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Competitions and Benchmark Problems

Competitions

2026 RoboRacer Grand Prix Competition
Organizers: Cheolhyeon Kwon (UNIST), Dongsung Pae (Sangmyung University), Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania)
Date Venue Activity
Monday, 24 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Registration & Mapping Day - On-site team reception and regulated practice sessions
Tuesday, 25 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Qualifying Day
Wednesday, 26 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Head-to-Head Day 1
Thursday, 27 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Head-to-Head Day 2 & Award Ceremony
 
MathWorks Minidrone Competition
Sponsored by: MathWorks
Organizers: Jayaprakash B (MathWorks), Angelo Yeo (MathWorks)
Date Venue Activity
Wednesday, 26 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Practice Round
Thursday, 27 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Final Round
 
IFAC Wearable Robot Challenge
Organizers: Inho Lee (Pusan National University), Hyunjin Choi (Sangmyung University), Hyunsik Kim (Tongmyong University), Junghan Kwon (Pusan National University), Jungsu Choi (Yeungnam University), Jinyong Chung (KAIST)
Date Venue Activity
Sunday, 23 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Robot handout
(Sun–Mon) 23–24 August In Busan Filming & Video Upload
Monday, 24 August
16:00-18:00 		Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Technical Tutorial
(Tue–Wed) 25–26 August Hall 5A, Exhibition Center 2 Hackathon
Wednesday, 26 August
16:00–18:00 		Room 315, Exhibition Center 1 Team Presentations & Award Ceremony


Benchmark Problems

Thermal Management Strategy Design for Electric Vehicles under Connectivity
Organizing Team: Fuguo Xu (Dalian University of Technology, China), Jiangyan Zhang (Dalian Minzu University, China), Kang Song (Tianjin University, China), Tielong Shen (Dalian University of Technology, China), Kunihiko Suzuki (Astemo Ltd., Japan), Junichi Kako (Toyota Motor Co., Japan), Jinsung Kim (Hyundai Motor Co., Korea)

Poster presentations and the award ceremony will take place from 09:50 to 11:50 on August 28 in the Grand Ballroom of Convention Hall.

Benchmark Challenge: Process Control Research of Outdoor Microalgae Raceway Reactors
Organizing Team (University of Almería, Spain): Enrique Rodríguez Miranda, Pablo Otálora Berenguel, José González Hernández, Igor Mendes Lima Pataro, Juan Diego Gil Vergel, José Luis Guzmán Sánchez

The award ceremony will be held on Monday, 24 August, from 15:30 to 17:30, during the TC 9.4 meeting in Room 203+204, Convention Hall.