1. Coaches Q&A Call – Einstein & Hopper State Championships
Einstein January 19, 2019
Hopper January 20, 2019
7:15 AM
Doors Open/Practice Tables Open/Concessions Open
7:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Teams can proceed directly to pit tables (some are assigned in Building J and some in Building H). One coach should check-in your team prior to your first scheduled activity (interview /practice run) in Lobby of Building J
8:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Project, Core Values, Robot Design Interviews Building F
9:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Robot Performance – Practice Round Matches (scheduled) Head Referee, Dee Karabowicz available for Q&A at competition tables before and after your scheduled team practice time
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Lunch Served (Teams eat lunch between other activities)
12:00 Noon
Two team representatives line up for Spirit Parade
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM
Opening Ceremony
1:00 PM
Project Callback schedule posted at Information/T-shirt Table in Building J Lobby (and Building H Pit entrance)
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Robot Performance Round 1 Matches
1:30 PM – 3:00PM
Callback interviews Building F
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Team photo and pick up medals – Room F100/F102 (teams pick time)
1:45 PM – 2:05 PM
Robot Performance Table Break
2:05 PM – 2:50 PM
Robot Performance Round 2 Matches
2:50 PM – 3:30 PM
Robot Performance Round 3 Matches
3:00 PM
“Team Spirit" voting closes
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Robot Performance Round 4 Matches
4:00 PM
Concession Stand Closes
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Alliance Exhibition Round – Participating teams
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
FLL Closing Ceremony
FIRST Illinois Robotics Representatives
On the Call
Kyle Blais – Illinois Head Judge Advisor
Bob Hubberts – Einstein/Hopper
Tournament Director
Dee Karabowicz – Illinois Head Referee
Sara Lubic – Illinois FIRST LEGO League
Program Director
for interest in Magic Moment
Or National Anthem

2. Building F – Judging Rooms

3. R13 Launch
Robots must not be taller than 12 inches on a launch OR re-launch
Active technicians cannot be holding/handling anything on the field

4. Interruptions
A team may interrupt a robot. They bring the robot back to base and get a penalty (R14)

5. Strategic Interruptions
A team may not strategically interrupt a robot in such a way that the interruption is what scores them points
A Mission is an opportunity for the Robot to earn points (D02)
A Robot is the team’s LEGO MINDSTORMS controller and all Equipment… (D04)
Equipment is thoroughly defined in R01-R07
External Sensors are limited by R04 and does not include eyes

6. Strategic Interruptions
Two scenarios
Robot drives to Observatory  Team picks up robot as soon as the pointer is in orange, robot clearly didn’t stop on it’s own
Robot drives to Food Production  Team picks up robot as soon as GREEN, robot clearly doesn’t stop on it’s own
Neither scenario would score

7. End of Match
Per R14: If a team doesn’t intend to relaunch, they may stop a program from running and leave it in place
If the robot is actively transporting a mission model when the team interrupts the robot (and the robot clearly hasn’t stopped on it’s own), the team does not earn an interruption penalty but the transported item is handled per R14
If the robot has clearly stopped, they can still stop the program from running and the transported item is left as-is …

8. End of Match Leave the robot in place
Teams cannot interact with the table while the two team members score with the referee

9. Field Set Up
East and West Sides of the mat will be taped per the field set up guide

10. Field Set Up
Mat is flush against the South wall, centered East to West
As flush as possible with the South wall
Distance from West wall to the mat and East wall to the mat will be as equal as possible