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RoboCup Junior

RoboCup Junior. July 2-8 th , 2007 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology. What is RoboCup Junior?. A project-oriented educational initiative that sponsors local, regional, and international robotic events for young students up through age 19. The focus is on education.

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RoboCup Junior

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  1. RoboCup Junior July 2-8th, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology

  2. What is RoboCup Junior? • A project-oriented educational initiative that sponsors local, regional, and international robotic events for young students up through age 19. • The focus is on education. • It provides an exciting introduction to the field of robotics.

  3. Background • It began in 1998 as a demonstration with the RoboCup in Paris. • The first RoboCup Junior Tournament was held in Melbourne, Australia in 2000. There were 25 teams from 3 countries • In 2006, there were 240 teams selected from 22 countries held in Bremen, Germany.

  4. Background Continued • RoboCup Junior is a new way to develop technical abilities through hands-on experiences with electronics, hardware and software, and highly motivating opportunity to learn about teamwork while sharing technology with friends.

  5. Why RoboCup Junior Stands Apart • It is focused more on education than on competition. • The challenges remain the same from year to year to provide a scaffolding learning environment. • The challenges – soccer, rescue, and dance- are familiar; spectators can watch and understand without needing explanation of complicated rules.

  6. Standing Apart Continued • It delves more deeply into computer science and programming do to its emphasis on autonomous robots. • It sits at the entry level of the international RoboCup initiative, which is strongly committed to education and involvement of young people in technology.

  7. Challenges • RoboCup Junior offers several challenges: • Soccer: 2 on 2 teams of robots play games with an electronic ball in an enclosed field • Rescue : Robots race to identify victims lost in re-created disaster scenarios. • Dance: One or more robots wear costumes and move creatively to music. • rcj2003_movie.mov

  8. Soccer • For the soccer challenge, you must use an electronic soccer ball which emits infra-red light and greyscale mat which covers the floor of the soccer field. • 2-on-2 teams of autonomous mobile robots play in a highly dynamic environment, tracking a special light-emitting ball in an enclosed, landmarked field.

  9. Rescue • Robots identify victims within a re-created disaster scenarios • The scenarios vary in complexity from line-following on a flat surface tonegotiating paths through obstacles on uneven terrain

  10. Dance • One or more robots come together with music, dressed in costume and moving in creative harmony • Points are added for creativity and if the human partner is dressed in costume and dancing with the robot.

  11. Get Involved • How to get involved: • Find Mrs. Wilson (room 802) or Ms. Fox (room 107) to get more details and put your teams together. • We would like a couple teams to compete this year from CEC. • Decide what type of robot your team wants to build (Dance, Soccer or Rescue). • Have fun building your robot.

  12. More Information • Visit the RoboCup Junior website for more details on how to form teams, specific rules for each challenge, and event information. • http://www.robocupjunior.org • RoboCup 2007 Website • http://www.robocup-us.org/ • Mailing List • http://agents.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/dev/rcj/ • February 10th (10:00am - 4:30pm) at Georgia Tech an informational workshop • http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/ice-gt/464

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