Robot Challenge Vienna
March 22nd, 2007 by SBTHIS WEEKEND!
If you happen to be in or around the environs of Vienna, Austria, this Saturday, definitely have some schnitzel and sachertorte.
THEN go to Robot Challenge at the Siemens Forum. Attendance is FREE!
With 129 registered robots RobotChallenge is “the biggest competition in Austria for self-made, autonomous, and mobile robots.” On top of two slaloms, obstacle course, mini sumo and puck collect challenges, this year’s event introduces a freestyle category. That’s also the category where we will see another cocktailrobot entering the challenge (last year, Chris Veigl and I had our drink-delivery bot Gaston participate in the basic slalom) … Robert Martin is going to let his RoboMoji compete.
Events include Parallel Slalom, Slalom Enhanced, Obstacle Course, Mini Sumo, Puck Collect, and Freestyle. Everyone should make an extra special effort to see RoboMoji, the unbelievable industrial Mojito Mixer, in action.
The photos also look like there might be a bit of line following. We once almost had an international incident over line following at RoboGames. Line Following competitors take their sport *very* seriously. Good Times.
