2024 MAIN PAGE
OFFICIAL 2024 SEASON GENERAL COMPETITION RULES:
Version 3 (Final Version) Updated 1/13/24 (pdf)
Coaches are responsible for communicating rules and updates to participants
Pre-Season Kick-off Meetings:
Robofest hosted a series of meetings to announce and review the 2024 General Competition Rules Highlights, and Category rules. Each meeting has been recorded and uploaded for you to review and share with your teams.
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Final Kick-off III: January 13, 2024: (pdf) | Zoom Recording
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Kick-off II: November 2, 2023: Presentation Slides (pdf) | Zoom Recording
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Kick-off I: October 6, 2023: Presentation Slides (pdf) | Zoom Recording
2024 SEASON TIMELINE:
September 30, 2023 | Kickoff General and Category Rules published |
October 6 | Zoom Kick-off Meeting I |
November 2 | In-person and Zoom Kick-off Meeting II |
November 4 | Special UMC Scholarship Comptition at LTU (see UMC Page) |
January 13, 2024 | In-person and Zoom Kickoff III Meeting -- Final (US) Rules published |
January ~ February | Technical workshops hosted by Robofest Office - Materials posted to eAcademy |
February ~ April | US and International Qualifiying Events |
April 15 | Video Qualifier Submission Deadline (US and International) |
April 19 & 20 | Michigan Invitational Events for Game teams |
May 9~11, 2024 | Robofest World Championship events at LTU |
IMPORTANT:
Each student team member (or parent/guardian if under 18) must complete an Informed Consent, Release and Media Authorization Form for each event attended during the season. Forms can be completed online during team registration. If the online form is not completed, coaches must turn in a hard copy at the local Site.
To Register Your Team, go to
2024 Category Technical Committees for Rules and Judging:
New for the 2024 season, each category has a technical committee which will define/design/refine the competition rules. Members will be involved in judging World Championship events as well as qualifying competitions. A short bio of each committee member is available on the category's web page.
Game | Exhibition | BottleSumo | RoboArts |
Elmer Santos (*) | Shannan Palonis (*) | Elmer Santos (*) | Pam Sparks (*) |
John Arnold | Ben Gonzalez | Chris Parker | Kevin Gallatin |
Chris Cartwright | Jelani Stowers | Peter Guenther | Erik Rosvold |
Peter Guenther | David Carbery | David Carbery | Curtis Sharif |
Wisam Bukaita | Ajay Choudhary | Karthik Devaraj | Elmer Santos |
CJ Chung | Elmer Santos | CJ Chung | CJ Chung |
CJ Chung | |||
UMC | RoboMed | RoboParade | Vcc |
Elmer Santos (*) | Yawen Li (*) | Pam Sparks (*) | Erik Rosvold (*) |
Curtis Sharif | Choongbae Park | Kevin Gallatin | Tejaskumar B Patil |
Daniel Oliver | Hao Jiang | Katie Bis | Rodrigo Rodriguez |
Destiny Anyaiwe | Aleksandra Kuzmanov | Daniel Oliver | Emily Trudell |
Scott Eisele | Andrew Ulaszek | Jennifer Minuado | Nathaniel Johnson |
CJ Chung | CJ Chung (*) | CJ Chung | Steven Lowe, Jr. |
CJ Chung |
(*) Category Chairperson