ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
“JAPAN-AUSTRALIA ROBOT FESTIVAL” is one of the events organized to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Questacon. Questacon will invite three outstanding robots designed and constructed by Japanese technical college students who won prestigious awards at ROBOCON 2007 & 2008. During this event, we offer several creative programmes such as Robot Demonstration and a hands on learning experience, ‘ Brush-Robot Workshop’. The robots will be presented to Questacon as a symbol of friendship and cooperation between Japan and Australia.
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| "Kurupon" made by students of Kitakyusyu National College of Technology |
"Rolling Patchin Go!" made by students of Oita National College of Technology |
"Movement" made by students of Okinawa College of Technology |
| ORGANIZER: | The National Science & Technology Centre (Questacon) |
| SUPPORT: | Embassy of Japan in Australia |
| SPECIAL SPONSOR: | The Japan-Australia Business Co-operation Committee |
| SPONSOR: | Japan Airlines |
| COOPERATION: | Kitakyusyu National College of Technology, Oita National College of Technology, Okinawa National College of Technology |
| COORDINATOR: | NHK ENTERPRISES, INC. |
Robot Demonstration
Three technical colleges, as winners of the annual Robot Contest in Japan, will demonstrate their winning robots (Kurupon, Rolling Pacchin GO and Movement) at Questacon.
You can meet the students and discuss the design and operation of their creations. You might even be lucky enough to try controlling the robots yourself!
Three technical colleges, as winners of the annual Robot Contest in Japan, will demonstrate their winning robots (Kurupon, Rolling Pacchin GO and Movement) at Questacon.
You can meet the students and discuss the design and operation of their creations. You might even be lucky enough to try controlling the robots yourself!
| Where: | Gallery 1-Questacon | |
| When: | 14th March 10am, 12pm and 2.30pm | |
| 15th March 10am and 12pm | (About 30 min each) |
ABOUT ROBOCON
"ROBOCON" – Robot Contest is an educational robot design contest for
college and university students studying technology in Japan. Students
design and construct original robots under a set of common rules and compete for the Best Engineering Team award at the annual championship event. An exciting feature of this popular science education event is the unique rule changes each year. To participate in the contest, students must start making robots from scratch. In 2007, ROBOCON celebrated its 20th anniversary and has been attracting over 10,000 students studying robotics not only in Japan but throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
ROBOCON website
http://www.official-robocon.com/ (Japanese)
ROBOCON website
http://www.official-robocon.com/ (Japanese)
ABOUT QUESTACON
Questacon -The National Science and Technology Centre was established in 1988, as a joint Australia-Japan Bicentennial Project. The Japanese Government and business community contributed half the cost to build Questacon, creating an enduring symbol of Australia-Japan's cooperation and friendship. Questacon website
http://www.questacon.edu.au/ (top page) http://www.questacon.edu.au/japan/ (Questacon and Japan)