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JOUSTING CHALLENGE TABLE OF CONTENT 1) Pre-questionsPre-questions 2) Eligibility & Description; (Picture of KNIGHTS)Eligibility & DescriptionPicture of KNIGHTS 3)Required Materials & Rules (2 slides)Required Materials & Rules 4)Registration Cost & Day of Event InformationRegistration Cost & Day of Event Information 5)Scoring & Track descriptionsScoring & Track descriptions 6)Sample Score Sheet; Sample Track DesignSample Score SheetSample Track Design 7)Optional Scoring Opportunities Before EventOptional Scoring Opportunities Before Event 8)Post-questionsPost-questions 9)Additional Resources & Contact InformationAdditional Resources & Contact Information

JOUSTING CHALLENGE Pre-questions (Table of Contents)Table of Contents 1)What divisions can play the Jousting Challenge? 2)Where do you get the official Jousting Knights? 3)How do you score points in this challenge? 4)What is done after lunch with this challenge?

JOUSTING CHALLENGE The Jousting Knights (Table of Contents)Table of Contents KNIGHTS 8” tall, Aluminum, maximum & minimum lance height lines, magnetically held to base plate LANCES Adjustable height and length; flat head screw controlled metal clamp around Knight BASE PLATE Circular metal plate, Velcro attached Lego plate and 4 Lego beams

JOUSTING CHALLENGE Eligibility & Description (Table of Contents)Table of Contents ELIGIBLE: Elementary (ES) and Middle school (MS) divisions Only 60 teams accepted: 30 teams per each division Jousting Challenge is two robots travelling in opposite directions along parallel lines carrying one of the official RED orofficial RED or GREEN Knights GREEN Knights in front of the robot. OBJECTIVE: Knock your opponent’s knight to the floor using your lance before your knight is knocked off.

Required Materials & Rules (Table of Contents)Table of Contents  OFFICIAL Red & Green Knights ONLY: Jousting Knight set includes Knight’s bases and lances for 2 knights Jousting Knight set  Robot platform: no restrictions provided total value under $1500  Light sensor(s): For track’s 1” wide black line  Lance: Cork tip is required on the leading end of the lance  Lance: metal clamp may NOT be above or below the white lines on the Knight’s boday JOUSTING CHALLENGE

Required Materials & Rules (Table of Contents)Table of Contents  Robot width: 5” or less measured from track’s black line  Base plate: maximum of 4” forward of the robot body measuring to the back point of the plate  Base plate height: plate itself may not exceed 4” off the floor  Magnetic attachment: no other magnets than the type provided in the Jousting Kit are permitted JOUSTING CHALLENGE

Registration Cost & Day of Event Information (Table of Contents)Table of Contents  Jan. 31, 2013: $50/robot Late: Feb. 1- Apr. 1: $100/robot  May 3 rd 12:00p to 8:00p Roboquerque Convention Center Workshops and practice available: 12:00p – 5:00p Ice Cream Social: 5:30p – 8:00p FAST BOT competition: 7:00p  May 4 th 8:00a – 4:30p Opening Remarks: 8:00a Competition: 8:30a Single elimination tournament: 1:00p – 2:30p

Jousting Challenge NEW  Top 8 ES & 8 MS teams in PM tournament (Table of Contents)Table of Contents 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 one knight WINS 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 Challenge (Table of Contents)Table of Contents 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 (Table of Contents)Table of Contents TRACKS ROBORAVE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES Score 100 Scopre 150 Score 100 Score 150 6” 12” 6” 12”

Optional Scoring Opportunities Before Event (Table of Contents)Table of Contents JOUSTING CHALLENGEDivisionEngineeringCorporate Letter & Logo Letter & LogoVideoForum Elementary SUMMARY post on Google doc, 1 pg400points Company letterhead, post on Google doc400points NA Middle OVERVIEW post on Google doc, 5 pgs800points Company letterhead, post on Google doc400points You Tube Channel 200 points Facebook Account 200 points

Post-questions (Table of Contents)Table of Contents 1)What divisions can play the Jousting Challenge? 2)Where do you get the official Jousting Knights? 3)How do you score points in this challenge? 4)What is done after lunch with this challenge? JOUSTING CHALLENGE

Additional Resources & Contact Information (Table of Contents)Table of Contents  Official Jousting Knight set - link to RoboRAVE shop Official Jousting Knight set  Historical information about Knights and Jousting Historical information about Knights and Jousting  Images of Knight shields, helmets, and coat of arms Images of Knight shields, helmets, and coat of arms  Middle Ages for middle school readers Middle Ages for middle school readers  How to make a cardboard knights helmet How to make a cardboard knights helmet Contact information : Albuquerque Area: Outside Albuquerque Area: Fax: GO TO OTHER MODULES JOUSTING CHALLENGE