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Teams of up to 5 students create a an autonomous robotic "parade float" to follow other floats on a parade route.

  • Expanded Jr Division: Grades 4~8

 

RoboParade is returning to Michigan for fall! Robofest is hosting RoboParade at the Macomb Intermediate School District (MISD) in Clinton Township on Saturday, November 16, 2024 9:00am ~ 1:00pm. Teams can decorate a robotic float in any theme related to fall (examples: Halloween, Pumpkin Spice, Football, Back to School, Thanksgiving).

 

Fall 2024 RoboParade Rules: (pdf) - released 9/9/24

Judging Rubric: (pdf) - released 9/9/24

Test Parade Checklist (pdf) - released 9/9/24

 

RoboParade will be hosted during the Robofest World Championship on May 15-17 with the international them to be announced.

 COMING SOON: 2025 Official International and World Championship RoboParade Rules 

To Register Your Team, go to  

Rules for starting teams, registration, team responsibilities at competitions can be found in the General Rules on the 2025 Main Page.
Each team member must bring the signed Robofest Consent and Release Form on the day of the competition if not completed online.

Technical Committee for Rules and Judging:

Member: Bio:
Pam Sparks, Chairperson Robofest staff member and coach since 2016. Holds BA in Biology and M.A.T from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Kevin Gallatin Math Teacher at Hazel Park HS, Coached Square One Robotics, Sea Perch with the US Navy and numerous student trips to the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. BS in Mathematics and Psychology from Western Michigan University. Master’s of Arts in Media and Technology. Robofest Judge since 2023.
Daniel Oliver Daniel Oliver is an Application Engineer at ZF working on Advanced Driver Assist Systems in Commercial Vehicles. He does calibration and verification of camera and radar systems such as Automatic Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, and Lane Centering Assist. He has a B.S. in Robotics Engineering from Lawrence Tech and is a former Robofest Student Assistant.
Katie Bis Katie earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and her B.A. in Child Psychology from the University of Michigan. She worked for 15 years at Lionel Trains as a manufacturing engineer, design engineer and then as an Engineering Program Manager. Katie has been actively involved in coaching teams and/or coordinating competitions for FLL, Robofest, Science Olympiad, WRO, and Vex robotics for the past 9 years and has traveled internationally to Russia (2014), Qatar (2015), and India (2016) with her son’s WRO World Championship qualifying teams. Katie is currently the Robotics Program Manager for Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Jennifer Minaudo Jennifer Minaudo is a Biology and Anatomy and Physiology Instructor at University Preparatory Science & Math High School in Detroit, Michigan. She earned her B.S. in the Biological Sciences and a minor in Italian Language from Oakland University. She was nominated by her peers for the State of Michigan’s Outstanding Biology Teacher Award 2023awarded by The National Association of Biology Teachers.
CJ Chung Professor of Computer Science. Founder of Robofest. Director of Robofest 1999-2020. Director of LTU's CAR (CS AI Robotics) Lab. Launched Thanksgiving RoboParade in 2006.

 

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