RoboPlay – Robot Show Competition

A RoboPlay Robot Show shall present a story using robots in a movie style.

Early registration deadline: March 30, 2012
Final registration deadline: April 15, 2012
Video submission deadline: May 3, 2012
Date for Robot Challenge Competition & Awards Ceremony: UCD C-STEM Day May 5, 2012

More information can be found in the Call For Participation.

2012 Winners

1st Place Bridgeway Bees Advisor: Megan Schoellhamer

2nd Place Dragons Advisor: Francesca DeFazio

3rd Place River City High School Advisor: Dubarrie Fagout

All video submissions for the 2012 Competition can be seen on the Videos Page.

Rules

• All team members must be students in K-12 schools
• Each team must use Mobot, a reconfigurable modular robot available from Barobo, Inc., for the competition
• There is no limit on the number of Mobots
• Each show must be within 2 – 8 minutes long
• Each team must submit a software copy of their well-documented C++ code for controlling robots with a standard heading that includes:
  1. Name of each student participant
  2. Name of the school in which the students are currently enrolled
  3. Name of teacher advisers
  4. Category (RoboPlay Robot Show Competition)
• All elements of the robot show must be produced originally by the students
• Any movement of the Mobots must be autonomous and controlled by an original C++ program
• Backgrounds, sets, and costumes are recommended, but not required
• Scores will be computed based upon:
  1. Creativity
  2. Robot coordination
  3. Robot choreography
  4. Creativity of the narrative
  5. Artistic appeal (props, backgrounds, scene, etc…)
  6. Sound effects
• Video submission must be provided in one of the following formats: AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV
• Video submission must be less than 400MB in size

Registration

Registration is available for all four C-STEM Competitions: REGISTER HERE.

• Each team can have as many members from one school as necessary
• Teams must register before the deadline
• The registration fee is $10 for each video submission before the early registration deadline, $15 for late registration before the video submission deadline
• Make all checks out to “The Regents of the University of California”
• All checks must be received by the final registration deadline
• Up to three student representatives will receive the trophy for the club
• All team members will receive certificates of participation
• T-Shirts and Lunch Tickets for Tercero Dining Commons may be purchased separately