If you are looking for combat...
The best place to check is: the Builders data
base.
They keep an up to date list of events and the robots that are participating.
June 12-15, 2008 Thursday to Sunday
RoboGames
San Francisco, California
Billed as the worlds largest robot competition. Combat, androids, sumo...
Just about anything robotic. And even a chance
to meet some famous "names" from the likes of Mythbusters.
May 3-4, 2008 Saturday & Sunday
Maker Faire
San Mateo, California
From their web site this is a "family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things." Brought to you by the folks at
Make Magazine. If you take in the show make sure to check out
MyDummy.
March 27,29 2008 Thursday-Saturday
FIRST Greater Toronto Regional
Hershey Centre, Toronto
High schools team up with industrial companies such as General Motors to build a 100+ lb robot
and compete in a NASCAR like race. You get to wander around in the pits with the teams and check
out the bots. Best of all parking and admission are free.
November 10-11, 2007 Saturday & Sunday
Canadian National Robot Games
770 Don Mills Road
Toronto, ON
Used to be called Eastern Canada Robot Games (ECRG). Attracts a wide viriety of
enthusiastic amateurs who compete in minisumo, art, firefighting and others.
Held at the Ontario Science Center
so you need to pay to get in but you get a whole lot more for your money.
November 3, 2007 Saturday
DARPA Urban Challenge
Victorville, CA
Over thirty teams are set to compete with autonomous ground vehicles to conduct
military style maneuvers in a mock urban conflict area. Two million US
$$ cash prize for the first place winner. Everyone else goes home empty handed!
October 25-26, 2007 Thursday & Friday
Robo Development
San Jose McEnery Convention Center
San Jose, California
They bill themselves as the only technical event for commercial robotics.
Aimed at the professional, they will be holding numerous technical
sessions and a variety of conference
tracks including Microsoft Robotics Studio Development. Put on by
Robotics Trends and attracts some
of the "name" companies in the business.
October 20-21, 2007 Saturday & Sunday
Maker Faire
Austin, Texas
From their web site this is a "family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things." Brought to you by the folks at
Make Magazine.