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Robocode 2010 - March 11th 2010 Thurles Campus
Please contact Eugene Kenny at Tipperary Institute, you can email ekenny@tippinst.ie
Congratulations to Trinty College Dublin who won Robocode Ireland 2009
Pictured above is Dr Liam Noonan (on left) presenting a Lenovo latop to Azamat Galimzhanov and his lecturer Dr. Jonathan Dukes Trinity College Dublin.
Robocode Ireland 2009 Results
1st Place Trinity College Dublin
2nd Place University of Limerick
3rd Place National University of Ireland Galway
4th Place Waterford Institute of Technology
5th Place Dublin Institute of Technology
6th Place Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dun Laoghaire
7th Place Dundalk Institute of Technolog
y8th Place Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
9th Place Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
10th Place Tipperary Institute
11th Place Griffith College Dublin
12th Place National University of Ireland Maynooth
Welcome to the Robocode Ireland, the 1st year Full Time Undergraduate 3rd level Programming Competition.
Griffith College Dublin win Robocode Ireland Championship 2008
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Robocode Marshals 2008 Team Griffith College Dublin with Flemming Larsen Robocode Project Lead from Denmark, and Niamh Minnock, Lenovo sponsors of the competition, presenting a Lenovo laptop to the Conor Hackett, Tianyi Wang, Wonjae Chang and GCD lecturer Eoin Carroll.
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The virtual contest, which was hosted at Tipperary Institute’s Thurles campus, involved computer-game loving students from fourteen third level institutions pitting their very own software for ‘tank-war’ battles against rivals’ from other colleges.
The Griffith College team Conor Hackett, Tianyi Wang and Wonjae Chang walked away with the Irish Computer Society Robocode Ireland Challenge trophy and prizes from competition sponsor Lenovo including a top of the range Lenovo laptop.
Robocode Ireland is part of Games Fleadh 2009 which is Ireland's computer console programming festival.
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| Runners up 2007 Team Galway Mayo Institute of Technology From left to right: Flemming Larsen Robocode Project Lead from Denmark with Stephen Traynor from GMIT |
The competition is a programming competition for first year students and had teams from all third level colleges across the country. The competition has been running since 2004 and previous winners have been Waterford Institute of Technology (2004), Tipperary Institute (2005), Cork Institute of Technology (2006) and Dublin Institute of Technology (2007). Along with the previous winners, other entries came from IADT Dun Laoghaire, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, University of Limerick, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork and this years runners up Galway Mayo Institute of Technology.
What is RoboCode ?
RoboCode is a game where teams use Java to program one or more 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. All of their intelligence is part of a single Java file. Unlike the real-life destruction possible with the Scorpion tank that posed menancingly outside the Tipperary Institute venue, the RoboCode tanks depended on artificial intelligence and computer ammunition to maneuver, fire and hunt.
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. All of their intelligence is part of a single Java file. During a short interview and inspection prior to the contest, judges ensure the contestants have created the RoboCode Java used in their submissions.
The arena is a large computer monitor that is projected onto a wall. Everyone can see the ruthless robots at work, including information about the energy level and radar scanning capability of each robot. Each RoboCode match normally lasts less than three minutes, until one robot tank is destroyed. Similar to a real land battle, all the work for RoboCode happens well before the robots are launched into battle. Like all complex machines, the magic is under the bonnet.
The competition is targeted @ 1st year programming students. It is intended as an opportunity for fresher years to demonstrate their programming abilities and advance their knowledge of GUI programming, API usage and Artificial Intelligence.
The competition is a result of a review of 1st year programming syllabus delivery. The introduction of the programming competition complemented the syllabus delivery changes made. As every college and university is introducing initiatives for engaging students at all levels, this will be an ideal opportunity to encourage excellence and support the hard work of 1st year students and their programming lecturers. We would be grateful if 1st year lecturers could indicate their interest in becoming involved by emailing
robocode@tippsoc.ie. "Lets get ready to RUMBLE" - Robocode 2009"
RoboCode 2008 Organising Committee
Promoter - Mr Phil Bourke - Tipperary Institute Competition Co-ordinator - Dr. Liam Noonan - Tipperary Institute Committee Members - Dr. Diarmuid O'Donoghue (NUIM), Arnold Hensman (ITB), Damien Costello (GMIT), Dr Jonathan Dukes(TCD),Bryan Duggan (DIT),Dr. Chris Exton (UL), Rosemary Monahan (NUIM), Derek O' Reilly (DKIT) , Mr. Shane Dowdall (DKIT)
RoboCode Local Support
Robocode is supported locally by TippSoc - Tipperary Institute's ICT Society. To see what other events are organised by TippSoc visit TippSoc events on the TippSoc's Blog site.
To reach the organising committee email: robocode@tippsoc.ie
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