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General
Yes, our competition is open to the public and entrance is free. Food & drinks are available on site.
Yes, you can make a donation using the bank references here :
- Bank : CCPLLULL
- IBAN LU39 1111 7092 3366 0000
Entry to LYRC is free!
This year, the location will be at Lycée Aline Mayrisch, in Luxembourg-City.
Free parking spaces in front of the event and across the street.
Registering a team at LYRC is free of charge. However, you will need to bring your own device(s) to play and program your bot(s).
In general, yes. However, for the VEX challenge, we might need to limit participation to one team per institution/school.
OK, here’s the resume :
- LYRC is a robotics challenge
- Main goal is to have fun while doing something cool
- Main rule : be fair and behave correctly
- Main objective :
- Concept : present a cool answer to the question in the rules
- CTF : get to the flag on the opposing side with your robot
- VEX : yeah, no TLDR here, just watch the video 😉
CTF challenge (10-14 years)
Team sizes depend on the mentor’s capacity to manage 😉 We suggest a maximum of 25 members, so similar to school classes.
Any type of robot can join the CTF challenge, it only needs to be programmable via block code and max. dimension of 25cm each side. Examples are the Wonder Workshop’s Dash, makeblock’s mBot, VEX Robotics’ IQ system,…
Yes, it’s possible to book us via the coding help the SCRIPT proposes. Book a “human robot” session and ask for LYRC assistance.
VEX IQ challenge (11-14 years)
VEX teams are limited to minimum 2, maximum 20 persons, plus one to two mentors.
VEX Challenge can only be participated in with VEX Robot kits (VEX IQ Competition kit). Contact us to get an offer to purchase one or order from vexrobotics.com
Kinda…if you really need our assistance, you can book us via simple email request and tell us what you need.
VEX Worlds is the international championship held in the USA. Usually, if your team wins at the tournament, you will get a ticket to join the VEX Worlds. “make it” can assist you when it comes to organising the voyage to the USA.
VEX V5 challenge (14-18 years)
VEX teams are limited to minimum 2, maximum 6 persons, plus one to two mentors.
VEX Challenge can only be participated in with VEX Robot kits (VEX V5 Competition Starter or Super kit). Contact us to get an offer to purchase one or order from vexrobotics.com
Kinda…if you really need our assistance, you can book us via simple email request and tell us what you need. However, please be aware that we charge our assistance at 120€/hour.
VEX Worlds is the international championship held in the USA. Usually, if your team wins at the tournament, you will get a ticket to join the VEX Worlds. “make it” can assist you when it comes to organising the voyage to the USA.