Events

Kickoff Event:

When: Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Time: 11:00AM - Noon
Where: WPI Campus - Room TBA Directions - Campus Map

Seminars

At these seminars we plan on teaching several things which should be helpful for building your robot. The exact topics will be released at a later date.

Seminar 1: Programming & Sensors

Time: 9:00AM - 10:00AM

Seminar 2: Mechanics

Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM

Competition Events:

Competitions are open to the public. There will be food available and plenty of seating.

WPI Main Event

When: Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Tentative Schedule
Where: WPI, Campus Center, Odeuum, Worcester, MA - Directions - Campus Map
Cost: Free
Registration: Will open in September

Savage Soccer North

When: TBA, usually first week in December
Time: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where: Pembroke Academy, 209 Academy Road, Pembroke, NH 03275
Cost: TBA
Registration: Coming Soon

Host an Event

If you are interested in hosting a competition email savage@wpi.edu with your name, contact information, and a good time of day to contact you. We will then contact you with more details.

This year we are again expanding the program to support multiple events anywhere in the world. The format of the "season" is modeled after the FIRST Robotics Competition season. We will provide the following support for remote events:

Develop and publish the game, scoring information, and rules
Programming assistance - we answer questions for team members developing software for their robots. We will also release a copy of WPILib to simplify programming for those wishing to use the Microchip MPLab C development tools.
Develop and publish any required scoring software that event managers can choose to use
Provide video (live webcast and downloadable video files) of our kickoff meeting at WPI
Publish a guide to building a field and any required field elements using commonly available materials and tools (Home Depot shopping list). Remote events will be required to purchase the parts and construct their own fields although we will supply documentation.
Run moderated forums for the discussion and clarification of rules. We will accept questions through the forum and email updates periodically with the answers
Send rules updates and clarifications to registered teams as they become required
Run an open tournament on the WPI campus for anyone wanting to participate
Provide support for any organizations that wishes to run their own events. Our updates and official question and answer forums will stop operating in December, but we will continue to provide assistance on a time available basis.

Maintained by savage@wpi.edu
Last modified: Apr 02, 2008, 18:45 EDT