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., Southfield� MI 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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Lawrence Tech University��
Computer Science / Robofest World Headquarters
CJ Chung, Associate Professor, Robofest director
Lori Birman, Robofest Coordinator
21000 W. Ten Mile, Southfield� MI 48075
[email protected]����� www.robofest.net
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