Robofest Newsletter, 3-244-2005

 

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Contents

(1) Robofest 2005 Warm-up Competition Results and Streaming Video

(2) Official Report from Robofest Korea 2005

(3) Registration Status and a New Video Submission Site!

(4) Rules to decide the number of teams to advance

(5) RoboRelay Animation for Judge Training Available

(6) Do you need Robofest Official Posters?

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(1) Robofest 2005 Warm-up Competition Results and Streaming Video

Robofest 2005 warm-up competition was held at LTU on March 19, 8 Junior and 2 Senior teams participated. Streaming video of the competition is up at www.robofest.net

or directly at http://www.ltuvitrc.com/999909.ram. RealPlayer is required to watch this very informative video. You can download it for free from www.real.com

 

(2) Official Report from Robofest Korea 2005

There was a Robofest Korea 2005 in Hanyang University on Feb. 19. Forty-three Junior division and eighteen senior division teams participated in a mission requiring line following and navigation techniques. 4 Junior teams and 2 Senior teams were selected to advance to World Robofest. The report written in Korean can be accessed at http://www.robofest.net/2005/korResult.htm. There are 6 photos in the report.

 

(3) Registration status and a New Video Submission Site!

We are sorry to report that we had to close Alpena, Delta College, and Traverse City sites this year (they have agreed to host for 2006). But we are pleased to announce a new site called �Video Submission� site. Any team around the world can enroll only exhibition teams to that site. Send a 5-10 minute videotape, CD, or DVD of your team�s exhibition postmarked by April 14. We will notify the acceptance to the World Robofest by April 18.

 

Please send videos to:

LTU Robofest

21000 West Ten Mile Rd., SouthfieldMI 48075

USA

 

(4) Rules to decide the number of teams to advance

*** Junior Competition

 

If the site has greater than or equal to 3 teams:

(Number_of_teams_registered_at_the_site / total_number_of_teams_registered - 4)*16

 

If the site has less than 3 teams:

One best team may advance if overall judging score is greater than 80.

 

*** Senior Competition

 

If the site has greater than or equal to 3 teams:

(Number_of_teams_registered_at_the_site / total_number_of_teams_registered - 2)*14

If the site has less than 3 teams:

One best team may advance if overall judging score is greater than 65.

 

*** Exhibition

 

If the site has greater than or equal to 3 teams:

(Number_of_teams_registered_at_the_site / total_number_of_teams_registered)*5

 

If the site has less than 3 teams:

One best team may advance if overall judges score is greater than 80.

 

(5) RoboRelay Animation for Judge Training Available

The animations are good for understanding the RoblRelay game rules.

Please check out: www.robofest.net main page.

 

(6) Do you need Robofest Official Posters?

We have sent Robofest official posters to coaches of Robofest 2005 teams. If you would like to have Robofest official posters, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected] with your postal mail address.

 

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CJ Chung, Associate Professor, Robofest director

Lori Birman, Robofest Coordinator

21000 W. Ten Mile, SouthfieldMI 48075

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