Mock contest

From Maslab 2007

All teams are expected to be present for the mock contests, which will be held in 26-100, starting at 1 pm, ending at 4 pm. To make the best use of the mock contest:

• Note that the first mock contest is optional. The remaining two are mandatory.
• You should be using your own robot, not the pegbot. After the first Mock Contest, this will become a requirement: teams will not be allowed to participate if they are still using a pegbot.
• Take time before the contest and between rounds to gather pictures for calibration.
• Test code that is functional. The mock contest is a time to test how your robot performs in complex situations, not to try out untested code for the first time. Make sure that you know your robot will do more than spin in circles at each Mock Contest.
• We will not allow you to start your robot at a Mock Contest through any mechanism other than pushing buttons on the Orcpad. In particular, it CANNOT be started by running some command over ssh. Please test this before coming to the mock contest; it is easy to setup. Your robot should conform to all contest rules during each of the mock contests.
• Your robot should stop before the 5-minute time limit.
• We will try to be as efficient as possible, so that we have time to potentially run robots twice. This means that you should be ready to run your robot (have it on, your battery charged, etc.) just before time, and you should have tested that your robot does something other than spins in cricles the night before.

Mock contests will start at 1 pm and will run until approximately 4pm. Your team must be present when called, and we will run the event like the actual contest. Time permitting, we may allow robots to run a second time (note that we will not do this at the real contest).