Manual Robot Competition

Game rules and regulations:

1     Games field and objects.

               Height for the wall:  Blue, Red, Orange(3cm), Basket(3.5cm), Black(4cm)

2.       Game procedure and competition tasks.

§  The robot need to be placed at the starting point provided.

§  Each group will be given 1 min for setting time.

§  the task need to be done by each robot is to collect as many ball as possible and put it back into a basket provided.

§  There are nine balls placed on the field. Three ball in each group’s field and the other 3 in the common zone.

§  Red ball carry 15 points, green balls carry 10 points and purple balls carry 20 points.

§  Point will only be given after the robot put the ball into the basket.

§  The game will be stop after 5 min and the winner will be decided based on the total scores obtained in the game.

3.       Restarting point.

§  In the case of mechanical problem, or failing of a task, the robot can be brought back to its starting point to restart.

§  After putting a ball into the basket, each group is allowed to restart at the starting point.

4.       Game duration.

§  Each match lasts 5 minutes at most.

§  In any of the following cases, the match ends immediately (even before 5 minutes).

o   Disqualification is announced in the knockout.

o   When the referee judges that the game cannot continue.

5.       General restriction.

§  Robot is not allowed to causes damages to the field.

§  Robot is not allowed to enter other robot’s starting point.

§  Robot is not allowed to causes damages to the opponent’s robot.

6.       Deciding the winner.

§  The winner will be determined by the total scores obtained in the game after deduction of marks if there any violation acts done during the game.

§  If both group obtained the same score in the game, the winner will be determined by the time record for the first ball being put into the basket.

7.       Violations.

§  The group with 5 violations in a match will be disqualified. Negative scores may appear in some cases.

§  When violation occurs, the group will be deducted 10 points.

The violations are categorized as follows:

o   Any part of the robot cause obstruction or difficulty too the opposing group.

o   Any part of the robot cause damages to the field and objects on it(ball holder, gate)

o   Any part of the robot enter and disturbing in the opponent starting point.

8.       Disqualification.

§  A group will be disqualified if it commits any of the following action:

o   The group fails to obey instructions or warnings issued by the referees.

o   The group has made five violations in the same match.

o   The group intentionally damages of tries to damage the field, facilities, equipment or opponent’s robots.

9.       Robot specification.

§  Each group must prepare its own power sources.

§  Each robot must have base dimension no larger than 15cm length and 15cm width.