World of Robots 2016 â€“ Jan 7th to 9th, RDS Dublin, Ireland

**mechatrons** · 19th November 2015, 14:51

Applications for World of Robots 2016 â€“ Jan 7th to 9th, RDS Dublin, Ireland

Firstly, I would like to dispel the myth that this is an invite only event. It is not invite only and everyone with a heavyweight compliant with FRA build rules is welcome to attend. We have a very limited budget that we use to fund a few teams for part of their travel expenses and again everyone is welcome to apply for this however we will select based on bang for buck as described below. If you are able to fund your own way, then you are very welcome.
Now on with the announcement:

Mechatrons is delighted to announce that we will be presenting The World of Robots again in the RDS Dublin in conjunction with the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.
This year we are expanding our open contest for robots based on the robogames model. If you want to enter into one of these games, let us know. There is no fee to enter. You can see the list of events and rules here: http://robogames.net/events.php We will also have an additional maze solving event exclusively for Sesca robots. http://shop.mechatrons.com/index.php/robots.html

You MUST fill out at least TWO forms. The first is for the Team information and the second for is to be filled out for each robot you are bringing.
Teams fill out Part 1 of the application here: http://goo.gl/xAA4yD you will be taken to part on completion of part 1.

Some tips for winning some of our limited travel assistance:
Typically the teams that get selected for travel assistance bring at least 3 heavyweights and a crew of two people. Cars/people carriers are also preferred over commercial vans.

We also welcome volunteers but there is no travel assistance for volunteers: http://goo.gl/SclUn2

Closing date for applications is Sunday 29th of November 2015 at 23:59.

We are always looking for some new and exciting in robotics. If you have something, please let us know.

Hope to see you there!