Other Competitions?

[waitwhat?]

So I was wondering if anybody knew of any Robotics competitons that are not restricted to highschool students. Preferably I'd like to find some competitions that are open to anyone, somewhere in the north east would be awesome.

[Joe G.]

Combat robotics is the main area that comes to mind. Unfortunatly for you, they are primarily centered in the San Fransisco area. Check out robogames, which features both combat robots, and a variety of other competitions, such as bipedial robots, sumo, soccer, etc.

However, you can also remain in FIRST long beyond high school, mentoring.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by waitwhat?

So I was wondering if anybody knew of any Robotics competitons that are not restricted to highschool students. Preferably I'd like to find some competitions that are open to anyone, somewhere in the north east would be awesome.

I don't know what it's called, but there is a competition for college students. It's smaller size than FRC, but it's robotics.

[Lowfategg]

Battlebots and IFI new VEX college level come to mind.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Lowfategg

... IFI new VEX college level come to mind.

Speaking of which, where would I find more info on that?

[Lowfategg]

Originally Posted by EricH

Speaking of which, where would I find more info on that?

My guess is maybe http://www.robotevents.com/index.php? Seems more and more like robotevents is giving more press to IFI. Ah whatever.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Lowfategg

My guess is maybe http://www.robotevents.com/index.php? Seems more and more like robotevents is giving more press to IFI. Ah whatever.

Not surprising, since it was created by IFI.

[Richard McClellan]

Some College Level Competitions -
International Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) - large robots (FIRST-sized), GPS navigation, obstacle avoidance, and vision
IEEE Region V Competition - small robots, all autonomous, line following, color detection, decision making, etc.
MATE - underwater robots

There are lots of others, just google.

[EricH]

The IEEE is the one my school competes in. There is interest in the College VEX, but that isn't together yet, so...

[IKE]

I just saw the IGVC collegiate competition this summer. Way different than FIRST. BAsically imagine that Autonomous or hybrid mode was way tougher and way way longer.
It is pretty boring for spectators, but the students working on it really seem to enjoy it.
What is your background Waitwhat? Are you ME, EE.... There are a lot of other interesting design challenges out there too.

[Taylor]

There's also BEST robotics and BotBall.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

I want to do Robo-One someday. Its kinda like Soul Caliber, but with humanoid robots.

I saw the competition at Robogames and it was quite cool. Check it out on youtube.

Sumo is another very popular competition. Its a fun blend of mechanical, electrical, and programing. And since the robots are tiny its not too expensive. Much cooler IMO then antweight combat...

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Lowfategg

My guess is maybe http://www.robotevents.com/index.php? Seems more and more like robotevents is giving more press to IFI. Ah whatever.

IFI encourages any and every robotics event on the planet (or off...) to advertise using the RobotEvents site. Whether that site will catch on as a world-wide clearing house for this sort of info is another matter. I like the idea of having one place to look to find 99% of what is going on locally and elsewhere; and I hope that it does catch on.

One would presume that IFI is motivated to take the time to ensure events using IFI equipment are always listed there. For other organizations' events, well, "You can lead a horse to water..."

Blake

[Kyle Love]

Originally Posted by gblake

IFI encourages any and every robotics event on the planet (or off...) to advertise using the RobotEvents site. Whether that site will catch on as a world-wide clearing house for this sort of info is another matter. I like the idea of having one place to look to find 99% of what is going on locally and elsewhere; and I hope that it does catch on.

One would presume that IFI is motivated to take the time to ensure events using IFI equipment are always be listed there. For other organizations' events, well, "You can lead a horse to water..."

Blake

It is not just IFI games that are being advertised or shown on that site. If you want "Joe Schmoe Robotics Competition" to have a part on there, I'm fairly sure they will let you put your events up there. IFI just puts out the money to run and host it.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by waitwhat?

So I was wondering if anybody knew of any Robotics competitons that are not restricted to highschool students. Preferably I'd like to find some competitions that are open to anyone, somewhere in the north east would be awesome.

http://www.trincoll.edu/events/robot/