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NewsLatest NewsWe regret to announce that the Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games scheduled to be held at Leonardo, Edinburgh, in June 2023 has had to be cancelled for this year. We are making every effort to obtain new parts in time for us to supply kits to schools at the start of the Autumn Term 2023 and plan to hold the next Scottish Games in early June 2024. Older NewsDue to the coronavirus pandemic we regret to announce that the 2020 Rampaging Chariots Robotic Games hosted by Leonardo at their facilities in Edinburgh, Luton, Basildon and Southampton have had to be cancelled for this year. Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games for 2017 will be held at Leonardo, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh EH5 2XS on Saturday 10th June 2017 from 0900 to 1630 hrs. Register Now. Rampaging Chariot Autonomous Upgrade Kits have been funded by the Digital Extra Fund of Skills Development Scotland for evaluation by specific Scottish Secondary Schools. Milestone 1: The delivery of kits, was completed in October 2016. Milestone 2: Feedback and assessment, will be completed by the end of March 2017. Availability of Autonomous kits in 2017 depends on this evaluation and future funding. Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games for 2016 will be held at Leonardo, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh EH5 2XS on Saturday 11th June from 0900 to 1630 hrs. Registration is now open. Register Now. Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games for 2015 will be held at Selex ES, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh EH5 2XS on Saturday 6th June from 0900 to 1630 hrs. Registration is now open. Register Now. Congratulations to Thundercat from Kilsyth Academy, Grand Champions of the 2014 Scottish Robotic Games! More details of other winners on the Scottish Robotic Games page. Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games for 2014 will be held at Selex ES, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh EH5 2XS on Saturday 7th June from 0900 to 1630 hrs. Registration is now open. Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games for 2013 will be held at Selex ES, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh EH5 2XS on Saturday 8th June from 0900 to 1630 hrs. Registration is now open. Congratulations to Kilsyth Academy, Grand Champions of the 2012 Scottish Robotic Games! More details of other winners on the Scottish Robotic Games page. Registration for the Scottish Robotic Games 2012 is now open. Names of participants and supporters are required at least three days before the Games. The 2012 Rampaging Chariots Scottish Robotic Games will be held on Saturday 9th June 2012 at Selex Galileo, Crewe Toll Edinburgh, EH5 2XS. This is the day following the Young Engineer and Scientists Clubs Celebration of Engineering in Glasgow to enable teams travelling a long distance to attend both events. Registration will be open in February. Congratulations to Bearsden Boys Brigade, Grand Champions of the 2011 Scottish Robotic Games. Full details and photographs of the event are on the Scottish Robotic Games page. The 2011 Scottish Robotic Games will be held at Selex Galileo in Edinburgh on Saturday 11th June. This is the day following the Young Engineers and Scientists Clubs Celebration of Engineering in Glasgow to enable teams travelling a long distance to attend both events. The Scottish Robotic Games, held at Selex Galileo on Saturday 19th June 2010, were a huge success! Congratulations to all entrants, especially Busy Bee from Dreghorn, the Grand Champion robot of 2010! The 2010 Scottish Robotic Games will be held at Selex Galileo, Edinburgh, on Saturday 19th June. Registration is now open. The homepage has been updated and the menu system overhauled. Now compatible with Firefox and Safari The 2009 technical manual has been posted on the technical page. The results of the 2009 Scottish Robotic Games have now been posted The 2009 Scottish Robotic Games were held at SELEX Galileo in Edinburgh on 20th June. Results and details will be posted shortly. The 2009 Scottish Robotic Games were mentioned on STV News on Friday evening. The 2009 Games will be opened by NASA astronauts who will give two talks in the morning. The prizes this year will be presented by Heather Reid - Scotland's best known weather forcaster. More information will follow. Could all teams please remember to fill in the details of ALL team members. Registration for the 2009 Rampaging Chariots Tournament at Edinburgh is now open. The Tournament will be held on the 20th June. More information will follow Maps and directions to the Scottish Robotic Games added to the Robotic Games page. Added 2nd June Teams page now shows which strength event team has opted for. Posted 2nd June Facility to add details of everyone attending the events and team members now added to the website. (posted 21st May) Programme for Scottish Robotic Games in Edinburgh posted on 21st May. Facility to register attendees at events and details of team members is planned to go live on 20th May. Organisations who have already registered will be e-mailed when live. Posted 15th May 2008. Completed some updates to the rules for the 2008 competition. Most changes are editorial, but do check out the changes at the rules page. Posted 12th May 2008. Registration has now opened for the three events in June. You can register by clicking on the "Applying" button above. (posted 5th May 2008) We're still working on the on-line registration pages for this year's events, but are having some problems with getting the security right to preserve the privacy of your data. We hope to have it fixed by 5th May or will post alternative registration instructions. (posted 29th April) Fixed a bug in the registration system that prevented additional robots from being registered correctly. Posted May 13th. Having problems with the attachment of the drill to the axle? We have a minor technical glitch with some of the drills - see the FAQ (number 10) for more details. As a result of obsolescence, the Rampaging Chariots kits supplied to participants in England use a slightly different drill from the one illustrated in the technical section. A revised manual is available for download in the Technical Section. The dates have now been agreed for the two events in England. These will be held at the SELEX Galileo facilties in Basildon on 21st June and in Luton on 28th June. Details of registration for these events will be posted on the website soon. The third Scottish Robotic Games is again to be held in the impressive facilities of Selex Galileo at Crewe Toll, Edinburgh on Saturday 14th June. More details of the registration procedure will be posted soon. For the third year running Rampaging Chariots are at the Edinburgh Science Festival between 25th March and 5th April. Young people and children over the age of 6 are able to drive our chariots around an obstacle course and if they do well, take part in a football match at the end of each hourly session. The front page has been extensively revised and now includes some video clips of robot football. Video clip of part of the football final has been added to the Scottish Robotic Games gallery page. The web site has been extensively extended. Contact e-mail addresses have been added and the Technical section is now substantially complete The results for the 2007 Scottish Robotic Games have been posted on the site. We are currently in the process of building a nice new website for all people involved in the Rampaging Chariots. So keep looking back frequently to check for useful updates and information. Applications are now being accepted. Please apply using the link above. Regional events will be held in late Spring/early Summer of 2008 and (subject to us obtaining suitable sponsorhsip to cover travel costs) hope to hold a grand final in the Summer of 2008. We have now secured sponsorship for 2008 and are extending the competition to include locations in England. The entire technical manual has now been placed on the website and can now be downloaded as a pdf file. You can find it on the Technical page. |