The 2004 competition showcases four different missions each with its own
playing field.
Each mission makes emphasis on a set of tasks.
Teams score points when their robots
complete a prescribed set of tasks for each mission under specific time
constraints and announce their completion.
Each team will compete in a coalition of two to four teams,
each team's robot taking on a single mission.
Each coalition will be given 2 minutes to achieve the missions.
The score for each mission will be recorded for tie breakers.
Each team earns the coalition aggregate score for all its
missions.
Coalitions are formed so as to insure that every team will compete
with every other team at least once during the final competition.
Each coalition will decide the mission that each team will attempt.
For coalitions of less than four teams, not all the missions will be in play.
A team's total competition score is the sum of all its
coalition scores after its lowest coalition score is dropped.
The tie breakers are the highest mission scores.
For each mission there are partial scores.
The robot must announce that it has completed each portion of the mission
to receive a score.
Announcing can be accomplished with the "waving of the head" using the Pan and Tilt servos.
Individual scoring for each missions:
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Follow an ancient road to its end and return to the starting point.
The ancient road will be marked with 3"-wide white tape.
The stating and ending of the ancient road
will be marked with wide white tape across
the path.
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50 points for reaching the end of the ancient road and announcing
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100 points for returning to the starting point of the ancient road and announcing
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Navigate through an ancient labyrinth making stops at two sacred places.
The entrance of the labyrinth and the entrance of each of the
sacred places will be marked with white tape across the path.
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10 points for entering the labyrinth and announcing
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40 points for reaching each sacred place and announcing
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60 points for returning to the entrance of the labyrinth and announcing
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Find the location of an ancient temple and retrieve a relic from it.
The base of the ancient temple is marked with a white circle of 19" diameter.
The relic will be placed in its center.
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50 points for reaching the base of the ancient temple and announcing
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100 points for retrieving the relic form the ancient temple and announcing
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Find the center of the crop circle.
The border of the crop circle will be marked with a circular path of 3"-wide white tape.
The diameter for the actual competition will be between 5 ft to 6 ft.
A robot will start on this path and is supposed to reach the unmarked center of the circle,
stop there, and announce.
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150 points for stopping within 1/2 ft of the center and announcing completion of the mission
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80 points for stopping within 1 1/4 ft of the center and announcing completion of the mission
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20 points for stopping within 2 ft of the center and announcing completion of the mission
Bonuses
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Time Bonus:
2 points for every second under the 2 minutes time limit
remaining after completion of the mission.
It is earned by the coalition.
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All Mission Completion Bonus:
100 points for having participated in coalitions that collectively completed all missions.
A team is given credit for missions completed for each of its coalitions.
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Program Style Bonus:
Up to 20 points per mission can be earned for uploading working
code that successfully completes a mission.
Up to 30 points for program readability and documentation.
The deadline for
uploading the code is 15 hrs before the start of the competition.
