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Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. Competition is a term widely used in several fields, including biochemistry, ecology, economics, business, politics, and sports. Competition may be between two or more forces, life forms, agents, systems, individuals, or groups, depending on the context in which the term is used.

Competition may yield various results to the participants, including both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Some, such as survival advantages, including favorable territory, are intrinsic biological factors that occur as a result of ecological competition between organisms. Others, such as competition in business and politics, involve competition between humans. In addition, extrinsic symbols, such as trophies, plaques, ribbons, prizes, or laudations, may be given to the winner(s). Such symbolic rewards are commonly used wherever the rewards inherent in the competition are primarily intrinsic, such as at human sporting and academic competitions. In general, the rewards range widely but usually help reinforce the advantage that one participant has over the other participant(s).

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Competition may also exist at different sizes; some competitions may be between two members of a species, while other competitions can involve entire species. In an example in economics, a competition between two local stores would be considered small compared to competition between several mega-giants. As a result, the consequences of the competition would also vary- the larger the competition, the larger the effect.

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6.270 - MIT's Autonomous Robot Design Competition - Provides description of class and robot competition contestants. Includes an overview of previous contests.

ArtBots Robot Talent Show - An international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots. Awards for Artist Choice and Audience Choice

AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition - The goals of this competition are to challenge a new generation of engineers to design and build autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realistic missions in the underwater environment. Information on rules, results, photographs, and prizes.

BEST Robotics Inc - BEST stands for Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology. BEST is a non-profit organization that promotes team problem solving aided by local industry volunteers, teachers, and mentors through yearly competitions.

CNET - Robots ready to rumble - RoboGames (formerly called Robolympics) in San Francisco gives machines a chance to show their stuff in contests from sumo to soccer. An article by Richard Shim.
Meta Description: [ Robots ready to rumble | RoboGames in San Francisco gives machines a chance to show their stuff in contests from sumo to soccer.

Eurobot - A technical, scientific and entertaining challenge organised in France for students from engineering schools, universities or for private scientific clubs.
Meta Description: [ Eurobot is an international robotics competition. It involves autonomous robots fulfilling a rule that changes every year. Many countries organise national qualifications for a final that takes place every year in a different European country. ]

Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition - This site has information on the annual competition where college students design and construct autonomous ground vehicles to compete in the Autonomous Challenge Competition Vehicle Design Competition and Navigation Challenge Competition. The site consists of Location and date, rules, team photographs, entry application, news, and results from previous competitions.

Jerry Sanders Design Competition - The Jerry Sanders Design Competition is open to anyone who can build a robot.

K'nex K-Bot World Championship - Information including rankings and rulebook.

Manitoba Robot Games - Canadian robot games which include, Atomic Hockey , Robotic Sumo Wrestling, Robotic Seek and Capture, Mini-Tractor Pull, and Robo-Critters.

Roboexotica 2002 - A competition of developing technologies for the integration of technological achievements in everyday life, and as a means of documenting the creation of new interfaces for man-machine-interaction.

Robolympics 2004 Commentary and Photos - Commentary and photographs of the 2004 Robolympic games held in San Francisco.

Robot Competition FAQ - Information and dates for all known Robot-related competions and contests. It is updated monthly and posted to comp.robotics.misc and news.anwers.

Robot Crusade - Robot combat group that sponsors events in the United Kingdom. Site includes news, event listing, rules and sign-up information.
Meta Description: [ Robot events and robotic technology ]

Robot Riots robot combat event - Robot Riots robot combat event in Toronto - check site for latest event. Part of the Toronto Robot Fight Club.
Meta Description: [ Robot Riots - Toronto Robot Fight Club - Robot Combat competitions in the Toronto, Ontario area. ]

Robotic Gladiator - A site featuring news, tutorials, and forums for robotic competition.
Meta Description: [ Robotic combat is the new sports event for the 21st century. ]

Robotics Contest - Programming contest related to robotics and mechanics held in Timisoara, Romania in 19/01/2001.

South Eastern Combat Robotics - South Eastern combat robotics, competitions, how-to's.

404 SURVIVOR - Part of the TECHFEST annual science and technology festival of the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Bombay, India

Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest - A challenge to build a computerized robot that can detect a fire and then put it out. Includes rules, registration information, photos, and a FAQ.

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