Charles Sturt University (CSU) has secured the rights to host the annual RoboCup Junior competition for schools across central west NSW starting in June 2010 through to 2012.The coordinator of 2010 RoboCup Junior Challenge, Mr Allen Benter, an associate lecturer and PhD candidate working the Newcrest Mining Research Laboratory at the Centre for Research in Complex Systems (CRiCS) at the CSU School of Computing and Mathematics, said this is a great boost for school students in the region who are interested in the expanding field of robotic sciences.
“In the future, there will be more robots, not less, in all spheres of life, and we need imaginative young scientists to develop them,” Mr Benter said.
“After CSU staff provided advice and were judges at the 2009 RoboCup Junior Challenge held at Dubbo Christian School in June, CSU negotiated with RoboCup Junior (NSW) for the rights to stage the regional event in the central west.
“RoboCup is an international competition/conference promoting artificial intelligence and robotic research around the world. RoboCup Junior is aimed at primary to secondary school children, and introduces students to the international RoboCup World Championship.
“RoboCup Junior focuses not only on engineering and computing skills, but also emphasises sportsmanship, teamwork, cooperation and organisational skills. The participants must construct and program a robot to compete in one of three events: dance, rescue or soccer. The winners of the regional competition then advance to the state competition,” Mr Benter said.
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