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Community Service & Smart Cities 🤝

University Robotics & AI Applications Championship

Description

A track for community- and smart-city solutions: road safety, municipal services, accessibility for people with disabilities, congestion monitoring, alert systems, and robotic/AI services in public spaces (aligned with “public good” solutions).
Smart City Public Safety Accessibility Dashboard

Scientific Track Development

Focus on clear impact, local deployability, and safety/privacy when using data, sensors, or cameras.

Categorization

✅ Application Type Smart city services / Public safety / Accessibility
🤖 Robot/System Type Service robot, camera/video analytics system, IoT + dashboard
🧠 AI Focus Computer Vision (traffic/crowd), NLP (voice assistance), Optimization

Project Ideas

  • Traffic/congestion analytics from a camera + alerts/recommendations
  • Accessibility assistant (sign language to text/speech)
  • Indoor guidance robot in a public building (simple HRI + maps)
  • Municipal platform to report road potholes via photos + priority classification

Required Deliverables

  • Clear impact (measured or a realistic use-case)
  • Local deployability
  • Safety & privacy considerations