Competitions

ArtBots Robot Talent Show
An international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots. Awards for "Artist Choice" and "Audience Choice".
http://artbots.org/

AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition
The goals of this competition are to challenge a new generation of engineers to design and build autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realistic missions in the underwater environment. Information on rules, results, photographs, and prizes.
http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/water.cfm

BEST Robotics Inc
BEST stands for Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology. BEST is a non-profit organization that promotes team problem solving aided by local industry volunteers, teachers, and mentors through yearly competitions.
http://www.bestinc.org

Binkey's Robot Rumbles for 1-15 pound bots
Test your 1-15 pound bot in one-on-one battles, a maze, and speed way. Competition in Sarnia, Ontario.
http://www.angelfire.com/my/robotsite/

The Builders Database
Provides registration and tracking resources for robot competitions. Includes interface for teams and event organizers, and public pages describing the entries by category.
http://www.buildersdb.com/

Eurobot
A technical, scientific and entertaining challenge organised in France for students from engineering schools, universities or for private scientific clubs.
http://www.eurobot.org/

Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition
This site has information on the annual competition where college students design and construct autonomous ground vehicles to compete in the Autonomous Challenge Competition Vehicle Design Competition and Navigation Challenge Competition. The site consists of Location and date, rules, team photographs, entry application, news, and results from previous competitions.
http://www.igvc.org/

Istrobot
Annual contest in Slovakia includes linefollower, micromouse, minisumo, and a free style category.
http://www.robotika.sk/contest/

Jerry Sanders Design Competition
The Jerry Sanders Design Competition is open to anyone who can build a robot.
http://dc.cen.uiuc.edu/

K'nex K-Bot World Championship
Information including rankings and rulebook.
http://www.livingjungle.com/

Manitoba Robot Games
Canadian robot games which include, Atomic Hockey , Robotic Sumo Wrestling, Robotic "Seek and Capture", Mini-Tractor Pull, and Robo-Critters.
http://www.mbrobotgames.ca/

6.270 - MIT's Autonomous Robot Design Competition
Provides description of class and robot competition contestants. Includes an overview of previous contests.
http://web.mit.edu/6.270/www/

RoboGames
Annual competition in San Francisco, formerly known as RobOlympics. Classes and their rules, results and pictures from previous years, registration and ticket information.
http://robogames.net/

Robot Competition FAQ
Information and dates for all known Robot-related competitions and contests. Updated monthly and posted to comp.robotics.misc and news.answers.
http://robots.net/rcfaq.html

Robot Crusade
Robot combat group that sponsors events in the United Kingdom. News, event listing, rules and sign-up information.
http://www.robotcrusade.com/

Robot Riots robot combat event
Robot Riots robot combat event in Toronto - check site for latest event. Part of the Toronto Robot Fight Club.
http://www.robotriots.com

Robotic Gladiator
A site featuring news, tutorials, and forums for robotic competition.
http://www.roboticgladiator.com

Robotics Contest
Programming contest related to robotics and mechanics held in Timisoara, Romania in 19/01/2001.
http://www.mecrob.iwarp.com

Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest
A challenge to build a computerized robot that can detect a fire and then put it out. Includes rules, registration information, photos, and a FAQ.
http://www.trincoll.edu/events/robot/

CNET - Robots ready to rumble
RoboGames (formerly called Robolympics) in San Francisco gives machines a chance to show their stuff in contests from sumo to soccer. An article by Richard Shim. <small>(March 25, 2005)</small>
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1041_3-5637327.html