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What is RoboCupJunior?
RoboCupJunior is a project-oriented educational initiative that organizes local,
regional and international robotic events for young students. It is designed to
introduce RoboCup to primary and secondary school children, as well as
undergraduates who do not have the resources to get involved in the senior leagues.
The focus in the junior league is on education.
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Challenges
RoboCupJunior offers several challenges, each emphasizing both cooperative and
competitive aspects. For children, the Junior initiative provides an exciting
introduction to the field of robotics, a new way to develop technical abilities
through hands-on experience with electronics, hardware and software, and a highly
motivating opportunity to learn about teamwork while sharing technology with friends.
In contrast to the one-child-one-computer scenario typically seen today, RoboCup
Junior provides a unique opportunity for participants with a variety of interests
and strengths to work together as a team to achieve a common goal.
Three challenges have been developed:
- soccer
2-on-2 teams of autonomous mobile robots play games in a 90x150cm field
color-coded in shades of grey;
- rescue
robots race to rescue victims from artificial disaster scenarios, varying in
complexity from line-following on a flat surface to negotiating paths through
obstacles on uneven terrain;
- dance
one or more robots perform to music, in a display that emphasizes creativity
of costume and movement.
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