<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Folks may already know this, but just in case ...<br><br>There is a smaller, less formal version of the summer UK Micromouse Championship "ROBOtic'10" being held at Millenium Point in Birmingham on Saturday 27th November 2010, 10:00 - 17:00<br><br>ROBOtic is free to enter, and free to enter your own robot into competitions.<br>There are senior, junior and school categories for competitions.<br>There are (usually) prizes for winners of every category.<br><br>Announcement and details at:<br><a href="http://www.tic.ac.uk/micromouse/ROBOtic10.asp">http://www.tic.ac.uk/micromouse/ROBOtic10.asp</a><br><br>It is held next to the Birmingham Think Tank entrance on the second floor of Millenium Point.<br>It is organised by Dr Tony Wilcox of Birmingham City University.<br><br>There will be a range of events:<br>- Maze Solver (explore the maze, find a solution, then drive the route as fast as possible),,<br>- Wall Follower,<br>- Time Trials,<br>- Mini-SUMO,<br>- Line Follower,<br>- Drag Race and<br>- Freestyle (any robot you would like to show us)<br><br>The rules for each category are listed at:<br><a href="http://www.tic.ac.uk/micromouse/toh.asp">http://www.tic.ac.uk/micromouse/toh.asp</a><br><br>This is a smaller event than the summer ROBOtic which is the UK National championships which attracts competitors from around the world.<br><br>There was a lot of interest in the Mini-Sumo at the summer event, with eight robots entered<br><a href="http://www.er-online.co.uk/minisumo/wiki/index.php?page=UKMM2010">http://www.er-online.co.uk/minisumo/wiki/index.php?page=UKMM2010</a><br><br>These are robot competitions, and not Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) (though there was a demo of Radio Controlled mini-sumo in the summer)<div><br><div>Most robots use a microcontroller to gather information from sensors, and apply the intelligence, built in by their designers, to control their motors and steering. </div><div>A few are purely analogue electronics.</div><div>In either case, once the robot is started, its on its own!<br><br>The events are deliberately designed to offer a range of challenges to robot builders and their creations, allowing new comers to get started, but still enough challenges to keep folks developing and refining their robots for many years.</div><div><br></div><div>Events are finished well before 4pm to give time for the award ceremonies.</div><div>GB-)</div></div></body></html>