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Schoolbots Competition 2010 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Workshop scheduled for Friday January 15th is postponed due to current weather conditions.
Please contact nkiely@tippinst.ie for further information.
Congratulations
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2009 Schoolbots Competition Results
1st Place Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny
2nd Place St Joseph's CBS Nenagh
3rd Place Gort Community College
4th Place Christian Brothers School Midleton
5th Place CBS Thurles
6th Place Abbey CBS Tipperary Town
7th Place Ursuline Secondary School Thurles
8th Place Colaiste Dun Iascaigh Cahir
9th Place Coláiste Chluain Meala
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Dates to remember:
15th January 2010 - Schoolbots Teachers Workshop.
Contact nkiely@tippinst.ie if you wish to register.
26th February 2010 is the deadline fo school entries. See News section for additional information.
The schoolbots final will take place on March 11th 2010 as part of Tipperary Institutes Games Fleadh 2009, which is Ireland's largest computer console programming festival.
Registration for the schoolbots final is between 11:30 and 11:45 hrs and the competition itself commences at 12:00 hrs and will end at 15:00 hrs
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News
Schoolbots update : 16/12/2009
If any competitors wish to modify their robots they may do so and submit the modified robot via email ( schoolbots@tippinst.ie ) to be received no later that 17:00 hrs on Friday 26th February 2010. No robot modifications will be accepted after that time. The Schoolbots organiser decision on this is final.
Wishing you all Seasons Greetings and see you in the New Year.
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Schoolbots Competition
Welcome to SchoolBots. SchoolBots is a computer game programming competition aimed at transition year students and above at secondary schools in Ireland. Tipperary Institute are the organisers of this competition. The competition is hosted at Tipperary Institutes campus in Thurles. Tipperary Institute offers a number of courses in software, games and multimedia development. Schoolbots is also part of Games Fleadh 2010 which is Ireland's computer console programming festival.
The idea behind the game is to build a software robot and destroy the rest of your opponents. The photo on the left depicts the robocode environment and a match in progress.The game environment used is called robocode and was developed originally by IBM. The photo above shows Loreto Secondary School Schoolbots 2009 winners with their teacher Fiona McGrath
Competition Overview
Schools should register their interest no later than January 15th 2010. A teacher can register their school on this website. by clicking on the registration pageCompetition is limited to 40 schools and is on a first come first served basis. The closing date for submission of entries is February 26th 2010. The National Final will take place on March 11th 2010.
Competition Details
2010 will mark the 4th year for the SchoolBots Challenge. SchoolBots is a computer game programming competition aimed at transition year students and above at secondary schools in Ireland. The entrants use Java to program robot tanks to battle in an arena against each other. The little graphical tanks need to be programmed to avoid being hit. They need to be smart enough to move around an arena without any kind of manual control. This competiion introduces the fundamental of computer programming to students using the medium of a game,
Our competition is limited to 40 schools and registration is on and first come first served basis. Schools are requested to register their interest via the website registration page
A team may contain a maximum of three students. Entrants should submit a single Java source file accompanied by the attached entry form by 5.00pm on Friday Feb 26th 2010. If you wish to submit more than one team (maximum of 3 teams) we can arrange for a playoff to take place on the day of the event between the various teams . The submission of a SchoolBot must be authorised by a school teacher and/or principal as per the schools rules and regulations.
Students submitting a SchoolBot will be required to attend the competition accompanied by a teacher/parent/guardian and with their schools consent.
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