Give Miami Robotics Competition

Online Line Follower Race

Riders and Miami EdTech are organizing an online robotics and coding competition for Give Miami Day. Students in high school and university will compete against each other for amazing internship opportunities in a line follower race that will judge student’s algorithms based on speed and efficiency.

Join us for this 3 day competition between November 18th - 21st to see how your coding and robotics skills rank against other competitors.‍

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Join the Give Miami Robotics Competition, place in the top 5 of the competition on the leaderboard, and win an amazing internship opportunity at one of Miami’s awesome tech companies.

How to join?

Fill out this form and you’ll receive a special access code for the Give Miami Robotics Competition and instructions for creating your Riders account.

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Miami EdTech® is an education technology non-profit on a mission to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit within today’s educators. Miami EdTech envisions a world where innovative technologies redefine education with real-world, scalable solutions.

Miami EdTech and its partners work to address systemic challenges in education, provide a means for today’s educators to turn their tech-enabled solutions into successful enterprises, and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in computer science education.

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One of the nation's biggest 24-hour annual giving events, Give Miami Day is an online campaign where all locals are philanthropists. While we all count on Greater Miami's nonprofits to serve our region day after day, this time, they're counting on us.

Since 2012, Give Miami Day has raised more than $80 million for our 1,000+ community nonprofits, and this year, for the 10th anniversary, aiming to grow that generosity to $100 million.

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Show Off Your Skills, Win Amazing Prizes

Internships

Show off your skills in the line follower challenge and have a chance to land an internship with one of our cool partners!

Give Miami Robotics Competition

• Riders invites you to the first online robotics competition of Give Miami Day: Give Miami Robotics Competition
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• Join the line follower race, use your coding skills to build your algorithm and take your place on top of the leaderboard!

• Win a 2-week internship from some of the most innovative technology companies in Miami.

The challenge will take place on November 18th to 21st!

Join
Riders Community

Join a community of robotics enthusiasts and challenge your rivals in the first online robotics competition of Give Miami Day.

Develop
New Skills

Test yourself against others and develop new skills by enrolling to Riders courses and being a part of this community.

See Your Progress on the Leaderboard

See your overall score and your position instantly after submitting your code, and keep working to take a place on top of the leaderboard.

Testimonials and Statistics

"Riders platform is really easy to use. It’s also a great option for students since the robotics hardware can be really expensive."

Valter Padovan

European Commision - Scientific Research Laboratory

"The system is flawless and amazing. It lets us to have a very exciting race in the end. It was really great to be a part of an online competition with Riders!"

Formula Trinity Team

Trinity College FormulAI Organization Team

"As a team, we just had to cancel our trip for a competition in Europe, with Riders it was never a problem, we can just join from anywhere."

Massimiliano Mantione

WorkWave - Senior Software Engineer

"I became aware of this competition only two days prior to the deadline and I would never have guessed how simple it was to get started!"

Wesley Silva

2020 Global Line Follower Competition, Winner

"It’s a great choice for learning. Software installation processes often get really confusing and frustrating at the beginning, but with Riders it’s almost just two clicks away."

Batuhan Ergün

Maker Faire Drone Flying Race, Winner

"Thanks to Riders, it is possible to code and see the outcome immediately, which is of great value to both students and educators."

Nazlıcan Lüle Ercan

Doga Schools, Technology Classes Department Chair

"Riders bridges the gap between high-end research and robotics education."

Associate Professor Erol Şahin

Middle East Technical University, Computer Engineering Department
KOVAN Research Lab Founder

"There is a lot of time lost in physical competitions. If you want to change the robot's algorithm, you need to completely disassemble and reassemble the robot. With Riders, there is no such problem; your robot is always ready to be coded."

Baran Çapik

Turkey's First Online Robotics Competition, High School Category Winner

"Riders gave us the opportunity to compete with our peers without location and budget barriers."

Sercan Esenli

Turkey's First Online Robotics Competition, University Category Winner

Past Competitions

May
2020

Line Follower Competition

Robotics enthusiasts who were high school and university students realized an amazing competition!

642

Participants

3.354

Hours of
Coding

3.700

Live
Streamers

Mini Line Follower Competition

Held in the US, many competitors from around the world competed in this mini-competition.

Participants

180

Hours of
Coding

Countries

Oct
2020

Dec
2020

Maker Faire Rome European Edition

In the biggest Maker Faire of Europe, there were 3 competitions! Drone Flying, Advanced Line Follower and Beginner Line Follower Categories.

167

Registrations

1.274

Hours of Coding

Countries

Bogazici University: BROCUP

In the event organized by Boğaziçi University student branches, 50 robotics teams competed for the first place.

Participants

350

Hours of
Coding

11.900

Submissions

May
2021

IEEE RAS: Robofest

With participation of 100 students from all over Turkey, students had the opportunity to improve themselves by participating in training sessions and competitions in different categories.

100

Participants

635

Hours of Coding

11.634

Submissions