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1) Pre-questionsPre-questions 2) Line Following Challenge – 6 slidesLine Following Challenge 3) Jousting Challenge – 4 slidesJousting Challenge 4)Fire Fighting Challenge – 3 slidesFire Fighting Challenge 5)Robotovate® Challenge – 2 slidesRobotovate® Challenge 6)Rules, Pre-competition Points, Deadlines, Event DateRulesPre-competition PointsDeadlinesEvent Date 7)Post-questionsPost-questions 8)Additional resources and contact informationAdditional resources and contact information ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TABLE OF CONTENT

Pre-questions 1)Which challenges are open to middle school students? 2)When is the deadline for pre-competition points? 3)In which challenge are RC robots allowed? ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Line Following Challenge Line Following Challenge NEW  Top 8 division teams in PM tourney ELIGIBLE: All divisions (Elementary, Middle, High School, & Big KIDS) CHALLENGE: An autonomous robot that uses sensors to track a line from HOME to TOWER, STOPS & DELIVERS PAYLOAD, BACK UPS & TURNS AROUND, and returns HOME GOAL: In a 3-minute heat, first complete a successful run from home-tower- deliver at least 1 ping pong ball-home, then deliver as many ping pong balls (1 POINT EACH) in a 3 minute heat ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Line Following Challenge Line Following Challenge NEW  Top 8 division teams in PM tourney SCORING: Points for leaving home, T-intersections, stopping at tower, delivering, turning around, returning home; then 1 point per ball delivered in 3 minute heats. See Optional pointsOptional points New ‘13: Morning of event: Open tracks to run as many 3 minute heats as possible. Top five scores earned in the morning plus optional points will be used to determine top eight teams for the afternoon single elimination tournament TRACKS: a ½ inch-wide (for ES, MS) or ¼ inch-wide (for HS, BK) black line on a white vinyl surface. Track is ~ 4’ wide x 5’ long and all curves are based on a 6” radius ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Line Following ChallengeLine Following Challenge Sample Middle school SCORE sheet This example shows the team earning 525 pts. ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TASKPOINTS POSSIBLECOMPLETED LEAVES HOME25X TURNS AT 1 ST T-INTERSECTION25X STOPS AT TOWER50X DELIVERS AT LEAST 1 BALL100X BACKS UP AND TURNS AROUND50X TURNS AT 1 ST T-INTERSECTION50X RETURNS HOME100X EXTRA BALLS AFTER COMPLETING ALL PARTS ABOVE 1 per BALL125 BALLS

Line Following ChallengeLine Following Challenge Sample Elementary school Track ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES HOME TOWER

ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES Line Following ChallengeLine Following Challenge Sample Middle school Track HOME TOWER

ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES Line Following ChallengeLine Following Challenge Sample High school, Big KIDS Track HOME TOWER

Jousting Challenge: Jousting Challenge: NEW  Top 8 ES & 8 MS teams in PM tourney ELIGIBLE: Elementary (ES) and Middle school (MS) divisions. CHALLENGE: build and program an autonomous robot that can follow a 1.0” black line on a white vinyl surface while carrying a RoboRAVE International sanctioned Jousting Knight (find it on RoboRAVE.org Shop) RoboRAVE.org Shop GOAL: Knock your opponent’s knight off FIRST using ONLY your knight’s lance. ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Jousting ChallengeJousting Challenge: NEW  Top 8 ES & 8 MS teams in PM tourney SCORING.. See track for bonus areasSee track for bonus areas ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TASK POINTS POSSIBLE COMPLETED KNOCKS OPPONENT’S KNIGHT OFF FIRST AND LANDS ONLY IN THE 50 POINT AREA 50X KNOCKS OPPONENT’S KNIGHT OFF FIRST AND LANDS ANY PART OF THE KNIGHT’S BODY (not including the lance) IN THE 100 POINT AREA 100 KNOCKS OPPONENT’S KNIGHT OFF FIRST AND LANDS ANY PART OF THE KNIGHT’S BODY (not including the lance) IN THE 150 POINT AREA 150

Jousting Challenge: Jousting Challenge: NEW  Top 8 ES & 8 MS teams in PM tourney SCORING: The Knight that knocks the other Knight to the floor FIRST can earn either 50, 100, or 150 points. Higher scores depend on how close to the other Knight’s starting line you are when you knock them off. If both Knights are knocked off, then the 2 nd Knight to the floor WINS If neither Knight is NOT knocked off, then RE-RUN the joust until a winner is declared TRACKS: Two 4 foot long parallel 1” black lines spaced 10” apart. Note: score areas of 100 and 150, 12” and 6” from opponent’s starting area see track design ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Jousting ChallengeJousting Challenge: NEW  Top 8 ES & 8 MS teams in PM tourney TRACKS ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES Score 100 Scopre 150 Score 100 Score 150 6” 12” 6” 12”

Fire Fighting ChallengeFire Fighting Challenge: NEW  Qualify 5/3; Top 8 teams in PM tourney ELIGIBLITY: Middle (MS), High school (HS), and Big KIDS CHALLENGE: Build and program an autonomous robot that can locate and extinguish candles without touching them GOAL: Find and extinguish 4 candles (3 behind 16” x 18” unattached vertical barriers) in an 8.0’ x 16.0’ field in 3 minutes. The robot’s extinguishing system must start and stop at each candle ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Fire Fighting ChallengeFire Fighting Challenge: Sample Score Sheet This team scores – 650 points… Penalty? 50% of candle value if touched during the time the robot is extinguishing the flame ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TASKPOINTS POSSIBLECOMPLETEDPENALTYSCORE CANDLE # 1100XNO100 CANDLE # 2200XNO200 CANDLE # 3300X50%150 CANDLE # 4400X50%200 PM tournament? BONUS – All FOUR CANDLES EXTINGUISHED YES – Wilkinson Award Winner - $200 (Available in the Afternoon TOURNAMENT ONLY)

Fire Fighting ChallengeFire Fighting Challenge: Sample Track with walls ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES -Track: 16 feet long x 8 feet wide - Walls: 17” high x 18” wide, unsecured - Candles: 8” to 10” tall - 3 candles: behind walls - 1 candle: direct view of the robot at the start - Track border: 3” wide white vinyl strip with a 1” black line in the middle - Starting position: Corner

Robotovate® Challenge Robotovate® Challenge NEW  Gold, Silver, Copper winners by votes ELIGIBLE: High school (HS) and Big KIDS. CHALLENGE: create a new, never-seen-before robot (remote controlled or autonomous) that fits one of these four categories: HH: shows how it helps humans, BM: demonstrates the use of Biomimicry, 3D: moves in 3 dimensions, or ON: Use old technology in a new way ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

Robotovate® Challenge Robotovate® Challenge NEW  Gold, Silver, Copper winners by votes GOAL: Capture the audience’s attention to earn their vote with your amazing use of robots to demonstrate innovation…It is all about Robot + Innovation or as we like to call it…Robotovate® SCORING: Category winners of GOLD, SILVER, and a COPPER from most votes earned from all attendees. One PLATINUM winner for BEST robot to incorporate all four categories (from the GOLD winners). Ties split the awards and you must be present to win TRACKS: None provided ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

RULES, TRACKS, and more information… The rules and additional details for each challenge are on the RoboRAVE International websiteRoboRAVE International website:

Optional Pre-competition Points for ES, MS, & HS Divisions Teams can earn points BEFORE the event. All items are optional for participation. ALL items must be completed by April 1 st, PM, MST ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES DivisionEngineeringCorporate Letter /LogoVideoForum Elementary SUMMARY post on Google doc, 1 pg Company letterhead, post on Google doc NA Middle OVERVIEW post on Google doc, 5 pgs Company letterhead, post on Google doc You Tube Channel Facebook account High REPORT post on Google doc, 10 pgs Company letterhead, post on Google doc You Tube Channel Facebook account Big KIDSNA

Deadline for Registering a Team April 1, p.m. MST Deadline for Pre-Competition all OPTIONAL components April 1, p.m. MST ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

The Event Albuquerque Convention Center Roboquerque, New Mexico May 3-4, 2013 ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

POST-questions 1)Which challenges are open to middle school students? 2)In which challenge are RC robots allowed? 3)When is the deadline for pre-competition points? ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES

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