Botball+Rules

Botball Rules:
1. The Game a. Each match is 2 minutes, 30 seconds long. b. The first 30 seconds of the match are "Autonomous mode", meaning the bot operates without user intervention. c. The final 2 minutes are "Driver controlled", where the joystick is permitted. d. Each match consists of 2 teams - a team is 2 robots. Teams are assigned to the red or blue side of the field. e. Each team begins in their two starting squares, corresponding to the teams' colors. f. Each team has two objects - to retrieve balls from the off-field hoppers and score them in the goals, or to move the ducky off of its starting square into the corresponding team color square. g. Scoring is determined at the end of the autonomous round and at the end of the driver-controlled round. h. Robots may interfere with each other for five seconds only - after that, the interfering robot must move to another activity for a reasonable period of time before resuming any interference. i. Injury time-outs will be called if any bot comes apart or flips over and cannot recover without operator intervention.

2. The Robot a. Robots must be built using one NXT brick, three motors, and any number of NXT kit parts, sensors, or wires. b. No other materials outside of the LEGO Mindstorms NXT Education set are permitted on the robot. c. Robots must be programmed using ROBOTC and controlled by the standard Logitech game controllers provided by the instructor. d. Robots must not be designed to damage other robots, only to interfere with their driving or operation.

3. Game Scoring a. Autonomous - ball brought to mat: 3 points b. Autonomous - ball scored: 5 points c. Driver-controlled - ball scored: 5 points d. Driver-controlled - Duckie in square: 20 points e. Driver-controlled - back in starting square at the end of match: 5 points.

4. Tournament Scoring: a. Winning a match: 5 points b. In the first three rounds, each team's tournament score is supplemented by the number of balls scored by the opposing team.