2011 RoboCup Junior in Tasmania

The 2011 programme had regional events scheduled in the North, North-West and South of Tasmania. These will be followed by the Australian National RoboCup Junior Championships, which will be held for the first time in Tasmania this year. Activities are scheduled to involve Soccer, Dance, Dance Theatre, Rescue and Premier Rescue.

In previous years the Tasmanian robotics organisation has produced its own guides which have included modifications to the Australian RoboCup rules; this has not happened this year. In 2011 the Tasmanian regional events will be run according to the Australian RoboCup rules which can be see here.

Tasmanian RoboCup Junior State Final in 2011

There will not be a separate State RoboCup final this year. A combination of three regional RoboCup Junior events will be substituted, followed by the National Australian RoboCup Junior championships to be held at the University of Tasmania in Hobart.

Regional RoboCup Junior Tasmanian events in 2011

The three RoboCup Junior regional events were held in Wynyard, Launceston and Hobart. They were more informal than the previous Tasmanian RoboCup Junior finals, to allow teams to give their robots trial runs before considering entry into the Australian National RoboCup Junior championships to be held in September in Hobart. I'm told over 100 teams competed at the three regional events, which would be an excellent increase on the 70 or so teams competing last year.

Regional RoboCup Junior - Northern Tasmania

Dance, Rescue and Soccer competitions were held at the East Launceston Primary School on Saturday 6th August 2011. The tentative timetable was:

Northern Tasmanian RoboCup event 2011

You can find the location of this school by opening your web browser, typing www.maps.google.com.au , and typing in East Launceston Primary School Tasmania.  If you click on the small "Satellite" window (top right of the map screen) you will get a satellite image of the area. Repeated mouse clicks on the "+" symbol (top left of the map screen) will get a closer view, which could be handy for checking possible parking places near the School.

For more details, click here for information sheets, click here for an entry form ($20 per team), click here for results.

Regional RoboCup Junior - North-West Coast of Tasmania

This event was held at Table Cape Primary School in the beautiful North-West Coast of Tasmania on Saturday 13th August 2011. The tentative programme was:

8:30 a.m.     Venue open to Organisers
8:30 a.m.     Venue open to Organisers
9:30 a.m.     Venue open to Participants
10:30 a..m.  Events commence
2:30 p.m.     Events conclude
2:40 p.m.     Presentations
3:00 p.m.     Venue closed.

You can find the location of this school by opening your web browser, typing www.maps.google.com.au , and typing in Table Cape Primary School Tasmania . You will get two references, one at Gibbons Street, and one at Bowick Street, both in Wynyard. Ignore the reference to Bowick Street, as the School has now completed the transfer to the Gibbons Street address. If you click on the small "Satellite" window (top right of the map screen) you will get a satellite image of the area. Repeated mouse clicks on the "+" symbol (top left of the map screen) will get a closer view, which could be handy for checking possible parking places near the School.

For more details, click here for information sheets and results, click here for an entry form ($20 per team). The Advocate did a good job of covering the event; see a video here, and photos from the event here.

Regional RoboCup Junior - Southern Tasmania

This was held at two locations. Ogilvie High School hosted the Dance events on Saturday 20th August 2011, and New Town High hosted the Rescue and Soccer events on Sunday 21st August 2011.  The tentative programme was:

RCJT-2011

You can find the location of these schools by opening your web browser, typing www.maps.google.com.au , and typing in either Ogilvie High School Tasmania or New Town High School Tasmania.  In both cases, if you click on the small "Satellite" window (top right of the map screen) you will get a satellite image of the area. Repeated mouse clicks on the "+" symbol (top left of the map screen) will get a closer view, which could be handy for checking possible parking places near the Schools. Note that the curving road shown to the immediate west of Ogilvie High appears on the map to be a through street between the Southern (Forster Street) and Northern (St. Johns Avenue) portions of the School; however it can not be used as a through street because the road is blocked off behind the School building by posts concreted into the road.

For more details, click here for information sheets click here for an entry form ($20 per team), click here for results.

Australian RoboCup Junior Event Rules.

The Australian RoboCup Junior 2011 rules can be obtained from: Rescue, click here; Dance, click here; Soccer, click here.

www.DrGraeme.net - Tasmanian RoboCup Junior Dance, Soccer and Rescue contacts for 2011 - Note that the information above is my personal opinion only, the official Robotics Tasmania web site is here.