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  Previous Robotics Events
 

  July 2002
  AAAI-2002 Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition (11th Annual)
Dates: July 28 - August 1, 2002
Location: Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sponsor: AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence)
Event Schedule: Download Brochure (pdf)
Activities: The Robot Challenge, Rescue Robot Competition, Robots skill at offering hors d'oeuvres to guests, Robot Exhibition, and Mobile Robots Workshop.
  Captured by Robots - Robot Rock 'n Roll Club Band
Date: July 30, 2002
Location: Covered Wagon Saloon, 917 Folsom St., San Francisco CA 94107 USA
Info line:
415-974-1585
Show Details:
San Francisco musician Jay Vance (a.k.a. JBOT) is a one man band who has replaced human bandmates with robots.
  AUVSI and ONR's 5th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition
Date: July 31 - August 4, 2002
Location: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), 53560 Hull St., San Diego, CA 92152
AUVSI Info line:
703-920-2720
Details: Competition of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realistic missions in the underwater environment.

  August 2002
 

Albany Robot Conflict
Dates: Saturday, August 18, 2002, 10AM - 4PM
Location: Altamont Fair Grounds - Entertainment Pavilion, Altamont, NY USA
Sponsor: ARCC (Albany Robotic Combat Club)
Activities: Radio Controlled walking robots compete in soccer, combat and melee.
Register: Registration Form (pdf)
Rules: Rules (pdf)


BattleBots Season 5.0 Premiere
Dates: August 20, 2002
Time: Tuesday, August 20th at 10pm ET/PT, 9pm CT
Channel: Comedy Central, Check your local cable listings.
Sponsor: Comedy Central
Description: Bill Dwyer and Tim Green return to the broadcast booth and Carmen Electra will once again cover all the action in the arena!

Steel Conflict - Antweight (1 lb.) up to 120 lb. Robot Battle Competition
Dates: August 24-25, 2002
Location: Fairplex, Pomona CA
Sponsors: Steel Conflict, Titanium Joe, Team Delta, Battlepack
Description: Double elimination robot fighting.
(each robot fights at least twice)
Contest Rules: Rules & Event Guidelines


Killer Ants - Antweight (1 lb.) and Featherweight (12 lb.) Robot Competition
Dates: August 24-25, 2002
Location: Ontario Science Center, 770 Don Mills Rd., Toronto, Ontario M3C 1T3 Canada, Tel: (416) 696-1000
Sponsor: Robot Fight Club of Toronto, Canada
Description: Double elimination robot fighting.
(each robot fights at least twice)
Contest Rules: Rules & Event Guidelines


ABU Robocon - Robot Competition
Dates: August 31, 2002
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Sponsor: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
Description: Annual robot contest starting from 2002, just for university/college students in the Asia-Pacific region.  Under a common set of rules, participants will compete with their peers in other countries to create a robot using their creative and technological abilities in an open competition.
Contact Information:

ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest Secretariat
NHK,  2-2-1  Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo  150-8001, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5455-3223/3224
Fax: +81-3-3481-1138
E-mail: robocon@sci.nhk.or.jp
Contest Rules: Rules (pdf)


  September 2002
  2002 BotBash - Robot Combat
Dates: September 14 - 15, 2002
Location: Arizona State University, Army National Guard Armory, Hanger 18, 322 E. 6th St., Tempe 85281 Arizona. (across the street from the Sun Devil Stadium)
Details: BotBash, the oldest continuously running robot combat competition in the country, is undergoing a big change with a new way to fight Robots.  All main Arena fighting will now be TWO on TWO.  That is right, your favorite builders will be fighting with, and against each other to bring you even more robot fighting action!  No longer will just the finals be the best part of the show. The whole spectacle will be equally exciting! Also Live Industrial music from The Strand.


  October 2002
 

International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) 2002
Dates: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 - Friday, October 11, 2002
Location: Stockholm Sweden
Sponsor: Swedish Industrial Robot Association(SWIRA)
Activities: This symposium will focus on Robot-based automation and Industrial IT.
Register: Registration Page

 

RoboMaxx 2002 - Robotics Fair & Exhibition
Dates: October 12 - 13, 2002
Location: Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon, USA
Directions: Exit #33 off I-5
Sponsor: Southern Oregon Robotics Club
Event Schedule: Robomaxx schedule
Activities: Mini-Bbots, Mini-Sumo, Line Following, Lego Creations, Maze Solving, Fire Breathing Robot Demonstration, Vendors, Exhibitors.
Register: Registration Page



  November 2002
 

Annual Cocktail Robot Awards/ROBOEXOTICA
Dates: November 15 - 17, 2002
Location: Erste-Arena, Quartier2, Electric Avenue, MUQUA, Vienna, Austria
Sponsor: SHIFZ & Monochrom
Activities: Robots judged on skills in one of the following categories:
* Serving cocktails
* Mixing cocktails
* Bartending conversation
* Lighting cigars/cigarettes ...
* Other achievements in the sector of cocktail culture

Battlebots 6.0 CANCELLED
Dates: November
Sponsor: Comedy Central


  December 2002
 

The Robotics Society of America Annual Robot Games & Expo - San Francisco
Dates: December 15, 2002
Location: Ft. Mason, Building C, San Francisco, CA USA
Sponsor: The Robotics Society Of America
Contact: David Calkins, 415-297-2789, dcalkins@robotics-society.org
Cost: $5/adult, kids 17 and under free

Activities:
• Ant Weight Combat
• Robot Sumo Competition
• Hexapod Challenge
• Lego Mindstorms Challenge
• BEAM Robot Competition
• Aibo Performer

• Robot Vendor Displays

 

 
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Events
The Future of Robotics - June 1, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands
RoboCup 2005 Osaka - Tentative July 13 - 17, 2005, Osaka, Japan
ROBOEXOTICA - November 16 - 20, 2005, Wien, Austria
 

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RobotRoom.com
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Honda P3 Humanoid Robot
FIRST Organization
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MIT Leg Lab

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