Rules and Scoring

Rules

  1. Robot Size Constraints: Your robot cannot exceed the dimensions 9in x 9in, with no height limit. These dimensions include the mechanisms used to complete all the challenges.
  2. Your robot cannot (intentionally) damage the field.
  3. Your robot cannot interfere or impede the other robot on the field.
  4. Your team’s robot and robotics kit must be stored in the RAS office.
  5. You may pick up/adjust your robot when moving from one challenge to the next during competition.
  6. If you choose to, you may purchase other parts using your own money (up to $25), but we stress that this is not necessary, and your kit should have all the materials needed to adequately complete the challenges. If you do decide to purchase parts, please let the organizers know so we can determine whether said part is acceptable for the competition. Wood, filament, or acrylic from the TIW are not included in the $25.
  7. No flashing code during rounds! You’re welcome to do it in between rounds.
  8. No driving through the middle to the othe team’s side.

Scoring

This section will detail how points will be tallied up during each round.

Checkpoints

While placement on competition day will mainly depend on the points earned during competition rounds, the amount of checkpoints that teams successfully completed (and whether they were completed on time or late) will be critical in cases where two teams are tied for points.

Take a look at the checkpoints section for specific requirements of each checkpoint!

Section 1: Breaking into the lab

+2 Points for autonomous completion The robot must identify the color of the first tile in the sequence, then drive in a straight line until the same color tile is found 0 points awarded for manually driving to the correct color tile.

Section 2: Navigate the lab

+5 Points for autonomous completion

Section 3: Dodge the Lasers

Section 4: Destroying the Aggienator!

Challenge: Order’s Ready! Maximum of 180 points from ball bonuses (Max 10 PING PONG BALLS PER ROUND) 2 points per ping pong ball picked up in the collection area (rc or automated). Balls can be placed on the robot here +1 bonus if automated w/ color sensor 2 points per ping pong ball carried across the line (rc or automated). +1 bonus if automated w/ line sensor 2 points per ping pong ball carried through the maze (rc or automated) +1 bonus if automated w/ wall sensor. 2 points per ping pong ball dropped off in the dropoff area. Each team can deliver their ping pong balls across the field in different pick up locations for the other team to grab. If the other team picks it up and successfully drops it off, then both teams will receive double the amount of points for whatever challenges were completed by the other team when they had the ping pong ball. Ex. If team A drops off their ping pong ball after the line sensor area and before the maze, and team B picks it up and drops it off at the dropoff area on their side, then both teams will receive 23 + 23pts (wall) + 23pts (dropoff) = 18pts. MAX NUMBER OF POINTS IN A ROUND (INCLUDES COOPERATION) IS: 2(103 + 103 + 103 + 102) +12 +12 +6= 250

Final winner will be chosen by averaging individual team scores across the 6 rounds and choosing the top 3.