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ROBOT CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS FAQ                      Updated: Apr 1, 2005

Number of events currently listed: 88
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THIS LISTING IS PUBLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS:
* Posted monthly in comp.robotics.misc, , 
* Available in HTML format at http://robots.net/rcfaq.html
* Available in ASCII format at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/robotics-faq/
* Available in condensed form in Servo Magazine

This listing contains brief summaries of known robot competitions around the
world, answering the frequently asked questions; Where and when can I find a
robot competition? Submission of new contest information is encouraged. All 
information received will be made available to the public through monthly 
postings of this listing to newsgroups and the web.

I'm attempting to follow up on the incomplete entries but have listed what I
know (however little that may be) at this time.  If anyone can fill me in on
one of the partial listings or knows of a competition that I've left out, send
me email! If you find out-dated copies of this document on other web sites,
please ask the webmaster to link to this official copy which can found at 
http://robots.net/rcfaq.html

Send updates, new listings, corrections, complaints, and suggestions to:

Email    steve@ncc.com
Fax      972-404-0269

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Event Listing by Date
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Apr 3,     2005 Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Robot Contest
Apr 9-10,  2005 Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest
Apr 11,    2005 Harrisburg Science Festival
Apr 11-16, 2005 BattleBotsIQ
Apr 12-14, 2005 DTU RoboCup
Apr 15,    2005 Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races
Apr 16,    2005 Polish Sumo Robot Contest
Apr 16,    2005 RoboRodentia
Apr 16,    2005 UC Davis Picnic Day MicroMouse contest
Apr 21-23, 2005 FIRST Robotics Competition
Apr 23,    2005 RoboFest
Apr 27,    2005 Istrobot
Apr 27-29, 2005 Singapore Robotic Games
Apr 28-30, 2005 SAE Walking Machine Challenge
Apr29-May1,2005 Robotica
Apr 30,    2005 The Tech Museum of Innovation's Annual Tech Challenge
Apr30-May1,2005 PDXBOT
Apr 18-23, 2005 IRRF Open Challenge
Apr,       2005 Northwest Robot Sumo Tournament

May 6,     2005 Alcabot
May 6,     2005 TEAMS
May 11,    2005 Micro-Rato
May 14,    2005 Historical Electronics Museum Robot Festival
May 14,    2005 LVBOTS CHALLENGE
May 14,    2005 Western Canadian Robot Games
May 15,    2005 ChiBots Robotics Contest
May 19-21, 2005 Micro Air Vehicle Competition
May 20,    2005 Eurobot
May 20,    2005 SPURT
May 21,    2005 DPRG RoboRama
May 21-22, 2005 Mechwars
May,       2005 Edventures Robotics Challenge
May,       2005 Atlanta Robot Rally
May,       2005 NATCAR

Jun 4,     2005 TNO Robot Competition
Jun 11,    2005 UK National Micromouse Competition
Jun 13-15, 2005 AUVS International Ground Robotics Competition
Jun 15-17, 2005 Argentine Championship Robot Soccer
Jun 17-19, 2005 MATE ROV Competition
Jun 11,    2005 Vancouver Robotic Games
Jun,       2005 NC Robot Street Fight

Jul 2-3,   2005 Robotic Revolution
Jul 9-13,  2005 AAAI Mobile Robot Competition
Jul 13-17, 2005 RoboCup Robot Soccer World Cup
Jul 14-17, 2005 Botball National Tournament
Jul 18-21, 2005 AUVS International Aerial Robotics Competition
Jul 18-22, 2005 K'Nex K*bot World Championships
Jul,       2005 Singapore Inter-School Micromouse Competition

Aug 3-7,   2005 AUVS International Undersea Robotics Competition
Aug 20,    2005 DPRG Table-Top Robot Contest
Aug 20-21, 2005 RoboCup Junior Australia
Aug 25-29, 2005 ABU Robocon
Aug 27-28, 2005 War-Bots Xtreme

Sep 2-5,   2005 DragonCon Robot Battles

Oct 1,     2005 Robot-Liga
Oct 8,     2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
Oct 8-9,   2005 Robothon
Oct 21-23, 2005 Critter Crunch
Oct,       2005 CSUS Ant-Weight Competition and Engineering Expo
Oct,       2005 FIRA Robot World Cup
Oct,       2005 House of NERC
Oct,       2005 Robot Fighting League National
Oct,       2005 RoboMaxx

Nov 5,     2005 CIRC Autonomous Sumo Robot Competition
Nov,       2005 AESS National Robotics Contest
Nov,       2005 All Japan MicroMouse Contest
Nov,       2005 Eastern Canadian Robot Games
Nov,       2005 PAReX Autonomous Robotics Competition
Nov,       2005 Robot Riots
Nov,       2005 Robotex
Nov,       2005 South's BEST competition
Nov,       2005 Texas BEST competition

Dec 10,    2005 Boonshoft Museum LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Competition
Dec,       2005 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge
Dec,       2005 LEGO MY EGG-O Robotic Egg Hunt
Dec,       2005 Penn State Abington Robo-Hoops
Dec,       2005 RoboPraxis

           2005 Elevator:2010 Climber Competition

Jan 20-26, 2006 Techfest

Feb 19-23, 2006 APEC Micromouse Contest
Feb,       2006 DPRG Fire-Fighting Robot Contest
Feb,       2006 Robotix

Mar 18-19, 2006 Manitoba Robot Games
Mar,       2006 AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Contest
Mar,       2006 RoboGames
Mar,       2006 Roboticon

Apr,       2006 HISPABOT
Apr,       2006 Melexis Safety Trophy