World Robot Summit - Junior Category, School Robot Challenge Workshop & Trial Competition will be held at Tamagawa Academy & University (Machida, Tokyo) from Wednesday, August 2nd to Sunday, August 6th, 2017. The Trial Competition held on Saturday, August 5th and Friday, August 6th, 2017 is open to public. Please come to see participating teams’ School Robot creations!

Event Name

World Robot Summit – Junior Category, School Robot Challenge Workshop & Trial Competition 2017

Organizer

WRS Junior Competition Committee, Tamagawa Academy

Co-organizer

Tamagawa Academy & University (AIBot Research Center)

Special Supporter

Softbank Group Corp

Purpose

Preparation for WRC 2018 and WRC 2020

Dates

From August 2nd (Wed), 13:00 to August 6th (Sun), 17:00

Location

Atrium, Tamagawa Academy Upper School Complex (6-1-1, Tamagawa Gakuen, Machida-city, Tokyo)

Schedule

August 2nd (Wed) - 4th (Fri) : Workshop (Closed to participating teams)
August 5th (Sat) 13:00-15:30: Trial Competition- Skill Challenge (Open to public)
August 6th (Sun) 10:30-11:30, 13:00-14:30: Trial Competition- Open Demonstration (Open to public)

Junior Competition Committee Members

• Amy Eguchi (Chairperson of Junior Competition Committee / Bloomfield College)
• Hiroyuki Okada(Vice-chairperson of Junior Competition Committee / Chairperson of Service Competition Committee / Tamagawa University)
• Jeffrey Too Chuan TAN (Junior Competition Committee / Nankai University)
• Sara Iatauro (Junior Competition Committee / English Montreal School Board)
• Koujiro Tabaru (Junior Competition Committee / Tamagawa Academy)
• Jun Arikawa (Junior Competition Committee / Tamagawa Academy)
• Yasufumi Kawarada(Junior Competition Committee /Elementary School Division, Sagami Women’s University)
• Michio Kobayashi (Junior Competition Committee / Kanagawa University - Middle & High School)

Teams

• Tamagawa Academy (Japan)
• Sagami Women's University Junior&Senior High School (Japan)
• Kanagawa University High School (Japan)
• Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama (Japan)
• Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted (Vietnam)
• ROBOTIC SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE (Malaysia)
• Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (Thailand)
• Merrimac State High School (Australia)
• Metis Montessori Lyceum (Netherlands)
• Independent Team (USA)