Dr Stephen Prior was the UK National Organizer for the Eurobot competition for 7 years (2005-2012). This is a Europe-wide robotics competition involving over 30 countries. Over theĀ years the UK has taken teams to compete in Switzerland (x2), Italy, Russia, France (x4) and Germany (x2). Last year’s World Final was held in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 22-24 May 2015.
Since moving to the University of Southampton in the summer of 2012, Southampton teams have now won the UK Final three times. In the 2014 UK Final, Southampton teams took all three top places and in 2015 and 2016,Ā Southampton teams took the first two places, with a team from Birmingham taking the third spot. These three teams represented the UK at the World Final.
Check out Eurobot at the UoS Design Show here.
2016 UK Results:
1st Place –Ā Smack My Beach UpĀ (TheĀ University of Southampton)
2nd Place –Ā Shore CircuitĀ (TheĀ University of Southampton)
3rd Place – UbroboticsĀ (The University of Birmingham)
The 2016 UK Final took place at Middlesex University’s HendonĀ Campus on Thursday,Ā 21 April 2016.
This was an Open final and several international teams came and competed with the UK participants.
The main sponsor of the Eurobot (UK) FinalĀ 2016 was Rapid,Ā Festo and OomloutĀ who gave prizes of Ā£150, Ā£100 and Ā£50 to the top three teams:
Eurobot Rules 2016 & Other Information:
Previous Editions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygWnUFA-YV0
Robot Parts: