Pinto, Vítor H.Sousa, ArmandoLima, JoséGonçalves, JoséCosta, Paulo Gomes da2021-11-242021-11-242021Pinto, Vítor H.; Sousa, Armando; Lima, José; Gonçalves, José; Costa, Paulo Gomes da (2021). Open hardware and software robotics competition for additional engagement in ECE students - the Robot@Factory lite case study. In 14th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing, CONTROLO 2020. Bragança, p. 729-739. ISBN 978-303058652-2978-303058652-2http://hdl.handle.net/10198/24398Throughout this paper, a competition created to enable an inter-connection between the academic and industrial paradigms is presented, using Open Hardware and Software. This competition is called Robot at Factory Lite and serves as a case study as an additional enrollment for students to apply knowledge in the fields of programming, perception, motion planning, task planning, autonomous robotic, among others.engEducationRobotic competitionsMobile roboticsPortuguese robotics openRobot@Factoryconference paper10.1007/978-3-030-58653-9_70