Robot Competitions

• FIRST LEGO League Competition for middle school students (ages 9-14) using LEGO robots with kids programming the robots.
  • http://www.usfirst.org/what/fll/default.aspx?id=390
  • Cost about $800 for a team
• RoboCup Jr International Competition with two divisions (under 14 and over 14) using any robot that can be programmed.
  • http://rcj.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/
  • Currently only a Northeast regional http://www.robocupjr.com/
  • Cost can vary depending on the robot, costumes, and travel but is fairly cheap ($1,000+)
• FIRST Tech Challenge
  • http://www.usfirst.org/what/fvc/default.aspx?id=380 was using VEX but now using NXT controller starting in 2008 and programmed in RobotC, NXT-G, or LabView
  • Cost $900 for a kit
• Botball for middle and high school students programmed in Interactive C
  • http://www.botball.org/about-botball/overview.php
  • Cost $2300
• FIRST Robotics Competition for High School - remote controlled robots
  • http://www.usfirst.org/?gclid=CLGu5M65jpQCFQWlQAoddgUagw
  • Cost about $10,000 to do one regional comp
• BEST Radio Controlled Robot Competition
  • http://www.bestinc.org/MVC/
  • Cost to start a hub is approx $28,000 to support up to 24 teams
• National Robotics Challenge
  • http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/joomla/

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• Robot Resources last edited on 24 June 2008 at 9:19 pm by user-1121l0t.dsl.mindspring.com