Robotics Competition for College Students in 2021

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around identifying robotics competitions suitable for college students, focusing on events occurring in 2021. Participants share various competitions, including those for high school students, and provide links for further information.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant inquires about upcoming robotics competitions for college students.
  • Another mentions the US FIRST competition, noting it is primarily for high school students but involves college students as mentors.
  • A participant references RoboCup, highlighting its ongoing competitions across various categories.
  • Links to Marinetech.org and AUVSI competitions are shared, indicating opportunities for both college and high school students in underwater robotics and unmanned vehicles.
  • There is uncertainty about the status of robosoccer and its relation to RoboCup.
  • A participant expresses a desire for more local competitions in the US and mentions the RoboCup US Open as a potential event.
  • A link to an extensive list of competitions is provided, which includes many US-based events.
  • Another participant shares details about KURUKSHETRA'09, listing various robotics events and competitions, including a national level contest and specific challenges like building self-steering robots and swimmer robots.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants share various competitions and resources, but there is no consensus on a single competition or a clear preference for local versus international events.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express confusion over the locations of competitions, indicating that further clarification on event details may be necessary.

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Does anyone know of any robotics competition that will be taking place sometime later this year or next year?

I'm looking for a competition that involves college level students.
 
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The US FIRST competition is held once a year. The competition is for high school students, but college students and professional engineers typically team up to mentor the high school teams.
 
Marinetech.org has an underwater robotics competition for college level as well as HS level students.
http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International also has an underwater robotics competition (http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/water.cfm )for college and HS students as well as unmanned ground vehicle(http://www.igvc.org/) and unmanned aerial vehicles (http://www.bowheadsupport.com/paxweb/seafarers/default.htm ).
I hope this helps.
 
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robosoccer...not sure if they merged with the robocup link that's above.
 
That's quite a few competitions, thanks for the links guys. I was expecting more local (US) competitions though.

RoboCup US Open is probably the closest that I have seen so far, and if it is held the same time every year then it should be held next may again (which is good).
 
thanx billblack. the funny thing is that I came across that site before in google but i clicked about 5 links and i got the location as in India or singapore. Now that I have looked at the list closer i can see many US competitions.
 
KURUKSHETRA'09 the battle of brains is about to
start with a variety of events providing an opportunity
to show ur talent..it includes-

1. EXCEED- A national level robotics contest which has
prelims in Pune and Bangalore followed with the finals
during K!09

2.THE ROAD NOT TAKEN - Do u think u can build a robot
that can steer itself?check this event for details

3.ROBO SOCCER - fun filled soccer game where each team
builds 2 robots and traditional soccer games rules
apply.

4.LINE FOLLOWER- task is to build a robot that can reach
the centre of the maze using the shortest possible path

5.DESIGNER'S QUEST - This is ur platform to design a
swimmer robot that can find its way in a turbulent
pool..

There are more interesting events and exciting prizes to
be won! For further details visit www.kurukshetra.org.in
DONT MISS IT!
 

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