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From: mwtilden@math.uwaterloo.ca (Mark W. Tilden)
Subject: BEAM Robot Olympic Games:  Final Results
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These are the official final results of the Second International BEAM Robot
Olympics, held April 22-25 at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.  The award rankings for (partially and complete) 
functional competitors were as follows:


         |  Gold    Silver   Bronze   Loonie
---------+-----------------------------------
Canada   |   16       17       6        2
USA      |    8        4       5        3
India    |    1        1       1        0
England  |    0        0       1        0


Total of 65 awards from 160 entrys.  These values directly match the 
ratio of persons in attendance from the respective countries. 

Notes:
Apologies for misspellings, but other peoples' handwritings can be
hard to read.  Names of robots have been included where available.
"--" indicates that not enough functional competitors entered to fill 
the award spot.


STANDARD BEAM COMPETITION AWARDS
================================

SOLAROLLER	Gold		Mike Ptatschek
CLASS A		Silver		"Spiker II" by Allison Spike
		Bronze		Mike Treciski
		Lunatic Fringe	Doug Tooley

SOLAROLLER	Gold		A. Miller
CLASS B		Silver		--
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

PHOTOVORE	Gold		"Photofeeder" by A. Miller
		Silver		"Killer Keep" by Brian Potts
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	"Photoprotozoan" by Jerry LaMatre

HIGH JUMP	Gold		"THAB" by M. Tilden (no award)
		Silver		--
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

ROPE CLIMBING	Gold		"F15" by Ron Vink & Ken Hileslay
		Silver		"The Ascender" by Mark Lanther
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

LEGGED RACE	Gold		"Crab" by Mike Ptatschek
		Silver		"Boris" by Roger Gilbertson
		Bronze		"GCC Wild Thing" by Grove City College
		Lunatic Fringe	"Archimedes" by Mike Okincha

INNOVATION	Gold		"Boris" by Roger Gilbertson
MACHINES	Silver		"Popoe" by Tahseen Ameen
		Bronze		"Tinbug" by Mike Kimber, et al.
		Lunatic Fringe	"Norm" by Eli Doane, et al.

ROBOAESTHETICS	Gold		"Solarollercoaster" by Rob Biere
(ROBOART)	Silver		"Lockamamy 1" by A. Miller
		Bronze		"Twirler" by Pat Wilson
		Lunatic Fringe	--

ROBOT SUMO	Gold		"Humber Wedge" by Roy Mueller, et al.
		Silver		"Wat Yokunza" by Kapley Judge, et al.
		Bronze		"HiBot" by Sean kennedy
		Lunatic Fringe	--

ROBOT SUMO	Gold		"Cyborg" by Terry & Tyler
(NO HOLDS	Silver		"Bald Ego" by Norm White
 BARRED)	Bronze		"Humber Wedge" by Roy Mueller, et al.
		Lunatic Fringe	"Bald Ego" by Norm White

LIMBO RACE	Gold		"Lobot" by Philip Chung, et al.
		Silver		"Limbot 1.1" by Dave Hrynkiw
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

NANOMOUSE	Gold		Carl S. Kalkhof
		Silver		--
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

MICROMOUSE	Gold		"Mitee 3/5/6" by David Otten
		Silver		"Mousemobile 1/2" by Louis Jefarow
		Bronze		"URMM 1.2A" by Peter Newcomb, et al.
		Lunatic Fringe	"URMM 1.2A" by Peter Newcomb, et al.


INTRODUCED ROBOT COMPETITIONS
=============================

MANIPULATOR	Gold		"See-thru Manipulator" by Colin Harry
RACES		Silver		"Trussarm" by Roger Hertz, et al.
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

AEROBOT		Gold		"Doepit" by Paul and Doreen
		Silver		"Maryann's Balloons" by Brandon and Dave
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

ROBOT VISION	Gold		"Bug Eyes" by Art Griffin and Brad Smallridge
		Silver		"Macro-Dog" by Craig Woods, et al.
		Bronze		--
		Lunatic Fringe	--

DOMESTIC	Gold		"Newton" by Jean D. Duteau, et al.
ROBO-DOG	Silver		"RoboPet" by Karl Altenburg
		Bronze		"Popoe" by Tahseen Ameen
		Lunatic Fringe	"GCC WildThing" by David Phillips et al.


SPECIAL AWARDS
==============

ECOLOGY		Gold             "Photofeeder" by A. Miller
		Silver           "Crab" by Mike Ptatschek
		Bronze           --

ARTIFICIAL	Gold		"RoboPet" by Karl Altenburg
LIFE		Silver		"Newton" by Jean D. Duteau
		Bronze		"Silver Fish & Crawbot" by Markus Plaum, et al.

MOST PROMISING	Gold		"Popoe" by Tahseen Ameen
ROBOTICIST	Silver		"Lockracker" by Neil Fraser
		Bronze		"Lightning" by Steve Wallace

BEST IMPROVED	Gold		"ALF91" by Bob Norton
DESIGNS		Silver		"Bald Ego" by Norman White
		Bronze		"Spiker 2" by Melissa Spike

NEW CONCEPT	Gold		"Maryann's Balloons" by Brandon
		Silver		--
		Bronze		--

BEST LUNATIC	Gold		"Twirler" by Pat Wilson
		Silver		"Sean Kennedy" by his parents
		Bronze		"Global Roller" by Louis Grubb, et al.

BAD TASTE	Gold		"BeerBot" by Paul vanLeeuwen, et al.
		Silver		"Bald Ego" by Norman White
		Bronze		--

SPECIAL		Gold		"GCC WildThing" by Dave Phillips, et al.
WEIRDNESS	Silver		"Trussarm" by Roger Hertz, et al.
		Bronze		"Twirler" by Pat Wilson

SPECIAL		Gold             "Macrodog" by Craig Woods, et al.
TECHNICAL	Silver           "Locracker" by Neil Fraser.
		Bronze           "Macromouse" by Bob Norton.

BEST OVERALL	Gold             "Newton" by Jean D. Duteau
ROBOT DESIGNS	Silver           "Trussarm" by Roger Hertz, et al.
		Bronze           "Cyborg" by Terry & Tyler


100 awards and prizes offered, 70 collected.

Details on next years games and Guide still pending.  Current "world
records" for each event will be issued then (problem is, it's not so much
that there's a record to beat, but that designers can get their devices 
to work at all.  Winners were often just persons who had managed to get
their devices to tackle the task without exploding)

For questions or comments about the awards please reply to Mark Tilden 
<mwtilden@math.uwaterloo.ca>.  I'd like to thank Murray Kucherawy for 
assistance in assembling this list.

Is all.


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