Event 3 "Relay"

Purpose

• Speed
  

Objective

• To finish the obstacle course in the shortest possible time as a team
  

Gameboard and Setup

• Gameboard layout: single start area, path for the robot to follow (width of line may differ)
• Obstacles:
  • May be placed in the course at the discretion of the Challenge design team.
  • Terrain changes
    

Rules

• Both robots will be placed in separate 'startup' areas on the line in forward-looking orientation
  • Order of the robots determined by the relay team
• Robots must recognize the path and follow it to completion
• The relay will be a "virtual" hand-off.
  • 1st robot reaches the "exchange" area
  • 2nd robot recognizes the presence of 1st and begins autonomously (no exogenous influence)
• 10 minute time limit.
   

Scoring

• Each robot pair is given 1 mulligan. 10 point deduction for use of this option.
• The scoring scheme is as follows:
  • The team score will be the individual robot's score
  • Each robot's scores from each of the heats will be summed
• Point Structure
  • First robot successfully reaches exhange area: 10 pts
  • Successful exchange: 15 pts
  • Second robot completes course: 10 pts
  • Using a mulligan: -10 pts
  • Rankings:
    • 1st best time: 40 pts
    • 2nd best time: 30 pts
    • 3rd best time: 20 pts
    • 4th best time: 15 pts
    • 5th best time: 10 pts
    • 6th best time: 5 pts
      

Team Combinations

• Number of combinations and relays depends on competition time remaining (maximum number of runs is 6)
• Team combinations will be chosen by the committee prior to the competion.