GAME CATEGORIES - 2006
Regular Categories
Junior League (under 12)
Challenge League (13-18)
Robot Maze Solving
Stair Climbing Robot (Up only)
Robot Survival Game
Robot Maze Solving
Legged Robot Obstacle Race
Stair Climbing Robot
FIRA Robot Soccer (MiroSot 3 vs 3)
Vision-Robot Rescue Operation
Robo League Categories
(for Adult including Univ. Students)

Robo Basketball
Robo Boxing
Robo Marathon

Robo BalancingBeam
Robo WeightLifting
Creativity Categories

Theme for 2006 : keep our planet clean and green

Exhibition Category
Carrier Machine
Legged Robot
Obstacle Race
Robo Dancing (Robo League)
   Robo Marathon
Mission
The mission of Robo Marathon is to design a wheel based robot hardware and software algorithm that is capable of finding the short-cut and managing speed and energy efficiently to finish the 42.195m marathon track. Track guide lines and landmark information will be provided on the game floor.
Game Rules
All the participating robots need to be set up to go and be collected at the competition site half an hour before the competition starts.
As the competition starts, players are only allowed to turn on the power switch and locate the robot at the starting line under the judge¡¯s direction.

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-------------------------   Starting Line
[ ll RR ll RR ll RR ll RR ll RR ll ]
-------------------------- Black colored Partition for sensory start
-------------------------- Second Starting Line
[ ll RR ll RR ll RR ll RR ll RR ll ]
A preliminary round is held to decide seed allocation.
A maximum of 10 qualified robots will get the seed, and the higher scored robots will get the better positions at the starting line.
Robots with no seed will start at the second starting line, which is marked at 1m50cm behind from the first starting line.
The robots will get a starting signal using the black colored partition, which is located 2cm in front of the starting lines.
No part of the robot body can cross the starting line prior to the starting signal.
The robots will get positional information using bar code type countable lines, and by counting the number of horizontal crossing lines which are marked 50 centimeters before each corner.
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Robot Specifications
Maximum size of 12cm(W) by 12cm(L) / Maximum weight: 1Kilogram
No battery limitation
Robot can facilitate a proximity Sensor for starting (e.g. IR)
Control: fully autonomous
Evaluation
The fastest robot will win - the robot completing the distance of 42.195metres in the shortest time will be the winner
If the robot shows no sign of moving for more than 10 seconds, the robot will be disqualified.
If none of robots complete the course, the robot closest to the finishing line will be placed first.