Ministry of Education, Science,Research
and Sport of The Slovak Republic
CZŠ sv. Jána Krstiteľa, Sabinov
Slovak
Society of Electronics
NATIONAL
COMPETITION
in building
and programming robots
for
primary and secondary schools
RoboCup
Junior 2012
S a b
i n o v
March 22nd
– 24th 2012
E V E N T I N F O R M A T I O N
17th annual contest in building and programming
robots for primary and secondary schools
Contest
goals:
development of free-time activities, creativity, knowledge, and skills of young
generation in the area of construction and programming of automation and
cybernetics systems and control of technological processes.
Contest
organizer: Ministery of Education of Slovak
Republic
Slovak
Society of Electronics
Robotika.SK
Local
organizer: Christian primary school of st. John the Baptist, Sabinov
Contest
director: Mgr. Peter Hužvár
Organizing
committee: Mgr.Peter Cehelský, Ing.Miro Kohút, RNDr.Ján Mintál, Matej Mézeš, Ing.Terézia Vargovčíková
Head
of Jury: Mgr. Pavel Petrovič, PhD.
Date:
22. – 24. marec 2012
Venue: Cirkevná ZŠ sv. Jána Krstiteľa, Sabinov
Contest
categories: Construction
1.
Building robot from a robotic set (participants bring their own) to solve a
specific task
RoboCup
Junior:
2.
Robot Soccer (A or B)
3.
Robot Rescue (A or B)
4.
Robot Dance
In the category
Construction, the teams will build, program, and debug/test their robot from
their own robot construction set (its type is not limited) so that the robot
will satisfy the requirements of the task specified after the contest will
start.
The scoring will be
announced at the start of the contest.
The Jury will take
into account the differences of the construction sets used, if needed.
Participants in all categories can come
either from the primary or secondary schools, they will be evaluated
separately. The same age limits as in the international competition have to be
respected.
The RoboCup Junior
categories will be played according the international rules (www.robocup.org) with some restrictions/adjustments. The Robot
Soccer games will last 2 x 5 minutes.
Contest Time
Schedule:
Thursday, March 22nd
2012
until 12:00 –
arrival, on-site registration, accommodation
12:00 - lunch
13:00
– opening
ceremony
14.00
– category construction begins
18.00
– dinner
19:00 –
construction runs
19.30 – social
or robotic program
Friday, March 23rd
2012
7:00 - breakfast
8:00 - Soccer A
10:00 - Soccer B,
Rescue
13:00
- lunch
14:00
– Rescue, Dance
18:00 - Dinner
20.00 – Final matches
and presentations
Saturday, March 24th
2012
7:00 - breakfast
8:00 – award ceremony
10:00 - departure
The time schedule is
subject to change (we will try to be finished on Friday, if possible)
Registration:
Registration link is provided at the contest organizer
website www.skse.sk
The registration fee for all categories is
0,- €.
The fee for food and accommodation is 28 € /
person, payable by bank transfer to the account in UniCredit Bank, account
number: 6601031002 /1111, include the school ZIP code in the payment details.
IBAN: SK44 1111 0000 0066 0103 1002, SWIFT
(BIC):UNCRSKBX.
Other important
information:
Every participant (or
their parents) have to agree with publishing photographic materials,
constrction details of their models, and programs used in their robots in order
to allow other teams to continue and thus foster development of even better
designs, programs, sensors, and technologies.
Every team should bring their own robotic constrction set
for the category construction or their own robot for the RoboCup categories.
The number of teams per school is not limited. The number
of members in team is not limited.
A team may participate in multiple
categories, however, they should have enough man-power not to make trouble in
the time schedule.
The organizing committee has the right to make
modifications in the time schedule as needed. The local organizers will provide
the accommodation, and meals in the school canteen, the venue, and the contest
arenas for the registered participants.
The fee includes accommodation and food. The travel
expenses have to be covered by the participanting teams themselves.
Shall any material loss be caused by improper behavior of
the participants, they will have to be refunded. The organizer does not take
the responsibility for the personal items and equipment of the participants.