Educational Robotics Repository: contests

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• RoboCup  (http://www.robocup.org)
  
  
  RoboCup (Originally called as Robot World Cup Initiative) is an international research and education initiative. It is an attempt to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined, as well as being used for integrated project-oriented education. For this purpose, RoboCup chose to use soccer game as a primary domain, and organizes RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences.
  
  
• RoboCupJunior  (http://www.robocupjunior.org)
  
  
  RoboCupJunior is a project-oriented educational initiative that sponsors local, regional and international robotic events for young students. It is designed to introduce RoboCup to primary and secondary school children, as well as undergraduates who do not have the resources to get involved in the senior leagues. The focus in the junior league is on education
  
  
• BotBall  (http://www.botball.org)
  
  
  Presented by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, the Botball Educational Robotics Program gets the wheel turning for hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering and math. The program is designed for middle and high school students, and now offeres a national collegiate competition as well.
  
  
• First Lego League  (http://www.usfirst.org)
  
  
  The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way.
  
  
• BEAM robotics  (http://www.nis.lanl.gov/projects/robot)
  
  
  The BEAM Robot Games is therefore not so much a series of technological competitions as a chance for robot enthusiasts to present their designs to each other, the press, and the public. It is an open forum for anyone who wants to get started in the field of Alife robotics to compete and compare. Any and every robot will be considered so long as it does not come exclusively from a kit or store. Robots of similar ability will be pitted against each other in graded competitions, but generally robots will be judged on sophistication of behavior, novelty of design, efficiency of power source, and quality of hardware innovation.
  
  
• RoboChallenge  ( http://homepage.mac.com/mrlaurie/robo/robochallenge.html)
  
  
  Robo-Challenge is an educational program that uses LEGO Robotics to provide hands-on learning of engineering, applied science, and computer skills, while acting as a vehicle for educational outreach. The core of the program involves getting LEGO robotics materials into the hands of young, eager students so that they will have the opportunity to learn advanced technology skills while engaged in complex robotic challenges.