1997 Australian Robotics Championships


The ACS Robotics SIG and the University of Queensland are proud to bring you another Australian Robotics Championships.

The championships were held at the University of Queensland on November 29th, 1997.

The venue was the Hawken building (building 50 on the UQ map), and events kicked off at 1.30pm.

This year a trophy was awarded to the winner and runner-up for each competition, and certificates available for all entrants. See below for the lists of entrants for each competition.

In the next few days we will be publishing information about this year's championships, including stats for each entrant, summaries of the events, photos and (hopefully) even some movies of the highlights. Stay tuned!

Details on the 1996 competition are also available.


Timetable for the day:

12.00pmOrganisers arrive and set up tracks, etc
12.30pm Competitors can start calibration/testing on tracks
1.30pm Stock Car Derby
3.00pm Sumo Wrestling
4.15pm Micromouse Demonstration
5.00pm BBQ (BYO food, drinks, etc)

Events

 

* Stock Car Derby

This is a new competition, which is a world first. Four autonomous race cars at a time compete against each other for speed!

* Rules and Regulations
* Entrants for this year

* Sumo Wrestling

Based on real Sumo Wrestling rules, your autonomous robot is required to locate and push, flip, roll, shove, throw, hurl, or otherwise remove the opposing robot from a 1.5m ring in the shortest period of time. Originally initiated in Japan, Sumo Wrestling competitions have spread to robotics competions all around the world.

* Rules and Regulations
* Entrants for this year

* Micromouse Demonstration

There will be a Micromouse demonstration of CUQEE3, this year's winner of the international Micromouse at APEC '97.