Warp XX Heartland BEST 2012 KICKOFF – September 15, 2012 NWOSU Campus MALL DAY – October 13, 2012 NWOSU Campus GAME DAY – October 26-27, 2012 Alva Rec Center

Welcome to Heartland BEST Steve Maier Heartland BEST Director

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Welcome to NWOSU Dr. Janet Cunningham President Northwestern Oklahoma State University

What is BEST? Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology Founded in Texas in 1993 by two engineers Student teams are guided by professional mentors and school coaches. BEST has expanded to 14 states an over 800 participating schools. Students have six weeks to design, develop, build and test a robot that can outperform their competitors. Each team receives identical kits of parts Winning teams from each Hub compete at the Regional competitions. (TX Best, South’s Best, Frontier Trails Best)

Regional competition… Frontier Trails BEST in Fort Smith, Arkansas. November 30 – December 1, 2012 Heartland BEST will send 4 teams. (1st and 2nd place Game & 1st and 2nd place BEST Award) Other hubs at our regional include: Kansas BEST (Wichita, KS); Billiken BEST (St. Louis, MO); Northwest Arkansas BEST; (Fayetteville, Arkansas) River Valley BEST (Ft. Smith, Arkansas); Crowley Ridge BEST (Jonesboro, Arkansas); NorthArk BEST (Harrison, Arkansas) Bison BEST (Fargo, ND) Mid-South BEST (West Memphis, Arkansas)

Heartland BEST Sponsors Heartland BEST Robotics is a FREE competition – open to all schools! This would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors! Thank You!

Heartland BEST 2012 Sponsors Northwestern Oklahoma State University Charles Morton Share Trust Foundation Igus, Inc . MathWorks SolidWorks Innovation First Int’l Pettit’s Carpet Rigg’s Advertising Central Nat’l Bank Community Bank State Farm Ins. Larry Schmidt Tom Boren (Sandplum Consulting) Thank You!

Heartland BEST 2012 17 Participating Teams Burlington HS Cheyenne HS C.O.A.C.H. HS Deer Creek HS (Edmond) Elk City HS Fairview HS Inola HS Kingston HS Lawton Acad. of A&S HS Oklahoma City Homeschool Perry High School Pratt High School Shattuck High School Team Phoenix Homeschool US Grant HS Western Heights HS Wynona HS

Awards @ Heartland BEST BEST Award Game Award Special Awards – most photogenic, most robust, most elegant, founders award T-shirt Award **Awards ceremony immediately following the game day competition

The BEST Award All teams that compete are eligible (must inform HL BEST of intent to participate by Sept. 24th ) A panel of judges will evaluate each school using a 100 point grading system Project Engineering Notebook 25 Marketing/Oral Presentation 25 Table Displays/Team Exhibit 20 Spirit and Sportsmanship 15 Robot Performance 15

Separate from the BEST Award and Game Award Special Awards Separate from the BEST Award and Game Award Most Robust Robot - for the machine requiring the least maintenance during the contest. Robustness during matches, minimal maintenance required between matches, general sturdiness and durability. Most Photogenic Robot - for the most eye-pleasing, functioning machine. Most Elegant Robot - for the machine with best-of-show design and execution. The machine that makes you say, “Wow!” Founders Award for Creative Design - for the most unusual approach to solving the problem. Utilizing creative, unusual, and/or unique offensive and/or defensive machine capabilities. BEST T-shirt Design –judged at game day, voted on by teams. T-shirts to be turned in on Mall Day. (please submit a t-shirt on Mall Day) Team participation Awards – teams will receive a participation plaque & picture

Robot Kits Steve & Amber Maier Heartland BEST Kit Committee

Kits – Overview Consumable Kit – PVC, plywood, wire, switches, hardware, adhesives, igus components, etc. Items can be modified, and can also be replenished by teams as needed. Returnable Kit – Controller, microcontroller, batteries, chargers, electronic components, etc. In general, items cannot be modified. HL BEST Items – Yellow toolbox, black SUV box, etc. (please take care of these items and return with your returnable kit at the end of the competition)

5 Items for the kit to pick up before you leave today: Returnables–yellow toolbox Returnables–black carry case Consumables–black SUV chest Consumables–PVC pipe Consumables–plywood More info about kits at the Kit Workshop sessions

Heartland BEST Director Heartland BEST 2012 deadlines, schedules, important dates, and policies Steve Maier Heartland BEST Director

Heartland BEST 2012 deadlines, schedules, important dates, and policies Turn in Yellow Team Information Sheet today (if you do not have your list of team members, please email that to sjmaier@nwosu.edu next week) BEST Award – email Debra at dahogan@nwosu.edu by Monday, Sept. 24th if your team intends to compete for the BEST Award. Table Displays done at Mall Day (Oct 13) Project Notebooks Due at Mall Day (Oct 13) Oral Presentations Friday afternoon/evening (Oct 26)

Heartland BEST 2012 deadlines, schedules, important dates, and policies Please Check your email regularly for announcements and other information BEST Robotics Inc., policy – each participating team MUST have a full-time school employee at each Heartland BEST event (Kickoff, Mall Day, Game Day)

Information in the Kickoff Packet Yellow Team Information Sheet – please turn-in today! Heartland BEST 2012 – tentative schedule of events KITS – list of returnables and consumables BEST 2012 Generic Kit Notes & Generic Game Rules Warp XX – the 2012 Game Specific Rules BEST 2012 Game Field Drawings & Gm Field Parts List – printed copy NOT in packet – available on USB drive or online BEST 2012 Awards and Judging Guidelines (Team Demographics Form, Scoring Sheets, BEST Award guidelines) BEST 2012 Driver List – to be submitted on game day Electronic copy of the Kickoff PowerPoint Presentation

Heartland BEST 2012 Important Dates Kickoff – September 15 Teams receive kits and the rules are explained (Alva, OK) Mall Day – October 13 Practice runs for robots, project engineering notebooks and table displays for BEST Award are due (Alva, OK) Game Day – October 26-27 Robot game competition Saturday, 9am – 5pm; BEST Award oral presentations Friday afternoon/evening(10/26); awards ceremony after competition, winning teams advance to Frontier Trails BEST, November 30 – December 1, 2012.

Click on File Manager to access BEST files Password: r1bb0n

Please contact us if you have questions. Dr. Steve Maier (Director) and Amber Maier, Kit Committee, 580-327-8562, sjmaier@nwosu.edu Dr. Tim Maharry, Game Committee Chair, 580-327-8583, tjmaharry@nwosu.edu Dr. Cindy Pfeifer-Hill, Sponsorship & Finance, 580-327-8563, capfeifer-hill@nwosu.edu Mrs. Debra Hogan, BEST Award, 580-327-8587, dahogan@nwosu.edu Visit us on the web at: http://www.nwosu.edu/best

2012 BEST Game Intro – Warp XX

2012 BEST Game Intro –> Warp XX OBJECTIVE: Design and build a prototype robot to transport cargo and equipment on the space elevator tower during the three-minute match. There are a variety of tasks to do, to keep the space station operational.

2012 BEST Game Intro –> Warp XX What is a space elevator? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXdorI3Mp40&feature=youtu.be

2012 BEST Game Intro –> Warp XX What is the BEST 2012 space elevator?

2012 BEST Game field layout – Warp XX RED Driver GREEN Driver Space Elevator YELLOW Driver BLUE Driver Spotters

2012 BEST Game field layout – Warp XX

2012 BEST Game Intro –> Warp XX Tasks for robot to accomplish: Remove the Waste Cargo Balls from the base rack (tiebreaker) Trigger the summit indicator flag at the Midway Station. (at top of space elevator) Transport Light Cargo Balls from the cargo ship to the cargo bin on Midway Station. Move the Waste Cargo Balls to the cargo ship. Retrieve the Clear Fuel Bottle from Midway Station and store it on the base rack.

2012 BEST Game Intro –> Warp XX Tasks for robot to accomplish: Install Solar Panels from the base rack onto the mounting studs at Midway Station. Install Habitation Module at Midway Station. Install the T-structure in either the front or back slot at Midway Station.

Midway Station

Base Rack Solar Panels Green Fuel Bottle Waste Cargo Balls

Base Rack

Cargo Ship/Turntable Assembly

Game Pieces Light Cargo Ball Waste Cargo Ball

Game Pieces Solar Panels Green & Clear Fuel Bottles

Game Pieces Habitation Module

Game Pieces T-structure

BEST 2012 – Game Scoring Game Piece Name Common Name Diameter   Max Weight (Oz) Point value (PV) Starting Location Scoring Location #Pieces per Tower Waste Cargo Ball practice softball **4” ? 1 Base rack Spotter Rack 2 Light Cargo Ball softball whiffleball 3 Midway Cargo Bin 4 Green Fuel Bottle 2-liter bottle 5.25” 7 Midway Magnetic Mount Clear Fuel Bottle 5 Midway Magnetic Mount T-Structure Foamboard 8” x 12” Tee 1.5x.75” Stem 8 Floor near base rack Midway T Slot Solar Panel 6x8”; 1-3/4” hole 0.75” thick 6 for each stud with a panel Midway Solar Panel Stud Habitation Module cardboard hex prism, 11” long 9” across flats 9 12 Floor near Base rack Midway Module Habitation Stud

BEST 2012 – Game Scoring Bonuses Bonus Type Achieved by Additional Points Fuel Tank Exchange Bonus Placing clear fuel bottle from station into base rack holder and taking the green fuel bottle and attaching it to the mounting point on the station 4 Cargo Diversity Bonus Scoring a lightweight cargo ball, a solar panel, and the T-structure 9 Rapid Turnaround Bonus Scored if the entire robot is below the Space Zone at the end of the match 1 Summit Bonus Toggling summit indicator at Midway Station 2

Robot examples

Robot examples

Robot examples

Match Play Four teams per match Three minute match duration Preliminary Competition 6-8 matches for each team vs. randomly selected opponents, lowest score dropped Semifinals – top seven teams + wild-card advance and play 3 additional rounds each; Finals – top four teams advance and play 3 additional rounds each

Game Competition: Comments & Hints READ THE RULES – ask questions if you are not sure! Monitor the Q&A section on the www.bestinc.org website – many questions can be answered there (password: r1bb0n) Also, official documents are available on the website. Drivers – practice, practice, practice Read the rules again!!

Winning Teams Advance… Frontier Trails BEST, November 30 – December 1, 2012, Fort Smith, Arkansas We will send 4 teams 1st place BEST, 2nd place BEST, 1st place Game, and 2nd place Game automatically advance. If one team qualifies in 2 of the above categories, then the 3rd place BEST team advances.

A message from the BEST Inc. Game Committee… “Please encourage your teams to read the rules...and then read them again ... and then read the existing Q&A a couple times before asking a question….note that the Q&A is the ONLY and FINAL source of rule clarification…..with a bit of research, the vast majority of answers to your questions can be found by reading the rules and reading the existing Q&A”

Official Q & A Password: r1bb0n

Concluding Remarks… Revealing of the game field is next – in Percefull Field House Distribution of Kits follows the demo – make sure you get your complete kit. (yellow toolbox, 2 black cases, PVC pipe, plywood) Lunch starts at noon in the Coronado Cafeteria – compliments of Northwestern Oklahoma State University