Competitions We Support

ROBO-ONE

ROBO-ONE promotes the technology and fun of robotics by challenging students to build and control bipedal robots that battle each other in competition. Applying Model-Based Design with MathWorks products lets your team efficiently design and build a functioning robot for your ROBO-ONE mission.

Complimentary Software

MathWorks provides complimentary software and self-paced online training for this competition. If your team is participating in this competition and needs software, or access to online training fill out the software request form.

The period to request software has closed.

Competition Resources

Getting Started

Robotics Resources for Students

Getting Started with Code Examples

To access the following examples, which show how physical modeling helps with robot design, type the appropriate function at the command line:

For robot modeling using SimMechanics,
mech_robot_vr

For actuator modeling using SimElectronics,
elec_controlled_dcmotor, elec_linact_control,
or elec_kers

For actuator modeling using SimPowerSystems,
cs_robot, or power_dcmotor

For modeling sequence logic using Stateflow,
sf_launchabort

For code generation,
web([docroot '/toolbox/ecoder/ecoder_example_index.html'])

Videos

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Programming Using Simulink (26:13)

Mobile Robot Simulation for Collision Avoidance with Simulink (45:02)

Programming Control Logic with Stateflow and LEGO (20:18)

Tutorials and Videos

Learn How to Use MATLAB and Simulink for Student Projects

Design algorithms, create simulations, deploy code, and speed up software development for your projects.

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Interactive Online Tutorials

Learn by doing! Our two-hour online courses provide a hands-on learning environment where you will interact with a web-based version of MATLAB and receive instant and contextual feedback.

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