Astonishing Robot Competitions

Astonishing Robot Competitions
Author: John Ronald Baker
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1515773566

May the best 'bot win! From all-out battles to competitive sports and futuristic challenges, robot contests have never been more popular. Witness the incredible feats of power, speed, and endurance achieved by robots in the world's biggest robotic competitions.

Robot Competitions

Robot Competitions
Author: Mary Lindeen
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512470805

Robot competitions are a fun way for people who build robots to test their designs. Roboticists face off in exciting challenges and contests to determine whose robot is the smartest, the fastest, or the strongest. From playing soccer to moving through mazes to completing search-and-rescue missions, these robots are designed to do amazing things. Find out more about fascinating robot competitions all around the world and how they're challenging people to build robots that are even more incredible!

Competition Robots

Competition Robots
Author: Lisa Idzikowski
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2023-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Each year thousands of students of all ages enter robot competitions through their schools or other organizations. They can compete alone or as part of a team in competitions like Lunabotics Junior and the RoboCupJunior soccer games. Learn about the history of robot competitions, how students can get creative with their robots, and more.

Engineering and Building Robots for Competitions

Engineering and Building Robots for Competitions
Author: Margaux Baum
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1499438842

One of the most hands-on and exciting hobbies and extracurricular activities for students interested in STEM is participating in robotics competitions. This book, newly updated to reflect the latest advances in amateur and professional robotics, including the exploding popularity of the Maker movement, gives readers all they need to enter this competitive and dynamic field. More importantly, readers learn the basics of how to build prize-winning robots, and how to find and enter contests, including local, regional, and national ones.

Robot Competitions

Robot Competitions
Author: Christopher Forest
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620657821

"Describes a variety of robot competitions held in the United States and around the world"--

The Modern Nerd's Guide to Robot Battles

The Modern Nerd's Guide to Robot Battles
Author: Melissa Raé Shofner
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538212153

Robot battling is one of the hottest hobbies out there, with dedicated television shows, international stars, and crazy, freaky, metal creations. Now, the inside scoop on the wild world of robot battling is available to budding enthusiasts everywhere. Filled with insider know-how, action-packed graphics, and dynamic color photographs, this volume guides readers through this imaginative world of automated competition. The exciting yet accessible language inspires and engages with every turn of the page, ensuring this book will be a hit in any collection.

Remarkable Robot

Remarkable Robot
Author: Suzanne Varney
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2023-05-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1039149308

Lacy, Lexy, and Lucy are the Super-Duper Triplets! These sisters can magically jump into the books they read. When they explore their book about a robot named Hexa, the triplets learn that the poor robot needs help crossing a wall made of shapes. If Hexa can’t get through the wall, she’ll never be able to join her family! The triplets want to help. The only problem? They haven’t learned their shapes yet! The girls promise Hexa that they’ll be back in one week. But will a week be enough time for them to learn all of the shapes they need? Can they help their friend Hexa pass the shapes wall and get back to her family? This delightful and educational book teaches children the fun and importance of shapes and days of the week. It is the fourth book in the Super-Duper Triplets’ series, and can be read as a stand-alone book or as part of the series.

Battling for Victory

Battling for Victory
Author: Kathryn Clay
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1476551146

"Describes various competitions and games involving robots"--

RoCKIn

RoCKIn
Author: Multiple Authors
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-08-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 953513373X

The book "RoCKIn - Benchmarking Through Robot Competitions" describes the activities and achievements on the promotion of Robotics research and benchmarking in Europe through robot competitions, carried out within the framework of the RoCKIn ("Robot Competitions Kick Innovation in Cognitive Systems and Robotics") Coordination Action, a project funded by the European Commission (EC) 7th Framework Programme (FP7). RoCKIn was one of the two pioneer projects on robot competitions in Europe funded by the EC, representing the acknowledgment of robot competitions as important tools to advance research on Robotics, besides education and public awareness of Robotics. Two challenges were selected for the RoCKIn competitions due to their high relevance and impact on Europe's societal and industrial needs: domestic service robots (RoCKIn@Home) and innovative robot applications in industry (RoCKIn@Work). Along the book chapters the reader will find details on RoCKIn@Home and RoCKIn@Work, and about the activities carried out during the project lifetime, namely the developed open domain test beds for competitions targeting the two challenges and usable by researchers worldwide; the scoring and benchmarking methods to assess the performance of robot systems and subsystems; and the building up of a community of new teams. The book ends with an assessment by the project industrial partner about the impact of RoCKIn and other robot competitions on the industrial robot markets. The project work was funded by the European Commission (EC) 7th Framework Programme (FP7), under the 9th Call for projects on Information and Communication Technologies. The publishing of this book was funded by the EC FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot programme.

The DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: Humanoid Robots To The Rescue

The DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: Humanoid Robots To The Rescue
Author: Matthew Spenko
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2019-02-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783030090494

The DARPA Robotics Challenge was a robotics competition that took place in Pomona, California USA in June 2015. The competition was the culmination of 33 months of demanding work by 23 teams and required humanoid robots to perform challenging locomotion and manipulation tasks in a mock disaster site. The challenge was conceived as a response to the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. The Fukushima disaster was seen as an ideal candidate for robotic intervention since the risk of exposure to radiation prevented human responders from accessing the site. This volume, edited by Matthew Spenko, Stephen Buerger, and Karl Iagnemma, includes commentary by the organizers, overall analysis of the results, and documentation of the technical efforts of 15 competing teams. The book provides an important record of the successes and failures involved in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and provides guidance for future needs to be addressed by policy makers, funding agencies, and the robotics research community. Many of the papers in this volume were initially published in a series of special issues of the Journal of Field Robotics. We have proudly collected versions of those papers in this STAR volume.