Season Kickoff

Maryland FIRST / STEM Action

Season KickoffOctober 3, 2013

Rev B

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Topics• Robot Game• Table Setup• Review Missions• Cover Rules• Best (Good) Practices• Official rules and updates supersede everything

in my presentation (I might have made mistakes)

Maryland FIRSTSTEM Action

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Robot GameMatch Basics

• Robot game is played by an autonomous roboto Touching robot outside base = touch penaltyo Touch penalty exception this season for Obstacle Mission (only)

• Each match is 2 ½ minutes long• At least 1 minute before each round for robot

setup• Two game fields are joined back to back


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Robot GameMatch Basics

• Two team members at the table

• Remaining team members stand nearby

• Team members tag in/out

• Objects may be stored off the table (stand, box)o Stored objects must remain

visible to the refereeo Be sure to leave all models at

end of roundMaryland FIRSTSTEM Action

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Robot GameScoring

• Each team gets 3 rounds• Highest score of the 3 rounds counts• Teams given time to practice before matches

begin• Referees will score the round based on field

condition at the end of the round• Referees review score sheet with teams before the scores become final

• Scores are calculated by scoring software


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Robot GameField Setup

Mat touching South wall. Centered between East and West walls.

5 models begin

in Base

Expect gaps!


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Robot GameScoring Regions


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Robot GameMission: Vehicles

• Supply Truck (20 pts)o Goal: Supply Truck is touching the mat in the yellow region at end of

match

• Ambulance (25 pts)o Goal: Ambulance is in the yellow region at end of the matcho All of Ambulance’s wheels are touching the mat


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Robot GameMission: Construction

• Construction Relocation (20 pts)o Goal: No gray building units within light green region at end of match

• Code Construction (5 pts per segment)o Goal: Multi-story gray building within the pink region at end of matcho No strategic objects allowed, segment alignment not a factor

Both are 3 Segments HighMaryland FIRSTSTEM Action

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Robot GameMission: Runway & Cargo

Plane• Runway (30 pts)

o Goal: At end of match, only wave water and/or cargo plane anywhere on runway

o Objects in yellow region for scoring purposes are exempted

• Cargo Plane (20 or 30 pts)o Goal: Cargo Plane in yellow (but not light blue) or within light blue

region o Update 13 accounts for problems with the Cargo Plane model


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Robot GameMission: Base Isolation

• Base Isolation (30 pts)o Goal: West building undamaged, East building obviously damaged at

end of matcho Nothing may touch either building except the frame on which they

rideo Damage to East building caused solely by movement of frame

No Score Score Score


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Robot GameMission: Evacuation Sign

• Evacuation Sign (30 pts)o Goal: Sign is up and not held in place by a strategic object (team-

supplied objects which serve a mission-related purpose, but never qualify as part of the robot) at end of match

o No strategic objects nor any mission models may be used to hold the signScore Score No Score


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Robot GameMission: Tree Branch

• Tree Branch (30 pts)o Goal: East tree branch below electric lines at end of matcho Electric lines must be upright and touching the mat in their original

locationo Slight nudge to electric lines is OK

Score Score No Score


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Robot GameMission: Tsunami

• Tsunami (20 pts)o Goal: All three waves touching mat at end of match

No Score No Score


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Robot GameMission: Obstacles

• Obstacles (10, 16, 23, 31 pts)o Goal: Robot approaches obstacles from the west and completely

enters a regiono Robot may be rescued by hand without incurring a touch penaltyo Mission may be attempted multiple times, highest score is recordedo Robot may not touch mat north of obstacles’ northern lineo Obstacles are fragile and designed to break


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Robot GameMission: House Lift

• House Lift (25 pts)o Goal: House is locked in its high position at end of match


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Robot GameMission: Progress

• Progress (2 pts/color reached)o Goal: Number of colors/markers advanced at end of match will be

countedo Dial can only be advanced as a result of pushing red levero Both teams advance dial in same direction and both teams receive the

points


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Robot GameMission: Family & Water

• Family (33 pts one person, 66 pts two people)o Goal: Two or more people in any colored region at end of match

• Water (15 pts each)o Water and person in same colored region at end of match


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Robot GameMission: Pets & Safety

• Pets (15 pts each)o Goal: At least one person together with pet in colored region at end of

match

• Safety (12 pts yellow, 18 pts red)o At least one person in yellow or red region at end of match


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Robot GameMission: Supplies &

Equipment• Supplies & Equipment (3 or 4 pts each)

o Goal: At least one non-water item with a person in red or yellow region at end of match

o 12 items: two-way radio, battery, generator, 2 fuels, grain, bread, medicine, boom box, flashlight, dirt bike, helmet


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Robot GameMission: Safe Place

• Safe Place (25 pts)o Goal: Robot is in the red region at end of matcho If the only part of the robot in the red zone is a part intended solely to

extend to the red zone, the mission is not satisfied

Score No Score


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Robot GamePenalties

• Penaltieso For each penalty, the referee places roof debris (one per penalty) on

the west-most empty roof marko After the 4th penalty, the west-most roof debris is placed as far into the

north east corner (light blue region) as possibleo -10 pts each outside of light blueo -13 pts each in light blue


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Robot GameTypes of Penalties

• Touch (Rule 31)o Touching the robot outside of base (exception made for obstacle mission)o Cargo on robot may be forfeited

• Cargo brought from base the last time the robot left base is returned to base

• Cargo picked up from field is forfeitedo One red roof debris added

• Sprawl (Rule 32)o If the robot is obviously twice the width of base at the end of the match,

regardless of the robot’s locationo One red roof debris added

• Junk (Rule 12)o Strategic objects (objects brought to the field by the team) left on the fieldo -5 pts if junk is smaller/lighter than roboto -13 pts if junk is larger/heavier than robot


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Robot GamePotpourri

• Review proper setup for each missiono Be sure you’re practicing with the correct setup

• When even the smallest part of the robot crosses into base, it’s in base and can be touchedo Cargo follows the same rule – if the cargo is on the back of the robot and

only the front of the robot has crossed into base, the cargo is still out of base and can’t be touched

• Qualifiers/Tournaments provide field kitso Do not bring your own (you’ll be asked to put your kit away)

• During a match, coaches become cheerleaderso Be encouraging, not instructingo Coaches never touch the field (even before/between rounds)

• Max robot height changedo 16” 12”


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Robot GameResources

• FLL’s Websiteo http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2013naturesfury

• Robot Game Video• Robot Game Updates

o Updates are frozen on Fridayso Visit often!

• Mission Model Build Instructions• Rules (Click on “Download Challenge”)

• Maryland FLLo Email me with robot game questions ([email protected])


http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2013naturesfury

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2013naturesfury

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Robot GameDon’t forget the fun!

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Questions?

Jason DunthornHead RefMD First


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