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How Contests Can Foster the Research Activities on Robotics in Developing Countries: Chile – A Case Study
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar and Juan Cristóbal Zagal
Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Chilejruizd@ing.uchile.cl
jzagal@ing.uchile.cl
Abstract. The aim of this article is to describe our experience in the participation and organization of robot contests, and to show how these actions have increased the activities on robotics in Chile. We describe the annual Latin American IEEE Robotics Competition, we present the IEEE Latin American Robotics Council, we explain our participation in RoboCup, and we present our activities concerning robotic courses for children.
LNAI 3020, p. 748 ff.
lncs@springer.de
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004