[committee] Robotics Competition

[Sam Moore]

Hi UCC Members,

This year the committee were thinking of running a small scale robotics 
competition, to give people a chance to show off both their hardware and 
software skills.

People are encouraged to enter in teams of up to 4. You can use any hardware 
you like, including lego mindstorms, mechano, or other robot "kits", provided 
your work is original, and your robot is not "dangerous".

A brief overview of competition ideas is here:
http://matches.ucc.asn.au/robocomp/

As we haven't run a competition of this kind before, the ideas are subject to 
change. However there are currently 2 main competitions planned:

1. Sumo
Build a robot designed to push its opponents out of a ring, like sumo 
wrestling.

Detailed rules: http://matches.ucc.asn.au/robocomp/sumo_rules.pdf

2. Soccer
Build one or two robots which will play an autonomous game of soccer.

Detailed rules: http://matches.ucc.asn.au/robocomp/soccer_rules.pdf

In addition, there will be a "Miscellaneous" category, for anyone who just 
wishes to build something cool and show off.

There will be a small entrance fee for each event ($5 for members, $10 for non 
members) for each competition.
Money raised from this will go towards prizes.

There is no set date for the first event yet, but there may be a sumo 
competition in the first study break (in a months time). There will almost 
definately be an event in the first semester break (after exams).

Sign up to the mailing list to recieve updates and information!

http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/robocomp

Sam Moore [SZM]
2011 Ordinary Committee Member, UCC