Robofest Newsletter, 12-01-04

 

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Contents

(1) Informational Meetings for Robofest 2005

(2) Robofest 2005 Sponsorship Opportunities

(3) RoboLab programming resources at techclubs.org

(4) OCCRA Women�s Robot Competition, Dec. 4 at Lawrence Tech

(5) FLL Michigan State Final at Novi Center

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(1) Robofest 2005 Informational Meetings

As planned, informational meetings for Robofest 2005 will be held on:

- Wed. Dec. 15, 2004, 5-6:30pm, Science Building S321
- Fri. Dec. 17, 2004, 5-6:30pm, Science Building S321 (repeated session)
- Sat. Dec. 18, 2004, 10-11:30am, Science Building S321 (repeated session) 

 

The agenda of the meeting will be: Introduction to Robofest, 2005 rules, 2005 competition rules, 2005 game demos, and tips on starting Robofest teams.

 

Directions to LTU: http://www.ltu.edu/contacts/directions.asp

Campus Map: http://www.ltu.edu/contacts/campusmap.asp (Building No. 4)

 

(2) Robofest 2005 Sponsorship Opportunities

 

In order to keep Robofest a low-cost, but high-tech competition for all students, we must now seek additional sponsorship. Do you know anyone or company who might be interested in becoming an official Robofest sponsor?For more information about Robofest sponsorships and benefits, please go to www.robofest.net/sponsors.htm or contact Lori Birman at [email protected]

 

(3) RoboLab programming resources at techclubs.org

 

Ann Arbor based Computer Challenge, a nonprofit organization providing resources to after-school computer clubs nationwide, recently setup a new web site at the URL www.techclubs.org. Everyone can access resources like RoboLab programming tutorials and robot games. We thank techclubs.org for making this wonderful resources widely available. You will also find the link, if you click on �Resources� button at Robofest.net.

 

 

(4) OCCRA Women�s Robot Competition, Dec. 4 at Lawrence Tech

The 4rd OCCRA Women's Robotics Competition will be held on Sat. December 4th, 9:00am at Lawrence Tech. OCCRA (Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association) is an association of Oakland County high school robotics teams that have joined to form a league where 110-pound robots compete against each other in a sports-like game. Before the closing ceremony around 2pm, Lawrence Tech students are going to demonstrate computer vision based autonomous laptop robots to the audience.
 

(5) FLL State Final at Novi Center

The FLL (First Lego League) State Tournament will be held at the Novi Expo Center on Sat. Dec 11. For more details, go to 

http://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/precol/fll/2004/StateTournMain2004.htm

 

(6) Robofest web site will be unavailable

Robofest web site at www.robofest.net maintains the entire team data since the beginning in 2000. The database host machine (ltu164.ltu.edu) will be down on Sat Dec 4th from 6am to Sunday, Dec. 5th afternoon, due to campus UPS replacement.

 

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Lawrence Tech University�� Computer Science/Robotics Lab

CJ Chung, Associate Professor, Robofest founder and director

21000 W. Ten Mile, SouthfieldMI 48075

[email protected], qbx6.ltu.edu/chung, www.robofest.net, [email protected]

(248)204-3504, Fax: (248)204-3518, Robotics Lab (248)204-3815