Life in the Robotics Lab

Welcome to our second contest. This is getting more and more serious: there is a total of $2.000 in cash waiting for winners!

Your “mission” is to suggest a new and exciting aesthetic design for the external cover of our next generation of humanoid robots, which we provisionally call REEM-C (OK, you are right, we are not very imaginative when it comes to robot’s name, that’s why the name is provisional).

To participate, you can submit just a simple sketch done with a pencil or a rendering of a 3D model (and of course everything in the between). There are a few things that you must take into account:

1. The robot should exhibit some key concepts: it is very strong, high tech but also friendly and elegant. We don’t want people to be scared off by the robot, but we don’t want them thinking it is a toy either. (Don’t forget that REEM-C is going to be 1.5 meters tall and one of the most advanced humanoid built so far).
2. In terms of volumes, you should try being realistic. Very thin limbs or waist can’t be achieved. You can use as reference the proportions of REEM-B or the simple 3D models we have done in Blender (attachment).
3. We want to see a continuity (or a consistency, if you prefer) between REEM-C and our last robot, REEM-H.  People must recognize  just by looking at them that they come from the same manufacturer.

The deadline for submission is the 1^st of October 2010 . The winners will be announced on the 15^th of October 2010. The prizes are:

1st prize: 1.200 USD (it will be assigned only if at least 15 eligible entries are received).

2nd prize: 600 USD (it will be assigned only if at least 20 eligible entries are received).

3rd prize: 200 USD (it will be assigned only if at least 25 eligible entries are received).

(Contestants need to have a PayPal account to be able to receive the prize money)

Don’t forget there is something even more important than just money: you are potentially contributing to one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world.

Link to participate: Click here for Contest

These are example that you should NOT imitate (because they are not "friendly", they are not realistic or they look like toys):

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