Robot Challenge 2001

The Brisbane Robotics SIG is proud to bring you the Robot Challenge. This year the competition will be held in Room S409 at QUT, Gardens Point Campus, on the 1st of Decemeber 2001. The competition will be an informal get together of the groups robots and as such there is no need to register your robots prior to the date. It's free of course, so come and browse around! Check out the previous years competitions. [ 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 ]

Timetable for the day: 11.00am Organisers arrive and set up tracks, etc 12.00pm Competitors can start calibration/testing on tracks 12.30pm Stock Car Derby 1.15pm Sumo Wrestling Events   Stock Car Derby Four autonomous race cars at a time compete against each other for speed! Not only does each car have to give its best, it has to look out for the other competitors or else risk a pileup. 2001 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. 2001 Rules and Regulations Entrants for this year