Contest results
This year (2019) there was only one submission and no winner.
2019 Robotics Car Contest
http://robocar2019.makerobots.eu
The goal of 2019 robotic car contest is to make robotics accessible to people with little or no experience. If you are already skilled in that field, feel free to join and compete with others.
In this contest you will create simple robotic car, that could go between different sectors, and indicate in which sector it is now.
Feel free to use lego, vex, fischertechnik, wooden planks, cardboard, tape, your old VHS player and whatever else you have laying around. You could program servo motors with Arduino, or just turn simpler DC motors on and off.
The final round of competition will be held online on 2019-09-21. Participants will stream online video of their creations. Time will be agreed with qualified participants.
Awards And Prizes
Current prize pool is 50 euro.
How to participate
- Find location that is at least 2x2 metres. Build contest area there. How to build area.
- Build car (using retail RC models is not allowed) and take at least 5 photos explaining how it was built.
- Submit short video and photos of the your creation to the website/email/github.
- Compete online during live event (you will have to stream video).
How to build robot car when you have zero knowledge, skills, tools, money or time.
Need help with building robot?
Submissions
Rules
Robot should be 40x40x40 cm max. It should have led/lamp at the top clearly visible.
Robot could be remote controlled wireless/wired or be autonomous.
There will be sequence of sectors published at the beginning of live event.
Example of sequence: 5, 15, 8, 16, 1, 8, 11, 13, 5, 3, 14, 16
Sequence will be ~30-70 numbers, and fastest robot who visit sectors in given order will win.
Deadlines and Important Dates
Competition started.
All submissions that are done before 2019-06-25 18:00 UTC will participate in the digital books giveaway (details are in Full rules).
2019-09-14 is the last day when submissions are accepted.
Live event date: 2019-09-21.
Contacts
Send us message: robocar2019@makerobots.eu
Join us in discord: https://discord.gg/Ch2j84C
Want to help us?
- https://wiki.makerobots.eu/doku.php/help-wanted
- Gift a robotic set to the child, and help him to build it.
- Spread the word around. Share that page to people who interested in robotics or want to try. Or just post to your social network.
- Add something to the prize pool. Digitally deliverable content related to robotics or diy would be best.
- Let us know if you willing to help in some other way.
First Live competition (2018)
Roboarm Online Live Robotics Competition 2018 http://roboarm2018.makerobots.eu
Credits
Some images are taken from papunet.net