIUM, ($500), will be awarded for best integration of all four categories
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Rules (Table of Contents) (Rules – Page 1)
• SPACE TO DEMONSTRATE: 8’ x 8’ table space provided; may be outside space but remain in category area for public to vote
• PRESENTATION TIME: May 3rd , 5:30p to 7:30p; May 4th , 8:30a to 2:00p
• SAFETY: NO combustible liquids, unprotected hazards (projectiles, blades, electrical, heat sources). Failure to protect MAY result in DISQUALIFICATION by event coordinators. BE RESPONSIBLE
• PRESENT TO WIN: Awards May 4th, 3:30p – 4:30p. Must be present to win
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Scoring (Table of Contents)
VOTES: Everyone who attends will be given 4 category tokens plus one BEST OVERALL robot token
TOKEN BINS: Each competitor will have a bin to collect voting tokens. The three highest vote totals in each category will win. The one robot with the highest number of BEST OVERALL robot TOKENS will receive the GRAND PRIZE
BEST OVERALL ROBOT: integration of all four categories a forest fire searching, bird-like flying robot that uses older technology would demonstrate attributes of all four categories
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
NO Optional Pre-competition Points – FOR THIS CHALLENGE ONLY(Table of Contents)
Teams CAN NOT EARN points BEFORE the event
Division Engineering Corporate Letter /Logo
Video Forum
High school NA NA NA NA
Big KIDS NA NA NA NA
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Deadline for Registering a TeamApril 1, 20136 p.m. MST
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The Event (Table of Contents)
Albuquerque Convention Center Roboquerque, New Mexico
May 3-4, 2013
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Post-questions (Table of Contents)
1) Name 3 of the 4 Robotovate® Challenge categories
2) How will winners be picked in these categories?
3) Remote control or autonomous robots?
4) How many robot entries are open for each category?
Robotovate® CHALLENGES
Additional Resources & Contact Information (Table of Contents)
Videos – Helping Humans, Biomimicry, 3-D, Old Tech/New Use Biomimicry: San Diego Zoo Needs Animal Robots - videos & ideas 3-D: Wall Climbing Robots – 15 examples Help Humans – writing, for elderly, patient mobility, exoskeleton Old to New: Examples of household stuff built robots
Contact information: [email protected] Albq. Area: 505.867.2007Outside Albq. Area: 888.527.2007Fax: 888.701.3071
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Robotovate® CHALLENGES