Rules

Revision as of 23:44, 7 January 2012

Robot Restrictions

The Contest

There will be two robots run at a time, one on each side of the field. After the first run, the robots switch sides and run again. Each run is 3 minutes. An example field is shown below.

An Example Field. The arrows indicate starting position of the robots. All rectangles are walls, except for the purple stripe, which is a strip of tape.

Points will be scored as follows:

Possession: 1 point

A ball as defined as "possessed" if it moves when your robot moves.

'Near Region' balls: 3 points

All balls between the purple line and the yellow wall on a given side count for 3 points for the robot on the other side.

Balls in the green box: 3 points

Balls in the green box on a particular side count for 3 points for the robot on the other side.

'Far Region' balls: 5 points

All balls between the purple line and the back wall on a given side count for 5 points for the team on the other side.

Balls out of bounds: -5 points

All balls put out of bounds will count for a penalty of -5, and the balls will be replaced somewhere between the purple line and the back wall on the offending team's side.

Over time penalty: -5 points/10 seconds

For every 10 seconds beyond the 3 minute time limit that the robot is still moving, a 5 point penalty is applied.

All points other than the "Out of bounds" penalty will be assessed at the end of the run. This mean that if a ball is lobbed over the wall and then returned, it counts for no points for the team that did the initial lobbing.

Also note that we guarantee that the initial number of points the field is worth is equal on both sides. Between runs all balls are placed back in the same spots they were in before. There is also an indicated starting position for each robot, so this is also consistent between runs.