Objective:

The theme of the competition is to develop an innovative and creative solution that uses robots to improve the quality of life.

Eligibility:

• Each team must consist of a minimum of 3 members. Team members must be enrolled students at either the graduate or undergraduate level at the time of registration. Teams must have at least one advisor, but may have an unlimited number of additional advisors.
• An application, following the form posted on the competition website, must be submitted by all teams. Applications will be accepted until the due date below. Teams will be notified if their application is accepted or declined within 10 days of receiving the application via a letter sent by the competition administrator.
• All teams must submit a detailed description of project entry by the due date below following the form posted on the competition website.

Qualifying Requirements:

• A robot is defined as an electro-mechanical-computing system that senses and interacts with its environment. Fully autonomous robots are encouraged, but not required.
• The robot must provide a service or perform a task that improves the quality of life for a person or a group of people.
• The innovation must have been reduced to practice within 1 year of the contest date.
• Teams must have a functional prototype to demonstrate at the competition.

Awards: Cash prizes up to $5,000 will be awarded.

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As of July 21, 2009, RICC has received 12 applications from 8 universities representing 3 countries.