Robofest is an annual robotics festival and competition designed to promote and support
STEM (Science,
Engineering, Technology and Math) and Computer Science for students in
grades 5 - 12 and college students.
Robofest challenges teams of students to design, build, and
program autonomous robots to compete in the following various categories:
- Game Competition - A team of students competes to accomplish robotics missions using
fully autonomous robots. Especially Robofest game puts math skills to the test. [Registration begins in December]
- Exhibition - Each team has complete freedom to show off any creative
computer programmed robotics R&D project. [Registration begins in December]
- Vision Centric Challenge (VCC) - Advanced category for Sr. high school and college students [Registration begins in December]
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[Registration for North American Championship on May 2nd 2014 will be open in March 2014]
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- RoboParade [Registration is OPEN]
- (Global Robotic Arts Festival) - Robotic Music,
Fashion & Dance, Robotic Painting, and Interactive Kinetic Sculptures [Registration is OPEN]
- (Unknown Mission Challenge):
Mission tasks will be totally unknown until the day of competition [Registration will begin in October]
Any robotics kits are allowed in the construction of robots. Robofest has
multiple venues in the US and several other countries.
2013-2014 Schedule (Calendar)
- Mid Aug. 2013 - RoboParade and GRAF registration begins
- Sep ~ Oct - RoboParade and GRAF workshops
- Nov. 23, 2013 - RoboParade and GRAF at Macomb Community College
- Dec. 2013 - Robofest 2014 Kick-off and team registration begins.
- Jan ~ Feb, 2014: Technical Workshops
- Feb 2014: Warm-up competition (Judges Training) at Lawrence Tech
- March ~ mid April 2014: Qualifying Competitions
- April 2014: Michigan Regional Championship at Lawrence Tech
- May 2014: World Championship
- July 2014: Maker Faire Detroit
- June-July, 2014: Summer Robot Camps
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What's New
Robofest 2012-13 Overview - 5 min. (Other videos)
2013 Sponsors (list)
Sponsorship Form:
Fillable PDF
ROBOFEST is a registered trademark of Lawrence Technological University (LTU)
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