robotika.cz
the homepage of Czech roboteers
Our goal is to develop comprehensive site about robotics for the widest audience. It should cover both hardware (construction of physical devices) and software (control and algorithms).
There are several top level sections. In section articles you can find stories about hard gained experience and interesting topics from the world of robotics. If you are interested rather in complete robots (mostly Czech origin) then have a look at robots section. Various kinds of competitions are perfect motivation for our work. It is also the best way to start with robotics. The competitions section is currently the largest section of our site. In addition to rules, it contains notes about preparation and participation of both contestants and visitors. Recently we have started new section guide in the hopes of creating the ABC of mobile robotics (sorry, it is so far mostly in Czech).
If you have built a robot, have a product we could use, or have some interesting experiences with robots that you would want to share do not hesitate to contact us. We are always looking for new and/or interesting products for our new projects. Our mission statement is to unite as many roboteers as possible in a community based on helpfulness, knowledge sharing and mutual support.
News box you see on the left side can also show all the great links you have found. Just let us know.
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Field Robot 2013 — 11th year, this time in Prague!
The contest Field Robot Event 2013 will take place in Prague/Czech Republic for
the first time. The main organizer will be Czech University of Life Sciences
Prague (ČZU). The contest dates are 27th-29th June 2013, and the place will be
very close to university grounds, i.e. Kamycka 129, Prague 6 - Suchdol.
Registration extended until May 15th!
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Robotour 2013 — the journey there and back again
The eight year of contest of autonomous robots will travel to Poland/Lodz and
it will take place on 21st of September 2013 (!date change!). The basic rules remain the
same. The changes are only in extension of time limit to 1 hour and if the
robot reaches the goal, which is something nobody achieved yet, then after
signal it can get extra points for returning back to the start.
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SICK Robot Day 2012 — Eurobot like game on large playground
Fifteen teams participated in the contest organized by German manufacturer SICK.
The surprising fact was that this year seven of them
were from Czech Republic! The playground was similar to the one in 2010,
i.e. arena 15m in diameter. The floor was covered with many white,
yellow and green balls. The robots competed in triplets and their task was to
collect balls of their own color and drop them in their homes. And how it
went?
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Introduction of teams — this time with YouTube videos
Robotour is returning back to it's origin this year: Prague, park Stromovka.
The contest will be probably in unexplored parts of the park, but the base camp
will be the same as in years 2006-2008: in Planetárium Praha. And who is coming?
If all 12 teams, which sent homologation video, will come, we will see (besides
home teams) also representatives from Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland
and Russia.
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Robotour 2012 — video pre-homologation
The seventh year of contest of autonomous robots will take place in Czech
Republic on 15th of September 2012. The rules remain the same as previous
year in Vienna: robots will get the goal position and a map. All robots will
start concurrently. Also the payload (a five liter barrel of beer) is mandatory
as previous year.
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Robotour 2011 results — Czech and Slovak meeting of roboteers in Vienna
There were fifteen registered teams for Robotour 2011 contest from five countries, but only eight of them
arrived and were able to pass the homologation test. Smelý Zajko
represented Slovak Republic and the other ones were „troupers” from Czech Republic.
The contest went well besides this high mortality ratio and the show was
positively received by wide spectrum of Vienna public: from small children to
old people on a walk in a beautiful Türkenschanzpark.
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Introduction of Teams — international Robotour, teams from five countries
When we decided that the next country hosting the Robotour contest will be Austria,
we were a little bit afraid. There was no Austrian team in Bratislava last
year. But now it looks more promising — not only there are two new teams from
Austria, there is also one new team from Poland and one from Slovenia.
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Robotem rovně 2010 — An outdoor competition of autonomous robots in Písek
The second year of "robotem rovně" (freely translated as go straightforward
with robots) took part on May 22nd 2010 in Palackého sady, Písek. The event is
organized by Radioklub Písek, aiming to increase robotics awareness in general
public and to attract youth to technology. Entrants compete in two
categories: robots and cars (robots without any sensors). The goal is to get as
far as you can on a straight path, but it’s not nearly as easy to do, as it
appears to be.
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PocketBot — a matchbox-sized line following robot
PocketBot project consists of three parts. The key part of the project is the
robot itself – a tiny line following vehicle of a matchbox size. Furthermore,
the robot is supported with an USB communication device and with a PC control
application. Altogether, these three parts form a complex solution to the line
following issue. Each part of the project will be described in this article.
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Brimstone — my first steps in the world of robotics
I took park in the national finals of Science Expo AMAVET, where I reached the
fifth rank and therefore I could participate on the international exhibition in
Tunis. Moreover, I won the High school science and technology project contest
in branch of electronics. On these pages, I would like to introduce my robot…
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