Upcoming Robotics Competitions

[Clinton Blackmore]

Greetings, everyone.

I just wanted you to know there is a big robotics competition coming up in Calgary in just under two weeks (with some neat workshops), and a small competition in Milk River at the end of this week. I've included parts from three e-mails, but, feel free to contact me if you have questions you think I might be able to answer.

Cheers,

Clinton Blackmore

Head of SABRE -- The Southern Alberta Robotics Enthusiasts

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Robotics Competition- Ths Friday, May 3rd there will be a robotics competition sponsored by the ERHS Robotics Club [in Milk River]! Sabre Robotics will be coming from Mountain View to compete against ERHS. The competition will start at 3 PM and run until about 5 PM. There will be a silver collection at the door and everyone is welcome! The school concession will be open during the competition.

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Hello SABRE,

As past competitors and attendees of the Robot Games and I wanted to send you and your club an update/notification that we are now open for competitor registration, and here's the invite we've been sending out:

We'd like to personally invite you to join us as a competitor for the 20th Annual Western Canadian Robot Games on May 11 at the Calgary Aero Space Museum. This year we have some exciting new demo events involving UAVs (Quadcopters) and hacked Roombas. We'll also have some special guests from the hit TV series:Canada's Greatest Know-it-all and even Jay Ingram will be handing out our awards!

Bring your family too as the day will be filled with robot action. They can watch Canada's greatest know-it-alls complete in a challenge to see who can come up with the best creation in a limited amount of time. We'll have food from Calgary food trucks available on location, chances to win door prizes (like a GoPro Hero 3camera), and our uniquely created Offroadbot Challenge is back again this year! Everyone's welcome to come check out the action.

We'll also be giving away a GoPro Hero 3 to a randomly drawn competitor, and bypreregistering your robot(s) for an event before May 11 you'll be eligible to win it!

For those wanting to spend the night at a nearby hotel, we were able to get a $91/night rate at the Calgary Airport Travel lodge, When making your reservation just mention that you are a Western Canadian Robot Games Competitor. If you'd like to stay across the street from the venue there is the Best Western Plus Port O'call but unfortunately we weren't able to get a discount there.

Keep up-to-date with ongoing news and info leading up to the games by following us on Twitter and Facebook.

Thanks for your time and hope to see you at the Games!

Printable Poster:

- 
Jeremie Boulianne

Vice President

Western Canadian Robot Society

www.robotgames.com

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- SCOPERTA NEWS - 

Hi!

Scoperta is gearing up for the Western Canadian Robot Games on May 11th.

                                             Admission: $10 Adults $5 Kids.

     A Special Thank you to the Graycon Group!

A Big thanks to the Graycon Group, who has donated some of our Scoperta Jr robots               

to be built for entry into the games. We will be volunteering our time to help in the building of these entries in a workshop this weekend - Saturday, April 27th, so let us know as soon as possible if you are interested.

 

Dare to test your skills! 

If you win the competition, you get to keep the robot- otherwise it remains the property of the Robotics society for use next year-and you can try again!

If you are interested in one of these robots to build for the games email me atchri...@discoverscoperta.org. I will be drawing names soon.

 

We are also running a Roomba - hacking workshop to enter into the games. Roombasare $30 and includes the workshop and the entry fee into the games!

The workshop will take place on Wed, May 1st at 5pm.  Register with me atchri...@discoverscoperta.org.

 

If you have your own robot that you'd like to enter: visit www.robotgames.com.

Everyone else- Come on down to the Aerospace Museum May 11th and watch us race Scoperta in the outdoor challenge!

There will be Food Trucks, and some of Canada's Greatest Know it Alls will be there!

 

We had a lot of fun watching the FIRST Robotics competition and checking out the Calgary Youth Science Fair.  Check out our facebook page for the pictures.

We are also hosting our first Women in Technology workshop. Unfortunately this workshop has filled up, but we will keep you posted on upcoming dates.

Thanks to Our Lady of Assumption School for inviting us to their Science Day coming up on May 3rd- We can't wait to see all their young minds at work!

   and we look forward to letting all the kids ride the chairs! 

 

The Scoperta Team-

www.discoverscoperta.org

"Discovery in Motion"