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B o t b a l l s y m p o s i u m
Thursday, November 13th,
4 to 6:30
WRRF Headquarters in NASA Research
Park
Building 583C, Moffett Field
The
NASA Robotics Education Project, and
Western Region Robotics
Forum, Inc. are planning to hold an Autumn
Botball event this year
to give teams a chance to revise and tune-up their bots, or try out
that alternative design you were considering last April. We also
want you to invite potential new teams to ask questions and watch
the action, and to register the team leaders to experience a short,
hands-on workshop where they will be introduced into what it takes
to "train" an autonomous robot. [We will provide pre-built robots
capable of throwing a ping-pong ball.]
This is also a good time to show a potential local sponsor what a
Botball tournament is all about.
We will hold the symposium at the WRRF Headquarters in NASA Research
Park, Building 583C, Moffett Field, on Thursday, November 13th,
from 4 to 6:30.
For
Driving instructions
There will be space and time for about 6-7 teams
plus a few showcase tables for designs and development procedures.
BYOL (Bring your own laptop)
Power, tables and chairs will be provided. :-)
The competition game board and rules will be the same as Botball
2003, except we won't hold official seeding rounds. The head-head
competition will be double elimination after a random draw.
Here is the preliminary Agenda:
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3 PM - open for setup and trials on the game board
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4 PM - Welcome and introduction
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4:15 PM Open discussion and showcases with audience;
stand-alone demo trials, and
Introductory workshop for neophytes
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5:15 PM Begin Head-to-head competition
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6:15 PM Awards
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6:30 PM Social and light dinner for participants
Participation in the competition, showcases and workshop will be
limited so register early! You can register by sending an email
message to botball2003@wrrf.org with the following information:
We need these numbers so that we can have enough food for paricipants.
You may also participate as a volunteer mentor-aid for the workshop
[a chance for students to teach teachers].
General audience admission is open to the public.
Everyone will be admitted with a picture ID [driver's, or student
ID] at the Moffett gate.
Please send questions to botball2003@wrrf.org or tgrant@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Attached is a JPEG flier you can distribute to potential new teams,
friends, sponsors, etc.
Thank you.
-Terry
Terry Grant
