Who can enter?

The competition is intended for a team of two competitors working and/or training towards relevant programmes of study in mobile robotics. Competitors can be in education and training or working in industry. The competition is open to the following levels:

Advanced: Those undertaking qualifications up to level 3 or up to five years experience in a working environment.

Higher: Those undertaking qualifications up to level 7 or up to seven years experience in a working environment.

About the competition

The competition takes place over two days and consists of programming a FESTO Robotino® and constructing a robot to undertake a range of challenging tasks.

Competitors must be able to use the FESTO Robotino® mobile robot to:

• solve practical operational problems
• carry out mobile robot system design
• assemble a mobile robot according to the manufacturer’s specifications
• design a control program
• connect a mobile robot to its control system
• commission a mobile robot to carry out its correct function
• interpret hard copy/electrical forms from manufacturer’s documents

Robotino's are available on loan to organisations on a long term basis providing the organisation guarantees to send competitors to the mobile robotics competition each year.

Competitors will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Team working
• Time management
• Designing, building and testing mobile robots
• Electronic circuit building, testing and analysis
• Programming language

Competition structure

How many competitors can enter from each organisation?

Two competitors per team, there are no restrictions on the number of entries per organisation.

Competition partners:

The competition is organised by Semta in association with industry partners.

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