The 2nd Thanksgiving RoboParade 2007 Video on YouTube
The first Thanksgiving RoboParade 2006 Video on YouTube

The 10th annual World Robofest 2009 Championship will be held on May 2, 2009

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Robofest is an annual autonomous robotics competition focusing on learning STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology and Math) for students in grades 5 - 12. Robofest challenges teams of students to design, build, and program robots to compete in the following categories in two age divisions:

• Game Competition - A team of students competes to accomplish robotics missions using two fully autonomous robots.
• Exhibition - Each team has complete freedom to show off any creative autonomous robotics project they have created.
• RoboSumo, RoboFashion Show, Pentathlon and Vision Based Mini Urban Robot Challenge
• VEX Bridge Battle Michigan Qualifier will be held during the World Robofest on April 26.

2008 Rules and Registration

• The top level 2008 rule (official version 1.2) is now available.  (A zip file with all the PDF files)
• Judging Guideline PPT | sample written test (PDF) | Exhibition Judging Form (PDF) | FashionShow Judging Form (PDF) | scoring spreadsheet
• 2008 Coach and Team Registration | 2008 Team List | Volunteer Registration

2008 Season Schedule

• Jan ~ Feb: Free Workshops. Check out this 2008 Workshop Schedule
• March 8th, 2008: Warm-up competition at Lawrence Tech in Michigan
• March ~ April 2008: Qualifying Competitions
• World Robofest 2008 Information | Official World Championship Program in PDF: outside | inside

2008 Season Results

• Qualifying Results with photo album, score sheets, and YouTube videos
• NEW! Team Picture Award Candidates
• NEW! World Robofest Championship Winning Teams
• NEW! World Championship Judging/Score Sheets: Game Scores (Excel) | Fashion Show Judging (Excel) | Jr. Exhibition Judging (PDF) | Sr. Exhibition Judging (PDF) | Exhibition Final Judging Sheet (Excel) | Sumo Results (PDF) | Mini UC Scoring Sheet |  Pentathlon Scores (Excel)
• NEW! World Championship Pictures: Photo Album 1 | Mini Urban Challenge Pics
• NEW! World Championship Videos: by Cougarbots | by Royal Oak Middle School | Sr. Sumo | Jr. Sumo |

General  Information

• Robofest FAQ | How to start a team (Powerpoint, 431KB)
• Info Meeting PowerPoint Presentation (Java Applet), narrated by Andrew Scala, Robofest Assistant Coordinator
• Robofest Mentoring Programs / Robofest Academy - on-site classes
• Robofest 2007 Brochure (PDF) | 2008 general flyer (MS Word) | 2008 flyer with details on competition categories (MS Word) | Official 2008 Poster
• Site Host Letter of Agreement (MS Word) | 2008 Site Host Info. (MS Word) | Site Host Application Form (MS Word) | Site Host FAQ

Prior Robofests

News

• NEW! Wanted: Post-doc Instructor at LTU
• Robofest 08 Hawaii slideshow, highlights, and interviews
• Robofest Demo at IGVC
• 07-15-08, Newsletter
• RoboSumo Summer Camps | Registration (Word Form)
• Robofest UK 08 by Brockhill Park College, Kent, UK
  Watch the Event Live Here! 2nd April 2008, 10:00AM-7:00PM, UK time (5am-2pm EST)
• Warm-Up 2008 Video
• Fall Mini Urban Challenge Video on YouTube
• Robofest 2007 video on YouTube
• ARISE! Open House on 11-16-07 | photo album
• Robofest 2007 Report (pdf)
• YouTube video by 582-1 Jaxbots: Robots playing checkers