> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://opsmanual.studentrobotics.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://opsmanual.studentrobotics.org/version-8.0.0/annual-robotics-competition.md). # Robotics Competition The Student Robotics Competition Programme is the main activity of Student Robotics and is how it currently meets its charitable objective set out in its [constitution](https://github.com/srobo/ops-manual/tree/d76377192d4c94c4bd4298f0f3954f5d342af24b/resources/constitution.pdf). It consists of an annual programme, aligned with the academic year, where teams of 16-19 year-olds (generally in sixth form) take part in an reasonably open-ended engineering challenge to construct autonomous robots. The teams are divided into 2 categories: * Events * Services “Events” teams are responsible for stuff that directly impacts the current competition cycle. Their term of office is 11 months to cover a competition year. “Services” teams are responsible for stuff that either entirely or largely spans multiple competition cycles. Their term of office lasts for 24 months. This division of teams is to aid understanding of remits of the different teams. The principle teams are as follows: Events teams: * [Competition team](/version-8.0.0/annual-robotics-competition/competition-team.md) * [Marketing team](https://github.com/srobo/ops-manual/blob/safeguarding/annual-robotics-competition/marketing-team.md) Services teams: * [Kit team](/version-8.0.0/annual-robotics-competition/kit-team.md) * [Infrastructure team](https://github.com/srobo/ops-manual/blob/safeguarding/annual-robotics-competition/infrastructure-team.md) * [Fundraising team](https://github.com/srobo/ops-manual/blob/safeguarding/annual-robotics-competition/fundraising-team.md) The planning, management and delivery of the competition programme is the remit of the Competition Team and it is up to the Competition Team Committee to define the programme for a given annual cycle. A competition programme requires teams to participate and volunteers to help run it, it is the responsibility of the Marketing team to source these teams and volunteers. Delivery of the competition programme isn't possible without a kit to run the competition around, providing this kit is the responsibility of the Kit Team. SR uses a number of software services to provide the competition programme, for example the website servers, SR accounts, and GitHub. The Infrastructure Team is responsible for maintaining these. All the teams require funding to operate, it is the responsibility of the Fundraising Team to source funding to support the other teams. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://opsmanual.studentrobotics.org/version-8.0.0/annual-robotics-competition.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.