Final contest

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The Final Contest Results

Order Team Points
1 Team Nine: DEADBEEF 5
2 Team Sixteen 12
3 Team Two: Chocomoo 0
4 Team Three: Team Damon Vander Lind 2
5 Team Fourteen: Yellow Hat 19
6 Team Eleven: Team Awesome 5
7 Team Five: Nova Laboratories 0
8 Team Seven 0
9 Team Thirteen: XIII N/A
10 Team Four: The Fugitives 3
11 Team Eight: Pieces of Eight 2
12 Team Seventeen: Freiheitskämpfer 0
13 Team Twelve: The Washingtons 5
14 Team Ten: Foobar 0
15 Team Six: Worse is Better 4
16 Team One: 12A12 19


Contest Instructions

Final contest schedule:

  • 4:30 Open House: spectators meet the teams and have an opportunity to visit sponsor and information booths.
  • 5:30 Contest Starts:
    • Welcome
    • Scoring Rounds
    • Short Break
    • Awards Ceremony
    • Raffle
    • Conclusion
  • 7:30 Informal Exhibition Rounds

Teams will be able to pick up their robots from Impounding at noon. You should NOT change your robot's code at that point! Using untested code is a sure way to disappointing results at the final contest. Instead, teams should

  • ensure that all parts of their robot are functional
  • ensure that you can start from the orcpad
  • ensure that the robot will stop after five minutes
  • add decoration

At noon you can pick up your robots! Come and decorate them, or do last minute decorations.

At 3:30 pm, all teams will meet in 26-100 to go over the final contest logistics and take a group photo (make sure you're wearing your maslab tshirt!). You will also have an opportunity to calibrate your sensors. You will be at the final contest from 3:30 until around 9:30 pm, so you may want get food beforehand or keep something to eat with you.

At 4:30 pm, spectators will begin arriving. The robots will be set up on the front table of 26-100 and one representative of each team will be in front talking about their robots.

At 5:30 pm, the contest will begin. There will always be two teams on deck. When your team is on deck, you should

  • make sure that your robot will start from the orcpad,
  • have your robot's IP ready
  • do any last minute calibrations

When your team is called, you will need people to do the following

  • Robot handler: your job is to carry the robot to the start position and start it. In the event that your robot gets stuck, you and the contest judge will decide together when to stop the round.
  • Speaker: your job is to talk about your robot's behaviors. You and the MC will explain what the robot is doing to the audience.
  • Bot Client: when your robot is on deck, you will present your robot's IP address to the tech team that will be running the bot client. If there are four members on your team, the second person should accompany the bot client person.

After the contest is over, teams are free to go with their robots. Clean-up teams should stay to help carry materials back to the labs upstairs.

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