ROBOHackIT is a two-day online hackathon hosted by James W. Robinson Secondary School's Computer Science Club in Fairfax, Virginia. This hackathon is for high school students of all experience levels -- anyone is welcome!
Our goal is to foster a diverse group of high school talent and encourage opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM fields. We want students to have the ability to design and code innovative tech solutions by developing skills in computer science.
We invite you to strap in for an exciting event with guest speakers, workshops, minigames, and prizes! There are many great prizes for winning, as well as free prizes for all attendees! Make sure to join our Discord, and if you have any questions reach out to us at robocompsci@gmail.com.
Requirements
What to Build
Design and build an app, website, or other software solution over the allotted time frame.
What to Submit
You must submit a link to a GitHub repository.
All teams must submit a video demonstration with a length of between 2-4 minutes. This demonstration should explain the technical and thematic aspects of the project to judges. Additionally, you can also provide project code, screenshots, written descriptions, etc.
The submission must not be a project created before the opening ceremony. Brainstorming before the event date is fine, but no code can be written until the event starts. If you are found to be violating this rule, you will be disqualified.
Prizes
$70,072 in prizes
First Place
One pair of HyperX Cloud Stinger headphones for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Second Place
One 4th Gen Echo Dot for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Third Place
One Anker Portable Charger for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Most Creative
One Razer Viper Mini Gaming Mouse for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Best Design
One Rocketbook Smart Reusable Notebook for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Best Beginner Hack
For the best hack from a team where 50% of members or more hack never attended a hackathon before (solo beginner hack, duo hack with one beginner, two beginners of three, or two beginners of four).
One Anker Bluetooth Speaker for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Best Education Hack
One year of Quizlet Premium for every group member.
The Wolfram Award for a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro for every group member.
Best Application of echo3D
$50 Amazon gift card
Best Use of Velo by Wix
We know how difficult it can be to create a phenomenal website in a short period of time, especially when it comes to hackathons. Velo by Wix cuts down your development time without sacrificing on functionality! With a built-in database and fully customizable JavaScript frontend and backend, you can develop a full-stack application directly in your browser. With Velo, all the tools you need are conveniently located in one platform! Build your hackathon project with Velo by Wix for a chance to win Wacom Drawing Tablets for you and each of your teammates.
Best Use of NLP with Cohere
Cohere makes Natural Language Processing easy to do with their ready to use online platform. Simply sign-up, claim your free $75 credit, no credit card required, and start training your very own language model directly on the web! You and your teammates can each win a Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Kit by using Cohere in your next hack. Wondering what to build? Cohere is great for text and content generation, text-based search, predictive text and so much more. Check out our software & learn pages for more details!
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.
Best use of Google Cloud
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Winners located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, Android pillow, journal, socks & lanyards. Winners outside of the US will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack.
Most Creative Use of Twilio
Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!
ALL WINNERS - Lifetime Upgrade to Taskade Unlimited Plan
(11)
ALL PARTICIPANTS - 5 Year Upgrade to Taskade Unlimited
(300)
ALL PARTICIPANTS - One free month of echo3D's business plan
(300)
ALL PARTICIPANTS - One .xyz domain free for one year
(300)
ALL PARTICIPANTS - Access to Wolfram|One for 30 days
(300)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Mihai Boicu
Associate Professor at George Mason University
Sara Gopalkrishna
Teaching Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University
Aminata Sangare
Above and Beyond Computer Science Fellow at Meta
Judging Criteria
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Technical Complexity
Scale and complexity of the technology being used, and/or the architechtural approach taken. -
Design
The level of polish. User experience and interface are two elements of this. For a website, this might be about how beautiful the CSS is, etc. -
Creativity
Novelty and originality of the idea and presentation. The "wow" factor for the project as a whole. -
Viability
Likelihood that this project will be put to use, internally or externally.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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