2014 WER American Invitational Tournament is scheduled to be held in August.Teams from various countries will compete and show their talents on the same stage there. Teachers from different countries will meet together, discuss andexchange their ideas in technical education.
WER, short for World Educational Robot Contest, is a robotics event start by the Federation of World Educational Robot Contest. Annual rulemaking of the contest is done by the Robotics and Automation Laboratory of Tsinghua University. WER seeks to help foster students’ creative and hands‐on ability by robotics project. The practice also proves that WER is a good platform guiding students to solve real life problems by the comprehensive use of knowledge in science, technology, engineering, math, etc., as well as a good experience for students to do teamwork.
As one of the most open, interesting and challenging robotics event in the globe,WER targets itself to be a robotics event that is dominated and participated by students. WER differs from other robotics events in that it offers extra tasks for students who want to challenge themselves and get extra scores, in that it has a two‐story contest arena. All the unique features make the robotics event more interesting and challenging.
Contest Theme for Year 2014: Prehistory Age
Timeline:
Enrollment deadline: June 10th, 2014
Check in and Preparation: August 6th, 2014
Competition time: From August 6th, 2014 – August 7th, 2014
Location:
University of California, Berkeley (Located in Berkeley, California, United States)
Notes:
Start a team: 2 to 10 players, 1 coach and 1 coordinator for 1 team
Age limitation: players should age 8 to 17 (8 and 17 included)
Enrollment fee: USD 75 per player; no enrollment fee for technical teachers and coordinators
Event Consultancy:
Email: wer@wercontest.org
Educators interested in robotics events or technical education are warmly welcomed to bring teams for WER contest.
Detailed schedule will be released on the website:www.WERcontest.org
Notice of 2014 WER American Invitational Tournament.pd