Competitions
Competitions
(OP)
Has anyone been in any design competitions? Do they hold them annually? I have been in a real design mood lately and have been wanting to know about some of these competitions. The only ones I have found are for high schoolers or undergrad college students. I would love to have some extra engineering fun outside of work all the time.





RE: Competitions
Some CAD companies run annual design competitions.
RE: Competitions
They had different events and people built robots for them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_Games looks like they canned it although there is a link on there to something else.
KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...
RE: Competitions
The best way to find out about them are:
a) Google
b) ask your colleagues
c) your association
d) vendors
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RE: Competitions
Just looking for something to maybe try and make some extra credit to my name or money in my pocket. Either one would be nice. I am told that I am not bad, but could use some work. So I figure a competition would maybe give me some better motivation. so yeah if anyone sees something specific you could send me a link or something like that.
RE: Competitions
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RE: Competitions
Just off the top of my head, there's a bunch of SAE competitions that seem to always be looking for judges. There's also a robotics competition called F.I.R.S.T. (http://www.usfirst.org/) that's pretty big. I'm sure there's dozens more.
RE: Competitions
Automotive x prize
Lunar x prize
You won't be making much money, and you won't get much recognition.
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Greg Locock
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