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- From: nivek@cs.cmu.edu (Kevin Dowling)
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- Subject: comp.robotics.* Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) part 2/5
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- Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions
- and their answers about robotics. It should be read by anyone
- who wishes to post to the comp.robotics newsgroups
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- _________________________________________________________________
-
- This FAQ was compiled and written by Kevin Dowling with numerous
- contributions by readers of comp.robotics. Acknowledgements are listed
- at the end of the FAQ.
-
- This post, as a collection of information, is Copyright 1995 Kevin
- Dowling. Distribution through any means other than regular Usenet
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-
- Please send changes, additions, suggestions and questions to:
- Kevin Dowling tel: 412.268.8830
- Robotics Institute fax: 412.268.5895
- Carnegie Mellon University net: [2]nivek@cmu.edu
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213 url: [3]http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~nivek
-
- This FAQ may be referenced as:
-
- Dowling, Kevin (1995) "Robotics: comp.robotics Frequently Asked
- Questions" Available as a hypertext document at
- http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/robotics-faq. 90+ pages.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Last-Modified: Thu Dec 7 16:40:11 1995
-
-
- [4]Kevin Dowling <nivek@cmu.edu>
-
- References
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- [5] Conferences and Competitions
-
-
- [3][5.1] Conferences
- [4][5.2] Competitions
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- There are dozens of international conferences in the areas of
- robotics, artificial intelligence, control and related areas. This is
- a compilation of many of these.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- [5.1] Conferences
-
- There are a wide variety and number of conferences related to robotics
- and automation. Some are focused on industrial applications, many are
- researchy in nature and most are a mixture of both. Proceedings should
- be available in most good libraries or by interlibrary loan. Most
- conferences now also have ftp: and web locations from more
- information. Also see [5]news:news.announce.conferences for many
- postings on conferences.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- An excellent www page for Robotics, AI and Control related
- conferences, is also at [6]conf-list.html
-
- This page mainly consists of those conferences/symposia/colloquia that
- have had CFP's put out on the various news groups such as
- comp.robotics, sci.engr.control, news.announce.conferences, etc. The
- entries are sorted by date, and more detailed info can be obtained by
- clicking on the conference name. Some have links to their own WWW
- pages. A wonderful compilation of conferences can also be found at
- [7]The Virtual Library on Conferences Once there, do a keyword search
- on 'robotics'.
-
- For IEEE conferences, this site lists all the robotics and automation
- related conferences that they sponsor: [8]IEEE Robotics and Automation
- Conference list
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Summary list of conferences:
-
- [9]MFI'96: 1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International Conference on Multisensor
- Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems
- October 1996
-
- [10]27th International Symposium on Industrial Robots.
- October 6-8, 1996
- Milan, Italy
-
- [11]American Nuclear Society 7th Topical Meeting on Robotics and
- Remote Systems
- April 27 to May 1, 1997
- Augusta, GA
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- MFI'96: 1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International conference on Multisensor Fusion and
- Integration for Intelligent Systems
-
- Main topics: - Algorithms for sensor fusion and integration
- - Sensing Architectures
- - Implementation
- - Applications
- Further info.: Masatoshi Ishikawa
- Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics
- University of Tokyo
- Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan
- TEL: 81-3-5800-6569
- FAX: 81-3-5800-6969
- Email:[12]ishikawa@k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- See this page for more details:
- [13]http://muletto.dibe.unige.it/robotics/robotics.htm
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- The American Nuclear Society 7th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems
-
- The American Nuclear Society 7th Topical Meeting on Robotics and
- Remote Systems will be held in Augusta, GA from April 27 to May 1,
- 1997. This international meeting will include a technical program, an
- exhibition, a technical tour, a student competition and numerous
- special events. The event is expected to include over 120 expert,
- technical papers and over 50 exhibitions from robotics technology
- leaders around the world. Abstracts for papers are due by July 1,
- 1996. [14]ANS Web Site
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Other Conferences
-
- In addition to those listed above many other annual conferences are
- held. Here are some:
- * Annual International Conference of IEEE on Robotics and Automation
- (ICARA)
- * Annual Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
- * Annual Symposium on Industrial Robots
- * International Symposium of Robotics Research
- * Autonomous Intelligent Systems
- * International Conference on Computer Vision
- * British Machine Vision Conference
- * IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Conference
- * IMAC/SICE International Symposium on Robotics, Mechatronics and
- Manufacturing Systems.
- * American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- Probably the largest and most prestigious conference on AI. Now
- sponsoring a robot competition at the annual AAAI conference.
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Last-Modified: Wed Aug 14 13:27:00 1996
-
-
- [15]Kevin Dowling <nivek@cmu.edu>
-
- References
-
- 1. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/copyright.html
- 2. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/TOC.html
- 3. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/5.html#5.1
- 4. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/5.2.html
- 5. news:news.announce.conferences
- 6. http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~acc/conf-list.html
- 7. http://www.iao.fhg.de/Library/conferences/
- 8. http://sgi01.acim.usl.edu/ras/RAScalendar.html
- 9. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/5.html#MFI'96: 1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International Conference on Multisensor
- 10. file://localhost/usr/nivek/faq/HTML/5.html#ISIR96
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- [5.2] Competitions
-
- There are a number of robot gatherings where robot builders can bring
- their creations to show and compete with others.
-
- Competition List
-
- [3]AAAI Robot Competitions
-
- [4]AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition
-
- [5]AUVS Ground Robotics Competition
-
- [6]BEAM Robot Olympics
-
- [7]Hong-Kong Robot Ping Pong Competition
-
- [8]IEEE Micromouse Competitions
-
- [9]IJCAI Robot Competition
-
- [10]International Festival of Science and Technology
-
- [11]International Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest
-
- [12]Robot Symposium and Navigation Contest
-
- [13]Robot Wars
-
- [14]SAE Walking Machine Decathalon
-
- [15]Sumo Robot Competition
-
- [16]Western Candian Robot Games
-
- Steve Rainwater also maintains a robot contests and competitions list
- that is posted regularly to comp.robotics
-
-
- net: [17]srainwater@ncc.com
- fax: 214-650-1929
- bbs: 214-258-1832
- url: [18]http://www.ncc.com/ncc/rcfaq.html
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- AAAI Robot Competitions
-
- Each year, starting in 1990, at the annual meeting of the American
- Association of Artificial Intelligence a robotics competition is
- sponsored. Rules and locations vary from year to year. See conference
- announcements for details.
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition
-
- The home page for the AUVS ground, air, and undersea competitions is
- at [19]AUVS Competition Home Page The AUVS International Aerial
- Robotics Competitiont is a competition sponsored by the Association
- for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (See above) to encourage aspiring
- engineers and scientists to pursue careers in fields allied to
- unmanned system technology, particularily in the more difficult realm
- of unmanned aerial vehicles. It is a yearly competition held on the
- campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
-
- The general goal of the competition is to create autonomous flying
- vehicles capable of carrying out a set of predefined tasks. The
- vehicles must compete based on their ability to sense the structured
- enviroment of the Competition Arena. They may be intelligent or
- preprogrammed, but they must not be flown by a remote human operator.
-
- The 1996 International Aerial Robotics Competition rules are different
- this year. Fully autonomous air vehicles must start at the corner of a
- 60 by 120 foot arena and find a simulated toxic waste dump somewhere
- within the confines of the arena. The dump consists of five partially
- buried 55-gallon drums with various orientations.
-
- The vehicle must map the coordinates of each drum with one meter
- accuracy and further must read the labels on the drums to determine
- which ones contain radioactive waste versus biohazard waste. Finally,
- a sample must be taken from one of the drums and returned to the
- launch point. The sample is simulated by finding and acquiring a small
- (3-inch) orange spool-shaped disk that has been placed on one of the
- drums.
-
- Each team has one hour to complete the mission. As many data-gathering
- may be attempted during the hour as feasible in order to demonstrate
- the best possible performance, but all mapping data, drum
- identification, and sample return must be completed in a single run.
- Points will be scored based on the best run during that hour. Up to
- $10,000 will be awarded to the winning team. The official AUVS Aerial
- Robotics Competition page is at
- [20]http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- AUVS Ground Robotics Competition
-
- The home page for the AUVS ground, air, and undersea competitions is
- at [21]AUVS Competition Home Page The objective of this competition is
- to build a completely autonomous vehicle capable of navigating itself
- around a grass track outlined with white lines. There are also
- obstacles on the track to avoid. Red and white hay bales, and a sand
- pit last year.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- BEAM Robot Olympics
-
- Contact: Mark Tilden [22]mwtilden@math.uwaterloo.ca
-
- BEAM stands for Biology, Electronics, Art and Mechanics -- which were
- the original concepts behind BEAM. Draw from biology into electronics
- and mechanics and make it artful. Tilden advocates using the parts
- from discarded electronics items such as Walkmans, disk drives, etc.,
- to make machines that moved. He avoids the use of computers and
- microcontrollers in his machines. The original SolarRunner consisted
- of parts from a Walkman, a solar cell from a solar calculator, some
- brass tubing, part of a printer roller, a couple of transistors, a
- zener diode, a capacitor and a resistor. Most, if not all, of Tilden's
- machines are solar powered and autonomous.
-
- BEAM Rulesets, entrance forms, information, etc. accessible in four
- ways: by email, the World Wide Web (WWW), anonymous ftp, or real-mail
- request.
-
- Articles on the BEAM Olympics
-
- * Dewdney, A.K. Photovores: Intelligent Robots are Constructed From
- Castoffs. Scientific American Sept 1992, v267, n3, p42(1)
- * Maylon, John. At the Robot Olympics. Whole Earth Review. Spring
- 1992, pp 80-84.
- * Smit, Michael C., and Mark Tilden, Beam Robotics. Algorithm, Vol.
- 2, No. 2, March 1991, Pg 15-19
-
- Events
-
- Fourth International BEAM Robot Games
- May 4-7, 1995.
- Conference Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
-
- SOLAROLLER: Self-starting robot dragster race.
- PHOTOVORE: Robots face a close "world" and each other.
- AQUAVORE: Robots face the terrors of a fish-tank.
- HIGH JUMP: Robot creature leaps, lands on feet.
- LONG JUMP: Robot creature leaps, lands, for distance.
- ROPE CLIMBING: First up, first down, self-starting.
- LEGGED RACE: Walking creatures run for the money.
- INNOVATION MACHINES: Electronic chopsticks, for example.
- ROBOART/MODIFICATION: Aesthetics that move.
- ROBOT SUMO: Push/Bash an opponent out of a ring.
- LIMBO RACE: How low can you build?
- NANOMOUSE: A smaller and simpler form of the...
- MICROMOUSE: Where metal mice race for aluminum cheese.
- AEROBOT: Build a self-contained, flying dive-bomber.
-
- CLASSES: Autonomous and Remote-Control.
- SIZE: Must be smaller than a "standard upright refrigerator".
- AWARDS: Sponsor supplied material and cash awards in all
- categories.
- 1. To use the email information server, send mail to
- [23]robot@lanl.gov with the string "info" somewhere in the subject
- line (case insensitive). You will be sent instructions on how to
- receive specific information about the 1995 BEAM Games via email.
- 2. The WWW site for the 1995 BEAM Games is
- [24]http://sst.lanl.gov/robot/
- 3. Anonymous ftp- [25]ftp://sst.lanl.gov/pub/users/matt/robot/ or
- [26]ftp://math.uwaterloo.ca/pub/beam/rules
- 4. Info or Guide request letter (see below) to:
-
-
-
- BEAM Games
- c/o Mark W. Tilden,
- MSD449, LANL,
- Los Alamos, NM 87545,
- USA.
-
- OBTAINABLES: 120 page updated, illustrated Guidebook available from
- above address for $20 (local and international): cheque or money order
- made out to "BEAM: Un. of California". BEAM Kits are available from
- either amiller@nic.hookup.net (Miller, 274 Erb St. W. Waterloo, Ont.
- Canada, N2L-1W2), or [27]hrynkiwd@cuug.ab.ca (Dave Hrynkiw, #103 915 -
- 13th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2R-0L3).
-
- PITCH: The International BEAM Robot Games, now in it's fourth year, is
- a forum for robot enthusiasts both amateur and professional to present
- their designs to each other, the press, and the public. Any and every
- robot will be considered so long as it does not come exclusively from
- a kit or store. Robots of similar ability will be pitted against each
- other in organized competition, but generally robots will be judged on
- sophistication of behavior, novelty of design, efficiency of power
- source, and quality of hardware innovation.
-
- The Robot Games feature 15 basic competitions ranging in difficulty
- from simple to complex. A 120 page illustrated Guide is now available
- for $20 (local and international, includes shipping) which contains
- competition rules, "get-started" instructions, Artificial Life (Alife)
- discussions, prior show details and winners, and full information on
- registration, travel, schedules and etc. The event is open to the
- public and the press for a $5 entrance fee per day.
-
- All venues are open to the interested, young or old, so grab your
- soldering iron, raid the junk pile, and we'll see you there.
-
- Sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory
-
- Supplies
-
-
-
- _Alltronics_
- 2300 Zanker Rd
- San Jose CA 95131
- tel: 408.943.9773
- fax: 408.943.9776
-
-
- [From Chuck McManis - 2/6/95]
- Alltronics sells the MicroMo DC motors. These are 12 mm by 12 mm (.5"
- long, .5" in diameter) with a nominal voltage rating of 2.7 volts.
- There part number is 92M002 and there catalog lists them on page 40
- for $14.95 each.
-
- These motors were removed from pagers and have an off center weight on
- the shaft. You can remove the weight by heating it with a match or my
- favorite, an Aim-n-Flame, and then using a flat bladed screw driver
- push the weight off the shaft. The easiest way to use this to power a
- "solar roller" type micropower bug is to get very thin wheels with a
- rubber tire and mount them so that the shaft sits against the tire.
-
- The motors draw 60 to 250 mA (stall) and run unloaded off a super cap
- for about 2 seconds.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Hong-Kong Robot Ping Pong Competition
-
- Contact: Robin Bradbeer
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- IEEE Micromouse Competitions
-
- In 1979 the IEEE Spectrum ran the first micromouse competition and
- many hundreds of these contests are run every year. Some are still
- under the auspices of the IEEE but many more are not.
-
- Official IEEE/ABEC Rules and much more are located here:
- [28]http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/ee/users/weisberg/mouse.html
- [29]ftp://ftp.ee.rochester.edu/pub/weisberg/Micro-Mouse/
-
- There is an Australian ftp site with some good mouse stuff including
- older copies of the rules:
- [30]ftp://macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au/pub/comp/micromouse A copy of rules
- (a bit old) may be found at
- [31]ftp://ftp.ece.ucdavis.edu/pub/umouse/admin/rules.txt.
-
- Micromouse mazes are available at:
- [32]ftp://ftp.ece.ucdavis.edu/pub/umouse/mazes.
-
- IEEE Robot Olympics and MicroMouse Competition Committee
- BEAM/IEEE Robot Olympics and MicroMouse Competition Committee
- BEAM/IEEE Robot Games
- [33]micro-mouse@ieee.org
- or [34]mouse@sunee.uwaterloo.ca
- c/o Edward Spike
- E & CE Dept. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
- Canada, N2L3G1. (519)888-4567, X-3716, fax:(519)888-6197
- [35]
- spike@eestaff.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
-
- This year's Australian Micromouse Championship, OZ Mouse '94,
- is to be held in Sydney on Sunday 27 November, hosted by the
- Universities of Queensland and Wollongong in conjunction with
- the IEE and IEEE. For more details contact:
- Gordon Wyeth [36]wyeth@s1.elec.uq.oz.au
-
- WORLD MICROMOUSE CHAMPIONSHIPSAs part of M2VIP '95 (see conferences above) it
- is planned to hold the 1995 World Micromouse Championships. Micromouse, being
- the embodiment of mechatronics, is a well established international event.
-
- It is expected that around 30 of the world's top 'mousers' will be in Hong
- Kong to enter the event, which will take place after the conference, on
- 15th-16th September.
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- The Second annual Picnic Day Micromouse Contest at UC Davis
-
- Saturday, April 22, 1995
- URL: [37]http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/misc
-
- Last year for this event, we packed a 450 person lecture hall to the
- bursting point. We had closed circuit TV set up so that even the
- people in the back could see at least reasonably well. It was a real
- blast last year, so don't miss out on the fun this year! This contest
- helps provide a trial run for new mice, so that they will be well
- prepared to enter officially sanctioned IEEE contests. In our case,
- the local contest will take place two weeks following Picnic Day.
-
- This is an open contest, and anyone may participate. Last year, we
- had about 8 participants, one from as far away as UC San Diego (~600
- miles). The mazes, as last year, will be created by a neutral third
- party, and will not be revealed until shortly before the start of the
- contest.
-
- If anyone thinks they may be interested in participating, I would
- appreciate a quick reply, so that I may add you to my mailing list.
- If anyone has contacts (pref. e-mail) with any school active in
- micromouse, I would very much appreciate a quick note.
-
- Last year, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) sponsored this contest and
- provided a trophy for the winner. (Last year, that was University of
- Nevada, Reno.) I am hopeful they will do likewise this year.
-
- More information will be forthcoming as the time approaches. This
- will include an online copy of the rules under which the contest will
- be run.
-
- Jeff Collins [38]jwcollin@engr.ucdavis.edu
-
- For more information on Micromousing (rules, past mazes and
- times, etc.), contact the North American Micromouse
- Association (NAMA) at:
- MicroMom
- aka. Sue Rosenbaum
- 1086 Central Ave.
- Plainfield, NJ 07061
- tel: 908.757.6749
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- IJCAI-95 Robot Competition
-
-
- Raja Chatila, [39]raja@laas.fr,
- and Dave Miller, [40]dmiller@azrael.mitre.org,
- are robotic events co-organizers for IJCAI-95 in Montreal next August.
- If you think you might be interested in participating in any of the
- events described below, or would like some additional information,
- please feel free to drop Raja or Dave a line. To get on the mailing
- list for these events send email to Dave Miller,
- [41]dmiller@azrael.mitre.org
-
- 1) Robot Competition 95:
- This event will be similar to the robot competition held at
- AAAI-94. Research robots will compete in a set of generalized
- navigation and navigation/manipulation tasks. As in the 94 contest,
- the bulk of the trials will be done offline, and the finals and an
- exhibition will be held during a public session for the conference.
- David Kortenkamp, [42]korten@mickey.jsc.nasa.gov
- is the point of contact for more details on this event.
-
- 2) Intelligent Wheelchair Competition:
- This is another robot contest, but this time the focus is on a
- particular application: robotic mobility assistants for the severly
- disabled. The competition tasks will include things such as room to
- room navigation, speed trials down crowded hallways and through
- doorways, and docking with desks and tables. Each robot must be able
- to carry a human user, and all communications with the robot must be
- done by the user (no radios, etc). The contest goals are to see who
- can make the most capable chair with the best user interface (if a
- user could type well, or operate a joystick competently, than an
- ordinary wheelchair would do!). Contact:
- [43]ijcai-wheelchair@azrael.mitre.org
-
-
- To encourage participation in this new event, especially in
- institutions that have not yet dealt with assistive robotics, KISS
- Institute for Practical Robotics (kipr@src.umd.edu) has assembled a
- low-cost intelligent wheelchair starter system and is selling it, at
- cost, to schools interested in this IJCAI event. Send them some mail
- for more info.
-
- 3) Robot exhibition (not-so-stupid robot tricks)
- This will be a time and place for some unique robot systems to
- show off their stuff. The participants in this event should have a
- demonstration that is dynamic and of wide appeal. Examples might
- include: bi-pedal walking robots; robot teams playing soccer
- (football); robot interpretive (non-random) dance. This is not meant
- to be an industrial robot show, and product demonstrations will not be
- strongly discouraged. This is meant to be an intelligent and
- innovative robot show.
-
- More information on all of these events will be forthcoming, but his to get
- everyone started thinking. Hope to see you all in Montral,
-
- contact:
- David P. Miller 7525 Colshire Drive
- Principal Scientist MS Z421
- MITRE Corporation McLean, VA 22102, USA
- voice: (703) 883-7667 FAX: (703) 883-6435
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- International Festival of Science and Technology
-
-
- NAME : 2nd INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of SCIENCES and TECHNOLOGIES
- LAST DATE : May 9-15 1994
- NEXT DATE : May 22-28 1995
- LOCATION : La Ferte-Bernard - FRANCE
- EVENTS :* 4 robotic mobile competitions:
- 150 competitors from the largest Universities in the world
- competing in a mobile robotic challenge (Canada, Korea,
- Japan, Russia, Switzerland, USA, Portugal, Bulgaria...).
- * 6 thematic days of scientific conferences : Industries,
- Research and Technology to the service of the public.
- During six days, it will be an opportunity for researchers,
- industrialists and the public to meet one another,to discuss
- themes such as, the automobile, energy, agriculture,
- medicine and the multimedias.
- * 6 pedagogical mornings.
- CLASSES : AUTONOMOUS
- * UNIFORM CATEGORY
- * OPEN CATEGORY
- * WALKING MACHINE CATEGORY
- * MICRO MOUSE CATEGORY
- SIZE :
- AWARDS : Names engraved on trophies
- Certificate for all participants
- $1,000 speed category, $1,000 design category, $1,000 origi
- nal category
- INFO : Decouverte et Communication
- 26, rue Berthollet
- 94110 Arcueil FRANCE
- Tel : 33 (1) 49 85 01 56
- Fax : 33 (1) 49 85 04 87
- Email : uguen@world-net.sct.fr
- Web: [44]http://mars.sct.fr/festival.htm
- [45]http://mars.sct.fr/franck.htm
-
- LA FERTE BERNARD
- FRANCE
- ROBOT WORLD CONTEST
- Introduction:
- The object of the challenge is to build a robot which is
- capable of carrying out a series of different movements within a
- minimum amount of time. The challenge will take place from 22 to 28
- May, 1995 at la Ferte Bernard, as part of the "International
- Festival of Science and Technology", with the Minister for Higher
- Education and Research, Mr Francois Fillon, presiding.
- The challenge is restricted to students and, in order to
- participate, teams must be nominated by their colleges or
- universities. Teams - which will be made up of five members - will
- arrive with their robots already assembled. These must then be
- adapted to the circuit which will be revealed at the start of the
- challenge. The challenge will take place non-stop over 24 hours in
- front of an audience. The atmosphere will be very exciting and
- competitive. The challenge will take place non-stop over 24 hours in
- front of an audience. The atmosphere will be very exciting and
- competitive.
-
- General Specifications:
-
- The teams will be made up of five people. Each team may
- include one teacher and one past-pupil of the school or institute
- which it is representing.
- To ensure that the robot's design is original, there must be
- evidence of a partnership agreement with either an art college or the
- design department of a specialist school. The robot must be able to
- move independently and recognise five red French billiards balls
- placed along the course. The balls must be brought back to the
- finishing area. The robot must be able to move independently and
- recognise five red French billiards balls placed along the course.
- The balls must be brought back to the finishing area.
- The track will be laid out in a 10 x 10 m square.
- The outermost axis of the track will be 66 cm from the edge of
- the circuit.
- The minimum radius of curvature on the track will be 100 cm,
- including the walls and edges of the stage.
- The track will be painted either black or white and will be
- made of 3 mm thick plywood fixed to the ground.
- Different prizes will be awarded for different skills. It
- is planned to have a number of categories, as follows: * speed
- category * design and innovation category * audience and spectator
- category * industry category
-
- We hope to see you at the next Science and Technology Festival which
- will take place from 22 to 28 May 1995.
-
- More information: [46]
- uguen@world-net.sct.fr
-
- Maurice Uguen
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- International Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest
-
-
- 3rd ANNUAL FIRE FIGHTING HOME ROBOT CONTEST
-
- $1,000 First Prize
-
- Sunday, April 21, 1996
-
- Trinity College campus, Hartford, Connecticut
-
- * Sponsored by Trinity College and the Connecticut Robotics Society.
-
- * Robotists and their creations from all over will compete in this
- international event.
-
- * Contestants range from college professors and rocket scientists to
- 3rd graders.
-
- * A weekend full of activities including practice sessions, Robotics
- seminars, Robot related films, Robot Fair and Hospitality Party.
-
- * Get together with interesting people, trade ideas and information,
- learn and HAVE FUN.
-
- Come for the weekend or come for the day, but COME AND SEE THE FUTURE!
-
- The Contest - The goal of the contest is to build a Robot that can find and
- extinguish a fire in a house. The rules have been fine-tuned and improved to
- make an even better, more realistic competition that will be fun to enter and f
- un to watch.
-
- _Contest Schedule: Saturday, April 20_
- * 9 am to 8 pm, Ferris Center - practice session open to public &
- Robot registration
- * 2 pm to 4 pm, location TBA - Robotics seminars and demonstrations
- * 6 pm to 7 pm, location TBA - open hospitality party for meeting
- people & sharing ideas
- * 8 pm to 10 pm, Cine Studio - Robotics related movie
-
- _Contest Schedule: Sunday, April 21_
- * 9 am to 12 noon, Ferris Center - practice session and Robot
- registration
- * 1 pm to 5 pm, Ferris Center - The Contest
-
- Mini Robot Fair - Bring equipment, literature and brochures to demonstrate,
- show-off & pass out. Register now for your free table space.
-
- Building a Robot? If you are entering a Robot, be sure to mail in the
- official registration form along with your $20 registration fee before March
- 15, 1996.
-
- Jake's Pet Peeve- Every year Jake gets messages from people who said they
- built a Robot, but since they knew it wouldn't win, they didn't come to the
- contest. WRONG! The real goal of the contest is to learn and have fun. You
- can't do that sitting at home. No matter what your Robot does (or doesn't
- do), make sure you come to the contest.
-
-
- contact: [47]jake.mendelssohn@circellar.com
- [48]http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~jhough/fire_robot/comp.html
- 190 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford, CT 06117 USA
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Robot Symposium and Navigation Contest
-
-
- Robot Symposium & Navigation Contest
-
- The Robotics Society of Southern California will hold its second
- annual Robot Symposium and first annual Navigation Contest at Orange
- Coast College in Costa Mesa. The symposium will be held on Saturday
- June 3, 1995 >from 10 am to 6 pm. Depending on how many people we have
- presenting, we may have the contests on Sunday the 4th.
-
- Last year we held the symposium in conjuction with the Faire, this
- year we have decided to move the symposium and the contests to the
- first weekend in June. We felt that due to the technical nature of the
- symposium and the need for more concentrated effort for the contests
- it would be better to hold separate events -- with a more restricted
- audience, specifically Gearheads, rather the general public as is the
- case with the Faire.
-
- If anyone would like to present a paper or give a show-n-tell
- presentation, please contact Jerry Burton. The Navigation contest
- will be broken into several parts to encourage as much participation
- as possible. The primary contest will have 5 sections, namely :
-
- 1. Wander mode with obstacle avoidance. The robot will be confined to a
- 12x12 foot area with 2-3 high walls and multiple obstacles in it. The
- obstacles will be chairs and boxes (simulating furniture). There may be
- internal walls erected to break the 12x12 area into several rooms. The
- winning robot is the one that covers the most area while avoiding the
- obstacles within the room(s).
-
- 2. Specific goal navigation with obstacle avoidance. The robot must move
- >from a designated start position to a specific goal area, while avoiding
- objects in its path. A specific room layout will be provided in the
- official rules. The robot can take advantage of this layout with furniture
- in place, to construct an internal map, but there may be additional
- obstacles placed during the actual contest run. The robot that comes
- closest to the goal in the most direct manner will be declared the winner.
-
- 3. Lost robot reorientation. The robot will be placed randomly in the
- 12x12 foot room and must use landmarks or beacons to reorient itself and
- then move to a designated goal area. Each contestant may provide beacons
- of their own design to help the robot reorient itself. Points will be
- given for beacon systems that could be used in a real home environment.
-
- 4. Find object and retrieve it. The robot must find an object within the
- environment and retrieve it. The user may supply the object to be found.
- It will be placed randomly within the 12x12 foot room and the robots job
- is to find the object and take it back to the starting position. As a
- variation the robot can be positioned no closer than 3 feet from the
- object and the robot must locate the object and pick it up.
-
- 5. Any navigation related activity not covered by 1-4. This section is
- for robots that cant do tasks in section 1-4, but have some navigation
- oriented skill the builder wishes to display. For example, a robot that
- can do corridor following, servoing off the walls, shows a meaningful and
- useful skill for any mobile robot that may be used in a home environment.
-
- The primary goal of this contest is to provide a forum for people to
- demonstrate how they have solved all or part of the mobile robot
- navigation problem. This is not a speed contest. Judging will be based
- solely on how well a robot solves the particuliar problem it was designed
- to solve.
-
- The Robot Olympics contest that has been held in the past is an example of
- what we hope to have happen regarding our navigation contest. What they do
- is create contests on the spot to accomodate the capabilities of
- whatever robots show up. We will do the same thing as long as your robot
- solves some aspect of the overall navigation problem.
-
- Detailed rules will provided on request. For information and rules contact
- Jerry Burton E-Mail pir2@aol.com, or voice (714) 535-8161 or snail-mail
- requests to 10471 S. brookhurst St., Anaheim, CA 92804.
-
- Get building NOW - June is just around the corner.
-
- GEARHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE !!!
-
- Jerry Burton
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Robot Wars
-
-
- PO Box 936
-
-
- Fairfax CA 94978
-
-
- tel: 415.453.6305
-
-
- fax: 415.453.4453
-
-
- robotwars@aol.com
-
- _ROBOT WARS 1995 RULES AND GUIDELINES_
-
- [I've added approximate metric equivalents in parentheses - nivek]
-
- _GENERAL DESCRIPTION:_
-
- Robot Wars is a competitive mechanical sporting event that features radio
- controlled robots in combat. Competitors must employ a combination of skill,
- power and strategy in this contest for survival.
-
- _DATE:_ The Second Annual Robot Wars competition is scheduled for Saturday
- and Sunday, August 19 and 20, 1995. Weigh-in's and inspections are on Friday,
- August 18, starting at 9:00 am.
-
- _PLACE:_ Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
-
- _ARENA DESIGN:_ The arena will be rectangular and measure approximately 30
- feet (9.1m) by 54 feet (16.5m) and will present the following challenges to
- your robot:
-
- 1. The surface will be flat asphalt.
- 2. A variety of mechanical hazards will be positioned around the
- arena. Some traps will be continuously active. Others will lie in
- wait. These hazards may damage robots that come within reach or
- that pass by too slowly.
-
- _GAME DESIGN:_ FACE-OFF: Robots will be randomly paired within weight
- classifications. Contestants win by immobilizing their opponent. Winners
- advance through elimination rounds until the last two fight for the Face-Off
- championship. Each match is timed at 5 minutes. Judges may first warn then
- disqualify robots for excessive evasion.
-
- FACE-OFF JUDGING: Winners are determined in one of three ways:
- 1. By rendering your opponent immobile within the 5 minute time
- limit. Any robot that becomes pinned against any arena surface and
- is unable to move for 30 continuous seconds shall be considered
- "immobile."
- 2. If after 5 minutes both robots are still mobile then the audience
- will choose the winner with applause that is registered on a
- decibel meter. The highest reading wins. The audience will use
- criteria that takes into account: Damage, Aggressiveness and
- Control.
- 3. If the decibel meter readings are very close then a panel of three
- judges will determine the winner using a point system based upon
- the same criteria.
-
- MELEE: This game is a free-for-all fight between contestants that are
- randomly grouped within each weight classification. The last one to remain
- mobile will be the winner of this event. The same rule for "pinning" shall
- apply. Each match is timed at 5 minutes. Any robots that remain mobile after
- 5 minutes will be allowed to compete with other groups of survivors until
- there is only one robot left mobile in each weight class. Here, too, in order
- to promote competitive action, judges may first warn then disqualify robots
- for excessive evasion.
-
- _AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS:_ We are planning to present matches between autonomous
- robots (internal controls) in this special category of Face-off and Melee.
- Those who are interested in entering this category should contact RWI for
- special guidelines.
-
- _WEIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS FOR FACE-OFF AND MELEE:_
- 1. 2 - 20 lbs (0.9 - 9.1kg) Super Lightweight Class
- 2. 21 - 40 lbs (9.5 - 18.2kg) Lightweight Class
- 3. 41 - 80 lbs (18.6 - 36.4kg Middleweight class
- 4. 81 - 160 lbs (36.8 - 72.7kg) Heavyweight class
-
- Contestants may enter one weight class per robot.
-
- As an incentive, legged (walking) robots will be permitted to enter the
- weight class immediately below their official weight or weigh up to 200 lbs
- (90.9kg) in the heavyweight class.
-
- _POWER: ELECTRIC OR FUEL _SAFETY RESTRICTIONS
- 1. All explosives, corrosives, flames, pyrotechnics and untethered
- projectiles are prohibited.
- 2. Sighting / pointing lasers are allowed up to 5mw. Any laser above
- 5mw is prohibited.
- 3. Compressed gas is limited to 1000 psi. (~6900kPa)
- 4. Fuel capacity limited to 8 oz. (30ml) or 6 minutes operating time.
- 5. Fuel tanks must be adequately protected against penetration.
- 6. Robots will be inspected for safety and reliability before being
- allowed to compete according to guidelines that require and insure
- safe construction and operation. This means that tethers, blades,
- arms, levers, air cylinders and all other mechanical parts and
- weaponry must be strong and secure.
- 7. Contestants must be able to transport the robots to and from the
- combat arena quickly and safely.
-
- _OTHER RESTRICTIONS_ The following is a list of materials and practices that
- are prohibited:
- 1. All forms of radio jamming.
- 2. All electronic weaponry (stun-guns, tesla coils, etc.)
- 3. All liquid weaponry (water, glue, etc.)
- 4. All physical interference between contestants. This includes
- obstruction of sight-line and destruction of equipment.
-
- _TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS:_
- 1. We recommend the use of PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) radios to
- avoid interference. FM is acceptable. The use of AM radios is
- allowed but is discouraged due to potential interference problems.
- 2. We recommend that contestants have more than one crystal on hand
- to avoid frequency incompatibility. Receivers inside robots should
- be accessible and easy to change or replace.
-
- _PRIZES: _Prizes will be announced prior to the event.
-
- _PIT AREA:_ Work tables and 110v power provided. Safety guidelines for the
- pit area and staging proceedures for competition will be distributed at a
- later date.
-
- _LIMITED NUMBER OF ENTRIES:_ Over the two days of the event there is a limit
- to the number of entries that may compete in each weight class. RWI will
- reserve a number of spots as discretionary, some of which will be reserved
- for last year's entrants.
-
- _NOTE:_ All rules and guidelines are subject to change. Contestants who fail
- to adhere to rules and guidelines may be subject to disqualification.
-
- _ENTRY FORMS:_ To obtain printed entry forms please e-mail your hardcopy
- address to robotwars@aol.com
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- SAE Walking Machine Decathalon
-
- The Ninth Annual SAE National Robotic Walking Machine Decathlon
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado April 6-9, 1995
-
- Registration deadline is December 31, 1994.
-
- Colorado State University
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- National Walking Machine Decathlon
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins, CO 80523
- tel: 303.491.6559
- fax: 303.491.1055
- net: [49]
- walk@LANCE.ColoState.Edu
-
-
- [50]http://www.lance.colostate.edu/~chriso/walking.html
- or[51]ftp://bill.lance.colostate.edu:/pub/walking
-
- If you do not have access to the WWW and you would like a text copy of
- the brochure, send email and I'll mail you a copy. Chris Olson
- [52]chriso@lance.colostate.edu
-
- Registration deadline: December 31, 1994
-
- Decathalon: The decathlon is a national competition sponsored by SAE to involve
- undergraduate engineers in the creative design of machines that walk.
- The competition includes preparation and presentation of a paper,
- judging of over-all design merits, and the ten walking events. Judges
- are representatives >from the robotics industry. Social events, a
- keynote speaker, and tours are also provided. A detailed rules and
- registration packet is available.
-
- Team Spirit: This competition emphasizes collaboration of engineering
- disciplines in a teamwork environment. It encourages students to be
- organized, to cooperate, and to share knowledge from their respective
- fields, resulting in an experience that closely models the real-world
- workplace.
-
- What is a walking machine? A walking machine is a mobile machine
- propelled by articulated mechanisms, or "legs." Each leg must have
- one or more joints or hinges by which it moves relative to all other
- legs or the frame, supporting the machine discontinuously. A leg may
- pivot, slip, or slide on the supporting surface during walking motion,
- but it cannot roll. Wheeled or tracked vehicles are excluded.
- Walking machines have potential applications in space exploration,
- undersea missions, mining, radioactive and other dangerous
- environments, the military, and mobility for the handicapped.
-
- Judging and Awards Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams
- based on total points accumulated. All teams will receive recognition
- awards.
-
- History: The National Robotic Walking Machine Decathlon was initiated
- in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Colorado State University
- in 1986. The idea was to create a student design competition at the
- cutting edge of technology with an emphasis on design. In eight years
- it has gone from a competition in which none of the four machines
- present were able to complete the first event, to one where there are
- some very capable machines completing all ten events, and in which
- there is close competition. The events themselves continue to evolve
- to reflect relevant applications of robotics technology. The events
- traditionally have included such tasks as stair climbing, maneuvering
- through obstacles, and autonomous sensor guidance.
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Sumo Robot Competition
-
- Sumo is a traditional Japanese sport in which two very large
- half-naked men try to push each other out of a circle called the
- Dohyou. The winner of the game is the guy who has not touched the
- ground with his hand or hasn't stepped out of the circle before the
- other guy did.
-
- There is a Robot Sumo Tournament in Japan, that is held in December
- every year in Tokyo. The rule of the Tournament is same as the real
- Sumo except two robots fight rather than naked guys. The task of the
- game is quite simple: push the opponent out of the circle.
-
- The regulations are as follows:
- 1. The area of the base cannot exceed 20cmX20cm before game starts,
- It is unlimited in height and can expand after the game starts.
- 2. The weight cannot exceed 3kg.
- 3. Use of internal/external combustion engine is prohibited.
- 4. Intention to harm the opponent or the Dohyou (playground which
- includes the circle) is not allowed.
- 5. Contestants are free to choose control techniques, but they are
- divided into 2 categories:
-
- Radio Controlled: Contestants can use ordinary commercial R/C
- equipment and remotely guide their robots.
-
- Stand-alone: Robots cannot be controlled externally by
- contestants with the exception of pushing a start button when
- the contest begins.
-
- To avoid interference with the humans who set the robots on the
- Dohyou, the Stand Alone category has a special rule which says that
- the game will starts exactly 5 seconds after the official signals the
- start. It means that the contestant will push a start button (or
- some- thing else) for the robot the same time as the offical's
- signal. The robot must keep the start position for 5 seconds, and the
- person who pushed the button must leave the Dohyou in that time.
- Therefore, the robots in the Stand Alone category must have at a start
- button and a means of timing the five seconds.
-
- Progression in the competition consists of three game matches between
- randomly selected robots. Last year [1992] 150 robots were in the
- Radio Controlled category and 190 were in the Stand Alone category. If
- you beat six or seven opponents, you can win the first prize of
- 1,000,000Yen or US$7,700. The second prize is 500,000Yen or
- US$3,850. [edited from a message by Mato Hattori]
-
- A video called "Mostly Sumo" is available from Media Magic at
- 415-662-2426. Their FAX is 415-662-2225.
- [As of Dec 1994, the video was sold out - check again in mid-Jan 1995]
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Western Canadian Robot Games
-
- [53]Web site for WCRG
-
-
-
-
- New this year is the addition of 4 BEAM events (Solaroller, Photovore,
- Walkers, and Aesthetics). More details will be available as soon as
- the rulebook is available.
-
- In the interest of promoting science and technology to the public
- and foster enthusiasm and creativity amongst students, the
- Western Canadian Robot Games committee holds an annual robotic
- contest in a centralized western Canadian location.
-
- If you would like to be included on our mailing list or receive
- our brochure, please provide me with an email or postal address.
-
- The IEEE student branch at SAIT challenge all SUMO alumni, students,
- instructors, and inventive individuals to design and enter your robots
- in one or more of our contests:
- ROBOTIC SUMO WRESTLING / ATOMIC HOCKEY
- BEAM Events
-
- ROBOTIC SUMO WRESTLING:
- The Tradition Continues
-
- This contest matches your own creation with another robot in the
- field of combat where brute strength and cat-like reflexes
- combine to create the ultimate battle! The challenge is to
- create a robot whose sole purpose is to push, throw, flip, drag,
- or otherwise move your opponent out of a five foot diameter
- circular ring within 3 minutes.
-
- In the tradition of an ancient Japanese contest of similar name,
- SUMO wrestling robots can use any trick the creator conceives to
- get the job done, within the following limits:
-
- * No robot may be used which is a physical threat to other
- contestants or the audience. (i.e., Explosions, fire,
- bullets, mace etc...)
- * Robots must fit within a 9" x 9" square when the
- competition begins, but may expand to a larger size
- after battle starts. Height is unrestricted at all
- times.
- * Robots must be 11 pounds or less in weight.
- * After the battle is over, contestants are responsible
- for cleaning up any debris in the ring to the
-
- There are two separate classes to SUMO robotic wrestling:
- Autonomous and Remote-Control.
-
- Remote Control robots may be a radio or wired-remote control and
- may be operated by a biological (human, usually).
-
- Autonomous Robots must carry on-board all power and intelligence
- required to seek and conquer the enemy.
-
- Each robot class will be awarded its own prize!
- (Prizes will also be awarded for the most humorous entry)
-
- ATOMIC HOCKEY
-
- You have never seen the NHL like this before! A head-to-head
- game of robot mayhem played out on an atomic scale as each
- competitor fights for the opportunity to gather more protons than
- his opponent while avoiding the ever present electrons!
-
- Played out in a 5 foot diameter circular ring lined with a 2 inch
- high wall, the robots must locate and gather Ping-Pong balls
- (protons) and deposit them in their own goal (the nucleus) within
- a three minute period while their opponents do the same. Each
- proton carries a score of +1 point.
-
- Unfortunately, the ring also contains an equal number of small
- metal balls (electrons) worth -1 point each. Each electron in
- your nucleus reduces your score by one point, so be careful to
- avoid them (or at least put them in your opponent's nucleus)!
-
- * Robots are to be a maximum of 9" x 9" square with
- unlimited height and have no weight restriction.
- * Robots must not pose any physical threat to biologicals
- (see SUMO rules).
- * Autonomous robots may put any signaling device they wish
- in their nucleus to help the robot locate the goal.
- * Aggressive and devious play between robots is
- encouraged, so long as no damage occurs to the ring or
- room.
-
- As with Robotic SUMO Wrestling, there are two categories: Autonomous
- and Remote Controlled ( Radio or Tethered ) New for 1994 is the
- introduction of the BEAM Solaroller, Photovore, Walker and
- BEAM-Aesthetics events - more details to follow!
-
- For a complete rule set for both competitions and application
- information, please email, phone, fax, or (gasp) write to me at:
-
- Craig Maynard
- Instructor, Electrical/Electronics Department,
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
- 1301-16th Ave NW
- Calgary, Alberta
- T2M-0L4
- Phone (403) 284-8401 Fax (403) 284-8184
- Email:[54]
- maynard@trantor.el.sait.ab.ca
-
- or
- Dave Hrynkiw
- BEAM Coordinator
- email:[55]
- hrynkiwd@cuug.ab.ca
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Please send updated information and I will update these competitions. Thanks,
- nivek
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Last-Modified: Fri May 31 09:36:23 1996
-
-
- [56]Kevin Dowling <nivek@cmu.edu>
-
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-
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- tel: 1.412.268.8830 The Robotics Institute
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- url: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~nivek Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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- aka: Kevin Dowling, <nivek+@cmu.edu> address: Carnegie Mellon University
- tel: 1.412.268.8830 The Robotics Institute
- fax: 1.412.268.5895 5000 Forbes Avenue
- url: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~nivek Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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