Roboty’C

The RobotYc competition is a competition initiated by the Conseil Département des Yvelines, Yvelines Numérique and accompanied by the DANE de Versailles.

It is open to colleges in the Yvelines and Hauts-de-Seine departments.


For the 5th season, the theme chosen is the Ecological Robot Waste Sorter

This year, 14 classes are participating:

  • 6 classes of 3ème from the Hauts-de-Seine department
  • 4 classes of 3ème from the Yvelines department
  • 3 ULIS classes in the Yvelines department
  • 1 UPE2A class from the Yvelines department

You can download the specifications of the challenge (in French)


As part of this project, each class has been given 4 Lego Mindstorms kits. The teams will have to :

  • Invent and build an evolutionary pathway representing a sorting centre with a bulk waste storage area, 3 recycling bins and a circulation area.
  • Invent and build a  robot  that will identify 3 types of waste and move them to the correct recycling bin.
  • Prepare an oral presentation that presents their project.

The participants are accompanied by pupils from the partner schools:

Map of participating schools :

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