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Innovation machines
Create a new device, the purpose of which need not be obvious.
Competitors are judged on quality of the design and assembly,
broadness of scope, and weirdness of application.
Robot art/best modified appliance competition
Create a robot that can draw or generate art. The generation of art
may be the movement of the robot itself. An example given is a solar
flower that opens slowly and snaps closed when light shines upon it.
Class A Robots built completely from scratch.

Class B Modified devices, toys, appliances, etc.
Robot sumo wrestling

Class A Robots are paired together in competition. Each robot at-
tempts to push the other off the edge of a 5-ft-round platform. Ro-
bots can be self-contained, tethered, or radio controlled.
Class B Robots try to push each other off a 6-ft-round platform.

Nanomouse competition
198 Create a self-contained robotic mouse that can run through a
maze. The robot’s footprint must be no larger than 10 cm 10 cm.
No restriction on height.

Micromouse competition
Create a self-contained robotic mouse that can run through a
maze. The robot’s footprint must be no larger than 25 cm 25 cm.
No restriction on height.
Aerobot competition
Create a flying robot that will launch itself, fly into a 25-ft 25-ft
drop zone, find a randomly placed target in the drop zone, drop a
marker on it, and then return to its launch pad.

Miscellaneous competitions
If you have built a robot that doesn’t fit in the outlined categories,
it may be entered in the miscellaneous category.
Getting the BEAM guide

Complete 120-page BEAM guides may be purchased for $20.00.
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Games. For current information call or write to:

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