2009 will be fun! Changes are afoot. Since RoboCupJunior Australia's support for this year began, this whole event is expanding to include Robot Soccer, Robot Rescue and still have Robot Dance events involved.
The Rescue playing field is now available for purchase locally, but only the flat surfaces. Those that include the bridges and are 3D in nature, require your own ingenuity to improvise.
The IR sensors, compass sensors and IR soccer balls are available for purchase through us if you need, as we help to get from our partners who will import them for you. Another piece of good news, there is a package of 4 omni-directional wheels with NXT building guide and sample program that is available through our partner as well. This last package is definitely helpful for teams aspiring to explore the robot soccer game.
As for the robot dancing event, if you are keen to learn more about movie making, and how to become a DJ, our partners also have these ready for you.
RoboDance completed successfully. Award winners are listed already. Watch this RoboDance page these few days for more updates of photos, video clips and more. The organizers will like to thank the 134+ people present, participating, volunteering, organizing, judging and even the audience who came to support all these students. Thank you everyone for making this a success. Next year, we'll see you all again in the first week of June holidays 2009.
FINAL AWARD LIST
The organizers would like to congratulate all the award winners below.
Special thanks first to all these great people.
Judges for their great effort picking out the most deserving teams: Jason Teo (MDA), Bill Claxton (Iterate), DJ Nad-trix (iSHOP), Eric Tan (Temasek Sec), Hawyee Auyong (EDB, even though work required you elsewhere, we would still like to thank you for trying to come. Appreciate your support indeed).
Main sponsor: iSHOP by Club 21. Roland Gui for allowing his team to support RoboDance fully. Jay Gui for tying all the contacts together to make this work. Ben Teng for all the planning and coordination from day 1. Ryanm, Nicholas, Dan, Scott and all of iSHOP team who helped make this a success.
DJ: Jan. Your student DJs made the whole event complete. Thank you for producing such great DJs!
RoboJunior Society (Singapore) for tying up with RoboCup Junior Australia and making the whole event more complete, with Soccer and Rescue elements together with the Dance one.
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) and Temasek Secondary: For all your student officials who helped make the whole event run smoothly. You really took over the event after you have been briefed and ran it to completion with lots of initiative and problem solving on your feet. Special mention goes to Joni, Nicole, Jonathan, Johannes (Hans), Denise, Lynette, Roobina, Sera, as these are people whom we noticed went the extra mile to get the job done. Hope I mentioned everyone who deserves the credit. There are more to thank, Melody, Joanne, XinYi, Miranda, Faizah, Rashidi, Hui Ying, Tracey, Ruth, Jaclyn, Lavinia, Joanne Mah and Cheryl.
Our own team who contributed much, well done people, good job indeed.
Education officers: Wendy who thought ahead of everyone in many cases, thank you. Brandon and Weiguang who helped run the event smoothly, and extended help with much initiative. Jason Ng for ensuring this student officials were always on the ball. A few other teachers who helped in the background but were absent on the big day deserve thanks. One of them is Mrs Wong who always watched the students with eagle eyes. And not the least, Yiwen, who coordinated from the beginning, even when she was overseas, to ensure that the event went smoothly.
Award
Team #
Team name
Organization
Simplest Idea
9
Combat 1
Beatty Sec
Most Memorable Robot
8
-
Yio Chu Kang Sec
Most Beautiful Robot
4
Scorpion
Beatty Sec
Most Graceful Robot
13
CHIJ Team 1
CHIJ Sec (Toa Payoh)
Most Graceful Dancer
3
BAY RoboBuilders
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
Most Memorable Dancer
6
Shoelace
CHIJ Sec (Toa Payoh)
Most Exciting Dance
15
Jazz
Bedok South Sec
Most Inspiring Dance
2
CHIJ Team 2
CHIJ Sec (Toa Payoh)
Best DJ Award
11
-
Montfort Sec
Best Video Award
11
-
Montfort Sec
Junior Category Champion
1
The Creators
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
Senior Category Champion
8
-
Yio Chu Kang Sec
Mac Inspiration Award
5
-
Chung Cheng High (Main)
FINAL STATISTICS
80 participants
21 officials
10 organizers
04 judges (01 absent with apologies)
07 education officers
08 guests
__ supporters
04 teacher officials
134+ TOTAL
MEDIA RELEASE DEED Please print and sign the document for submission before the event. Or sign it on arrival at the registration desk.
Looks like we will also be seeing a WiiMote controlled robot that day as well.
If all are fine, expect to see a mini humanoid robot that day as well. Wonder if it will dance, no promises given yet.
Schedule for the day .13.30 Sign in time .14.00 Dance/Rescue/Soccer .16.00 Demonstration time! (Judges convenes) .16.30 Award ceremony .17.00 End of day
There are more events now! Included now are Rescue and Soccer events. Click the links below for details.
RoboDance rules (using local rules due to venue differences)
For teams, the same registration fee covers all the events, there is no need to pay for each individual event. You are free to participate in any one, two or all of the events. We will try to get the schedule arranged such that you are not elsewhere when you are required for your run, no guarantees here but let's try to maximize your experience here.
RoboDance Rounds
Video Round
Submission of video clips (1-2min) of your choreographed dance, with human dancer(s), your music, and your robot(s).
Deadline
31st October 2008, 5pm. By email if under 2MB to
, CD or thumbdrive to iSHOP by Club 21 education, from 11am - 5pm. MP3, DV tapes, WMV, AVI, MOV and MP4 are acceptable formats.
Please note that all contents submitted will become public royalty free materials, open for use, sharing, modification by everybody and will not be returned to the applicants.
Stage Round
Selected teams will be invited to dance on stage, live for an audience and judges. Other award nominees will be present to watch your performance as well.
Date
12 November 2008. 2-5pm. Selected teams will be informed by 4th November 2008
RoboDance Judges
These are people tasked with the challenge of selecting the best of the best. Advance thanks to these great people for the hard work they will be put through on 12th November.
Especially for CHIJ group of schools, as your sister school CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) is co-organizing, we would like to further thank you all by allowing a special registration fee of only S$80 per team for your students.
There are also some courses at iSHOP that you can attend to get a discount of S$100 from the registration fee, to help make it more accessible for teams who have no background in robotics, music and/or video.
To register
SMS 97476072 or email
:
RoboDance, Contact name, Organisation/school, number of teams
REGISTERED TEAMS (COMPETITION SEQUENCE) All teams will sit in the allocated locations and you must inform your assigned team Official shown below if you are going anywhere. Timing is crucial so if you are not ready when your team is due, the next team will take over immediately and you may not get the chance to perform. There are no second chances of re-ordering of this sequence without special approval from the organisers. The organisers reserve the right to re-order if situation requires it.
Note that some teams below may be attempting to demonstrate their Soccer and Rescue robots so may skip the Dance event completely. So your turn may come earlier that you estimate.
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TEAM NAME
TEAM SIZE
TEAM OFFICIAL
ORGANIZATION
1
The Creators
10 (2 reserves)
She Hui Ying
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
2
CHIJ Team 2
02
Jaclyn Mah
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
3
BAY RoboBuilders
10 (1 reserve)
She Hui Ying
CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
4
Scorpion
05
Lavinia Liu
Beatty Secondary
5
____
09
Denise Teo
Chung Cheng High (Main)
6
Shoelace
04
Jaclyn Mah
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
7
____
__
Joanne Mah
Temasek Secondary
8
____
03
Cherly Tan
Yio Chu Kang Secondary
9
Combat 1
04
Lavinia Liu
Beatty Secondary
10
____
__
Joanne Mah
Temasek Secondary
11
____
__
Lynette Koh
Montfort Secondary
12
____
__
Joanne Mah
Temasek Secondary
13
CHIJ Team 1
03
Jaclyn Mah
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
14
____
__
Joanne Mah
Temasek Secondary
15
Jazz
04
Joanne Mah
Bedok South Secondary
OFFICIALS The organizers would love to thank all of you for volunteering your time.
Name
JOB TITLE
JOB DESCRIPTION
Denise Teo
CHIEF TEAM OFFICIAL (CTO)
Stay beside assigned team. Every TEAM OFFICIAL must inform CTO if moving out of her contact range.
She Hui Ying
TEAM OFFICIAL
Stay beside assigned team. Team members report movement to you. Report your own movement to your CTO. Ensures your teams compete on time.
Cheryl Tan
TEAM OFFICIAL
as above
Lynette Koh
TEAM OFFICIAL
as above
Joanne Mah
TEAM OFFICIAL
as above
Lavinia Liu
TEAM OFFICIAL
as above
Jaclyn Mah
TEAM OFFICIAL
as above
Roobini
CHIEF LOGISTICS OFFICIAL (CLO)
Start at the help desk to give out T-shirts, goodies, certificates, then at stage area to assist MC.
Ruth Yeo
LOGISTICS OFFICIAL
Assist CLO.
Lim Shu Jun
LOGISTICS OFFICIAL
Assist CLO at helpdesk, then move to stage to assist PRIZE MINDER.
Sera Teo
CHIEF CHECK-IN (CCI)
Stay at the helpdesk. Mind the attendance list. Explain the event and schedule to anyone approaching. Direct people to their desired locations. Help anyone in need.
Tracey Leow
CHECK-IN OFFICIAL
Start at the helpdesk. Assist CCI.
Johannes (Hans)
CHIEF TRAFFIC CONTROLLER (CTC)
Ensure all TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS report to you. Gather all back to iSHOP directing any visitors to view the event from outside iSHOP to training rooms, after 2.45pm
Melody
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
Direct traffic up to level 3 from ground level entrance.
Joanne
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
as above
Xin Yi
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
Direct traffic up to level 3 from ground level lift lobby.
Miranda
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
as above
Johannes (Hans)
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
Direct traffic up to iSHOP from level 3 lift lobby.
Faizah
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
Direct traffic from iSHOP entrance near cafe to training rooms.
Rashidi
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
Direct traffic from iSHOP entrance near training side to training rooms.
Jonathan
TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
Direct traffic within iSHOP to prevent entry to stage area.
Nicole
ASSIST. EVENT RECORDER
Assist EVENT RECORDER as Videographer.
NAME
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EXCO)
RESPONSIBILITIES
Yang
EVENT RECORDER
Video and Photography
Kang
MASTER OF CEREMONY (MC)
Invite VIP to give our prizes, prompt Judges to comment, invite teams on stage
Mr Eric Tan
CHIEF JUDGE
Briefs Judges, facilitate Judges meeting
Wendy
DANCE CHIEF
Ensures Dance event is executed on cue. Prompts MC with timing cues.
Siti Khalsom
RESCUE CHIEF
Ensures Rescue event/demo is executed on cue
John Tan
SOCCER CHIEF
Ensures Soccer event/demo is executed on cue
Wendy
PRIZE MINDER
Ensures prize giving is executed on cue
Mr Lim Shunwei
PARTNERS MINDER
Anticipate and/or find the demonstrating guests, and invite them to present after the competition rounds.
Wei Kwang
SCHEDULE MINDER
Prompts MC with timing cues, Ensures teams appear on time
Jason Ng
COMMANDING OFFICER (CO)
Monitors CTO, CLO, CCI, CTC
NA
VIP MINDER
Anticipate and wait for VIP, sit beside VIP, keep VIP updated of schedule and explain each activity casually.
Brandon
CHIEF OF FACILITIES
Ensures necessary facilities are available whenever required.
Jay Gui
Ben Teng
Ryanm
Nicholas
Jan
EVENT DJ
Master of Ceremony and DJ during presentation time right after competition rounds.
FAQ Q1. Are there any copyright issues when we pick certain musical pieces for our dance sequence? A1. Since you are not making any money out of it, there are no problems.
Q2. Can we bring our own surface as a prop as our robot need to trace some black lines? A2. Yes.
Q3. Do we need to rebuild our robot on the actual day? A3. No, just bring your ready built robots, and be prepared to answer questions from the judges. Be independent and build your own robots. The Judges may ask you about details right while you are on stage. Be confident.
Help for budding movie directors, (this article focuses on iMovie)
From our old friend Zong Ling (now studying to become a movie director?):
"There are a couple of websites which have iMovie tutorials. Those are probably the best way to learn iMovie. I am sure Youtube has some tutorials too.
The best thing about iMovie is that it is easy to learn, I think you'll be able to learn it within 45 minutes.
However, my advise to you is to explore iMovie at your own pace. You can learn the basics easily but if you were to explore it you would find a lot of tiny details that may allow you to enhance the footage, thus making your video more interesting.
Here are some of the websites that may help you in learning iMovie quickly:
RoboDance! On 12 November 2008, there is a unique event coming up. Watch a professional DJ jamming with dancing robots together on stage!
The event is called RoboDance@iSHOP. It requires teams to submit a short video clip of their performance back in school, and ultimately get these clips displayed online and in iSHOP. The best ones will be invited to perform in public, in front of live audience and judges to clinch the grand award.
There is a whole Science and career path behind DJs in the music industry, way beyond the night scenes only. Participants will appreciate segments of music theory, how to match beats (bpm), ensuring octaves match, and of course learn to scratch discs and mix musical tracks.
Robots break dancing is already exciting enough, and further watching some students becoming DJs to add in music, plus throw in a few more human dancers, and you will have a great party, not just a competition.
Email
to indicate your interest and get more information.
The RoboDance organiser reserves the right to amend or change any aspect of the competition.
RoboDance
