2024 Robotics Coding Challenge

(UNSW Built Environment)

Let’s enjoy coding online courses and create a coding game!

Purpose

We offer inclusive opportunities for Australian students, with a focus on girls and those in remote areas, to learn STEM, Robotics, Coding, and Construction Engineering. Our aim is to prepare the younger generation for future careers and societal changes.

We provide e-learning courses that teach students how to create coding games. These courses cater to different skill levels, from beginner to advanced, and cover topics such as AI, IoT, and Robotics.

Additionally, students can participate in Robotics and IoT challenges. (Please note that robots are required for the Robotics Challenge.)

Host and Sponsor:

Host: UNSW Built Environment

Support:

• Women in Construction Project at UNSW Built Environment (the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Office for Women, under the Federal Government’s Women’s Leadership and Development Program)
• MRT Robotics(robotclass.com.au e-learning system and Robot set)

Events Schedule:

1. Competition Registration:  From Summer Holiday 2023 to Term 1 2024
2. Code and Presentation Submission Deadline: 12 Apr 2024
   • 9:00 – 10:00 AM: Robotics Competition – Humanoid Construction
   • 10:00 AM
     • Welcome and Presentation
     • Coding Award Ceremony
     • Sharing by a female leading game studio developer
   • 11 AM
     • Morning Tea 20
     • Construction Presentation
     • Robotics Award Ceremony
     • Sharing by Robotics Professor
     • Sharing by a female Engineer
   • 12:30 PM
     • Lunch
   • 1 PM
     • Sharing by a female construction practitioner
     • Special Construction Events

Competition Award Ceremony and Final Round of Robotics events: 29(Mon) Jan 2024

Place: UNSW Tyree Energy Technology

Register for the coding challenge and get free e-learning courses worth $300. Create a game where you learn and defeat zombies. Earn gifts and medals.
*All courses are available Only during challenge periods.

How to Participate

– Coding event

1. Select Coding Course
   1. Scratch Junior, Scratch, Entry, Python
2. Register (robotclass.com.au, use your school email) and payment
3. Learn and make your own coding game
   1. Download the source code from the provided link.
   2. Compress the source code into a single file.
   3. Create a YouTube movie presentation that is 3 to 5 minutes long.
   4. Send the compressed source code file and the YouTube link to roboticscodingchallenge@gmail.com.

    

Good luck!

Coding Event Details

Theme: save the world from the dangerous zombie

Description: Zombies are spreading rapidly in the world. To respond to this, we need to gather more construction materials and build safe buildings. Additionally, we must create more effective weapons to rescue people from zombies. To do this, we need to consider various methods and make efforts to increase our chances of survival. In the battle against zombies, we need to improve our equipment and strategies, train survivors, and strengthen cooperation by implementing various measures. Furthermore, we need to establish an effective communication system for communication with other survivors and create a network to share the resources and information that survivors need. By doing so, we can effectively defend against zombie attacks and continue our efforts for the survival of humanity…

Essential Elements:

1. 1. Material collection: The more interesting the enemies or obstacles you create, the higher your score.
   2. Create a variable that increases each time materials are collected by type. The number of materials may decrease due to obstacles or enemies.
   3. Code to build various buildings and elements when enough materials are collected.
   4. Create an engaging story to make the game fun to play.

Registration

1. 1. Register at RoboticsCodingChallenge.org, select the event, and complete payment. Once registered, you can use the e-learning courses(robotclass.com.au) to study the coding software freely during the competition period.

Coding Software(If possible, I would choose a language that I like without any restrictions by grade.)

1. 1. K-2: Scratch Junior
   2. Primary and High School: Scratch, Entry, and Python

Evaluation Criteria:

1. Creativity: Deduction for copying other works.
2. Code: Presence of unnecessary code, absence of duplication, simplicity, and logic.
3. AI (Artificial Intelligence, Entry Only): If you create a game using the machine learning model below in Entry AI Blocks, you will receive bonus points. Score from 1- 5 for the following items:
4. Story: Create an engaging storyline using the narrative arc structure. Choose a free storyline involving zombies to make it fun and captivating.

Awards: Awards are given in groups based on software and grade. All participants receive a coding challenge participation certificate award. The top three places, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, receive medals and trophies. Additionally, students who receive the highest award will be provided with an MRT Robotics robot set.

What we did last year

2023 Robotics Coding Challenge Summary Video