The 5th 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 2018. (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 May.
Check in starts at 9:00 on May 11, 2019 (Sat.) at International Conference Hall 1F Lobby in Kitakyushu Science and Research Park.
The race will start outside of the lobby. For details, please check4) 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 藤永 拓矢
KyutechEkiden2019[at]gmail.com
The race will push through even with light rain. However, it may be cancelled for extreme weather conditions.
April 11 (Thu.) | Registration Launch | |
May 3 (Fri.) | Registration Deadline | |
May 10 (Fri.) | 13:00 | Robot Runner Test Field Available |
15:00~16:00 | Early Qualification Check (Robot Runners Only) | |
May 11 (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: International Conference Hall 1F Lobby in Kitakyushu Science and Research Park |
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.