The 4th Gakken Hills Road Relay was a great success. Thank you very much for your participating
The photo (please click) and result (please click) of this event are presented to the public.
As an opportunity to prepare for the future society in which many types of robots coexist with us humans and all other life forms on Earth, we organized the third road relay on April 2017. (Please click here for details) The race was successful thanks to all participants’ great response. We are holding the fourth race this year, so be sure to take part this April.
Check in starts at 9:00 on April 21, 2018 (Sat.) at Kyushu Institute of Technology Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering F1 Lobby.
The race will start outside of the lobby. For details, please check 4) Course.
If you want to ship your Robot Runner to the site, please send it to the following address:
〒808-0196 北九州市若松区ひびきの2番4号
九州工業大学大学院生命体工学研究科
生命体工学専攻 石井研究室 NAM SUNGMIN
KyutechEkiden2018[at]gmail.com
The race will push through even with light rain. However, it may be cancelled for extreme weather conditions.
March 22 (Thu.) | Registration Launch | |
April 13 (Fri.) | Registration Deadline | |
April 20 (Fri.) | 13:00 | Robot Runner Test Field Available |
15:00~16:00 | Early Qualification Check (Robot Runners Only) | |
April 21 (Sat.) | 9:00~11:00 | Qualification Check, Changes Allowed for Registration and Entry |
11:15 | Opening Ceremony, Staff Introduction, Photo, Warm-up | |
12:00 | Race Start | |
13:30 | Race Finish | |
14:00 | Closing Ceremony, Awards | |
14:30 | After Party (Optional) Entry Fee:500円 Place:Kyushu Institute of Technology Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering F1 Lobby |
Center for Socio-Robotic Synthesis, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Kitakyushu City
Total of 6 laps of 1.5km course around Hibikino Science and Research Park
<Click Here for more Details of the Course>
eg) runner# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Team A : [P](Male) [P](Female) [P](Male) [P](Female) [P](Male) [P](Female)
eg) runner# 1 2 3 4 5 6
X Team 1 : [R](Robot) [P](Robot) [P](Male) [P](Female) [P](Male) [P](Female)
X Team 2 : [P](Female) [P](Male) [A](Dog) [A](Cat) [P](Female) [P](Male)
O Team 3 : [R](Robot) [P](Female) [R](Robot) [P](Male) [A](Dog) [P](Female)
O Team 4 : [R](Robot) [A](Dog) [P](Male) [P](Female) [A](Cat) [R](Robot)
Will be announced shortly
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Time table, Eligibility, Rules and contents of the race may be subject to changes. Please check this website again later for latest updates.