RoboFesta-UK: Related Links

Competitions & Challenges

		An excellent collection of robotics challenges from Canada, with educational support materials also available.
FLL		First Lego League is an international robotics challenge that runs at a local level in September-November each year.
		A table-top robot football competition, particularly appropriate as a team buiilding exercise for children
		Micromouse is a maze-solving competition in which small robots must traverse a maze in as short a time as possible.
		The Micromouse Information Centre provides a wealth of explanatory material for newcomers to the Micromouse competition.
RoboCup		Rules for RoboCup leagues (simulation league, small-size league, middle-size league, Sony four legged robot league, humanoid league)
RoboCup Rescue		Supporting disaster rescue and recovery
RoboSoccer		A complete Lego Mindstorms robot football package, compliant with RoboCup Junior football one-on-one rules
Robot Competition FAQ		Actively maintained list of robot competitions throughout the world.

Robot related simulators/animations

How do gears work? An early preview of a geartrain simulator from the Open University: Gearing simulator (beta release)
Teambots: Multi-robot simulator from CMU
Rossum project: 2D robot simulator
Bugworks: 2D Robot Simulator and eTutor
Bioblocs: interactive game
Soda constructor: construct your own animated creations

Educational Resources

Robotics in Space		An interactive website for kids based on a Christmas lecture by Dr Ashley Green.
Robotics in the Classroom		Effective use of technology and ICT in the classroom.
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy		A wealth of resources relating to robotics educatiopn and challenges in the classroom.
www.schoolofideas.com		Free school and college resources for ICT, IT, design and technology, produced independently by teacher experts.

Science and Technology Museums

Aberdeen: Satrosphere, 'an interactive exhibition of Science and Technology';
Armagh: Armagh Planetarium;
Bristol: Exploratory;
Birmingham: The Think Tank (formerly the Museum of Science and Discovery)
Cardiff: Techniquest;
Guildford: Discovery;
Halifax: Eureka, a museum for children;
London: Science Museum;
Manchester: Museum of Science and Industry;
Norwich: Inspire;
Rotherham: Magna;
Weymouth: Discovery;

A navigable map of the UK showing the locations of these and other interactive museums is provided by the British Interactive Group

Exhibitions

Tomorrow's World Roadshow

Robotics Activity/Workshop Providers

ATE (Active Training & Education)

Robotics Holidays and Schools Workshops

http://www.kidstuff.co.uk/

Creative Robotics Weekend Workshops

Steve Thomas

Robotics related workshop at your venue

Suppliers of Educational Robotics Platforms

Instruments Direct

Commotion Group

competition-robotics

Rapid Education

Swallow Systems
Programmable robots for school use

Active Robots
Educational and Amateur Robotics

Total Robots
Robotics, Control & Electronics Technology

Hobbytron robotics kits and resources (USA)

Low Cost Robots

The following links are to low cost, often self-assembled robots that potentially require soldering. By low cost, we mean less than Ł20; by robot, we mean something capable of moving, sensing and being trained or programmed (either directly, or from a PC):