Robotics Challenge 2012
Information will be posted soon about the 2012 Codarra Robotics Challenge
Welcome to the Codarra Robotics Challenge
Welcome to the Codarra Advanced Systems Robotics Challenge 2011.
Codarra Advanced Systems has been running the Robotics Challenge for several years - and we are confident that this will be our best year yet. This year, as in the past we have entries from the Australian Capital Territory, and all across NSW. We hope to be able to match, if not, better last year's total of 30 competing teams.
The Challenge is a great opportunity to learn about engineering and robotics and to have fun and introduce engineering as an exciting and challenging profession. However, there is a slightly serious side to the challenge: the writing of the report. No engineering project would be complete without the report; the report contributes to a good percentage of the total score. If there is a tie between two teams, the winner will be the team with the highest mark given for their report. So, our one bit of advice is: Don't relegate the report to the last place on your list of priorities. Your report could make the difference to whether you win or not!
Below is a brief overview of the Robotic Challenge:
1. Obtain your robot from Codarra. If your school enters more than one team the second team uses last year's robot.
2. Build and program your robot
3. Write your report
4. Take part in a Challenge guidance, where you will be able to discuss any issues and share the lessons your team has learned so far. This will be achieved either via the web blog on the challenge site, or during challnge guidance day.
5. Submit your report
6. Finally: on 26 May 2011, you and your finely tuned robot will take part in the final challenge, at the Queanbeyan Conference Centre.
After the competition, the robot is your school's to keep.
Competition Day
The competition is expected to be intense, with close scores between teams. An electronic scoreboard will be display each team's score throughout the event. At the start of the competition the scoreboard will order teams according to the mark received for the report. As the day progresses, scores will be updated in near real time.
Each event in the competition has been carefully designed. There will be a final challenge close to the end of the competition that can decide the winner, so the day is guaranteed to be tense and exciting.
We know that it will be a challenge to manage yourselves and your time in school teams (just as it is in working life). There are cash prizes for the first three places, but the real reward is what you will take away with after the challenge is over. The more you put into the event the more you will take away in experience.
Finally, one piece of advice, remember to have fun!
Goal of the Codarra Robotics Challenge
The goal of the Codarra Robotics Challenge is to provide hands-on learning experience that links technology with writing, presentation skills and practical experience.
The objectives of the challenge are:
To provide a practical learning experience that will challenge and excite you.
To expose you to engineering and related technical fields as careers of choice and excellence, as well as to enhance schools and industry partnerships.
What will your school do?
Identify a teacher(s) who will supervise your team(s). Supervising teachers will guide and encourage participating students and help them manage the process.
Allow time and provide support for students to attend the mid-Challenge review and the Competition Day.
Provide encouragement and support.
What will you do?
Your team will create their own robot that will operate autonomously to achieve various goals on the challenge day.
Your team will write a report describing the design and test results.
Share experiences and discoveries and learn from other students and teams.
What will we (Codarra Advanced Systems CAS) do?
Provide each school with one Lego Mindstorm robotics kit.
Organise a Commencement Function to introduce students to the project.
Organise Challenge guidance, deliver internet feedback and carry out online interactivity between CAS and the participants.
Provide mentoring support in the form of e-mail questions and answers and guidance on the web site.
Mark and score the submitted reports.
Develop the Challenge course for Competition Day.
Provide a venue and manage the challenge event.
Present awards and certificates of participation.
Partnership Brokers Responsibilities
Liaison between Schools and Codarra Advanced Systems.
Provision of venues for the Robotics Challenge final and catering if possible.
Assessment
Teams will be assessed on their report and their robot's performance on Competition Day:
There will be a maximum of 40 points for the report.
There will be a maximum of 60 points for the challenge.
In the event of a draw for first place, the team with the best report score will be awarded first prize and announced as the winner.
Prizes
1st Prize - $500
2nd Prize - $300
3rd Prize - $200