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18th annual international robotic contestSlovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava April 14th, 2018
Istrobot 2018
Announcing 18th annual international robotic contest Istrobot! We will meet on Saturday, April 14th, 2018 as usually at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava.
MATLAB/Simulink
To design and development of your robot, we offer you the licence for newest version of the
MATLAB plus Simulink software with few additional toolboxes. Also you can use the hardware support
for NXT, EV3, Arduino, BeagleBoard and Raspberry Pi platforms.
Licence is valid for one year and all registered participants are allowed to use it.
For more information visit www.mathworks.com/academia.
Categories and rules
Robots will compete in following categories:
Linefollower
The task is to construct an autonomous robot that will complete the racing track and negotiate all its pitfalls. It contains several obstacles - for example a bridge, tunnel to pass through and a brick to be avoided.. Details...
Micromouse
The task is to construct a robot that can autonomously solve a maze and achieve the goal in the shortest time. When the robot tracks the right hand wall it will solve the maze, but not in the shortest possible time. Details...
Ketchup house
In this category the task is to localize and sort ketchup cans in the storage. Two robots compete, winner is faster and more precise robot. Details...
Freestyle
In this category, competitors are encouraged to demonstrate their robotics creations which do not fit into other categories. The winner is appointed according to the jury judgment. Details...
Flying challenge
The task is to build the flying machine which is able to float the specified track in the arena and brings the payload to the goal in the shortest time. For the first, pilot year of the contest it is allowed to use also the remote control for machines. Details...
Robot sprint
In preparation. Soon...
Common rules
For each category also the common rules apply. They deals mainly with the safety issues and materials.