The Edmonton Robotics Competition is an exciting engineering challenge for grade 6-12 students, with guidance from their mentors, building innovative robots with our hardware supports.

The contest will use Lego Mindstorm, Ez-Robot, or Raspberry pi hardware provided by our organization or your own device. Each contest will be one season long with one final live demonstration. Each team reports their progress with video and photo format bi-weekly. The judge will evaluate the different parts to determine an overall score. The winners will receive reward gifts.

Competition Schedule

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Season 1: Jun. - Aug. 2022
Final: Aug. 28 2022 2:00 P.M.
Grand Final Teams:

Team Code	Team Name	Members	Project Name	Duration (Minutes)
a1	No	David Qiao, Hao Cheng, Jordan Liao	Robot Dunk	12 mins
a2		Anthony Li, Alexander Li
b1	Micro Frones	Alex Lin, Kevin Xu, Kyna Sha, Sophie Zhi	Robot Arm plays simple game
c1	Steampunk Artificers	Pierce Zhang; Andrew Ma; Alan Zhu; Kevin Song	EZ Lego Symphony; Guess me Not	10mins + 5 mins
c2	Steampunk Artificers	Nuno Gao,Kevin Song	Chess DB	5 minus
d1	Turtle squad	Jerry Li, Matthew Zhang	Move, talk, shoot, and dance (project 1) Distance and Colour Sensor (project 2)	5 minutes (project 1), 5 minutes (project 2)
d2	Rockstar	Colin Liu
d3	Team Tricky	Jack Li, Zachary Li	Project Labyrinth(maze)	10 mins assuming no technical difficulties
e1		Jordan Chan, Justin Chan, Eric Luo, Edward Luo
e2		Alex Yang, George Yang
e3		Colin Zhou, Christine Huang, Jake Shi	Rubik's cube solver

Scoring Criteria
1. Each team could provide 1 to 3 robot demonstrations and one project presentation. The duration of each team shall be within 15 minutes and shall not exceed 20 minutes.
2. The final score of the demonstrations will be taken from the highest score one.
3. Demonstration scores range from 0 to 80 points (80 points are excellent). It reflects teamwork, the topic ,and communication skills. It is recommended to demo in multiple tasks and have a complete accomplishment. There are four sections for scoring as "Action Difficulty" 20 points, "Performance" 20 points, "Creativity" 20 points, and "Technical Difficulty" 20 points.
4. Presentation scores from 0 - 40 points (40 points are excellent). Your presentation should explain the principles of robot construction, the issue solving process and the computer knowledge used. It is recommended to have a summary for the whole project. There are four sections for scoring: "Presentation & Comprehension" 20 points, and "Teamwork" 20 points.
5. We will have 3 judges or 5 judges. If there are 3 judges, all scores are taken into account. If there are 5 judges, remove the head and tail, and take the scores of the middle 3 judges to calculate.
6. Prepare to answer one or two questions from the judges.
7. Complete the performance independently with your teammates and do not ask for help from others (like parents). There might be 10-point penalties after two yellow tag warnings.
8. Awards: General Award, Best Creativity Award, Best Technical Award, Best Performance Award, Best Action Award, Best Presentation Skill Award, Best Teamwork Award
(The final explanation belongs to DataEra IT Association.)

Registration Step

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1. Regisration ( Due date: July 10, 2022 )
Register from our  Google form link.

2. Interview 
We will have a brief interview with you about your skill set.

3. Consent
Parent is required to sign the agreement and sign the device rental ( no payment required ).

4. Commitments
* Participant team is required to report progress bi-weekly with video and photo format.
* Participant team is required to attend the final demonstration.

Competition Rule

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Tasks:
1. Perform one solo with your programmatic robot
2. Present your product and the idea behind your project

Device:
1. You are welcome to bring your own device. or
2. You may choose one of the devices below from us:

EZ-Robot

Technical Programming options:
1. RoboScratch
2. Blockly
3. Text-based coding: Python, JavaScript, and EZ-Script
Reference: https://www.ez-robot.com/learn-robotics-ez-script.html

LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3

Technical Programming options:
1. Python

Reference: https://education.lego.com/en-us/start/mindstorms-ev3#Setting-Up

Volunteer Wanted

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We want more volunteers to help us out! Please find the roles below:

Roles:

Event Organizer
1. You will communicate with each team to understand their requirements, problems, and progress.
2. You will organize the event schedule by writing emails, and sending messages to social networking groups.

Marketing Manager
1. You will create a plan to promote our event.
2. You will create marketing materials, like online posters, road sign posters, and online advertisements.
3. You will send marketing messages to social networking groups and accounts, like Tiktok, WeChat, and Instagram.
4. You will evaluate the effectiveness of various marketing solutions.

Technical Lead
1. Give student teams advice to kick start and design the competition performance.
2. Help out students on technical issues.
3. Guiding students to learn, discover, and explore new knowledge.

You may send an Email to service@dataera.ca for signing up as our volunteer.

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--- Season 1 ---

Teams / Participants:
Micro Frones - Alex Lin, Kevin Xu  David Qiao
Jerry Li
Pierce Zhang
Andrew Ma