WRS FCSC 2024

 

This competition aims to reduce the burden of employees by robot technology and realize a future convenience store that provides new services to customers. Participants compete on the following two tasks. The participant who will participate either one of two tasks are also welcome.

1.Stock and Disposal Tasks
 Self-stocking of daily products (onigiri rice ball and bento lunch boxes, etc.) and disposing expired products.

2.Convenience Store Innovation Task
 Proposals and demonstrations of solutions and services that use digital twins and big data to create the convenience store of the future.

Participants in this competition will develop a robot system that autonomously moves and performs these tasks, as well as the infrastructure they deem necessary to install inside the convenience store. In this challenge, the participants will use their developed robots and infrastructure to demonstrate and compete in these tasks  inside a simulated convenience store.

Schedule

November 11 -15, 2024 (including setup and practice day)

Venue

INTEX OSAKA

Prize (tentative)

Stock and Disposal Tasks
 1st place    300,000 JPY
 2nd place   150,000 JPY
 3rd place      50,000 JPY

Convenience Store Innovation Task
 Presentation division
  1st place 200,000 JPY
 Demonstration division
  1st place 200,000 JPY
  2nd place 100,000 JPY

Important Dates

Mar. 19, 2024    Briefing for participants
Mar. 20, 2024    Entry start
Jul. 19, 2024       Entry deadline
Jul. 22, 2024      Briefing for participants
Jul. 31, 2024       Entry deadline
Aug. 19, 2024      Deadline for submission of detailed documents
Sep.   9, 2024      Notification of acceptance

How to Participate

Please fill out the entry form and submit it online.

Rule Book

Stock and Disposal Tasks (Last update: October 11, 2024)
Convenience Store Innovation Task (Last update: June 18, 2024)

Participating Teams

  • eR@sers (Tamagawa University)
  • Happy Robot (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
  • HARChuo (Chuo University)
  • Hibikino-Musashi@Home (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
  • HSRL-CoR (Osaka Electro-Communication University)
  • NaRiPa (Ritsumeikan University)
  • Optimator (The University of Tokyo)
  • TAK (Tokyo Metoropolitan University)
  • Team Meijo (Meijo University)
  • TMU Mecha Clerk (Tokyo Metoropolitan University)

Competition Schedule (details)

Nov. 13, 2024      Convenience Store Innovation Task
Nov. 14, 2024      Stock and Disposal Tasks (Day 1)
Nov. 15, 2024      Stock and Disposal Tasks (Day 2), Award Ceremony

Contact

fcsc-info-ml[at]ml.tmu.ac.jp