• Vex Robot, Lego EV3, Raspberry Pi Based Robot, Arduino Based, Boe-Bot, Shield-Bot, ActivityBot or Similar Robot
• 3 (three) 36-inch long 1x6” or 2x6” Boards (or similarly sized hard object. A wall could be used instead of one of the boards.) See below for the competition board section for clarifications.
• Masking tape

Touch the walls at the high-scoring spots to accumulate as many points as possible within 60 seconds from the start.

About the Robots:

• A white mark is made on the front of the robot
• Because this game tests participant’s ability to carefully program a sequence of movements, the robots in this game must be:
  • Similarly matched in capability - wheel encoders should either be required for all robots or not allowed for any, and their top speeds should be similar.
  • For a more exact approach to robots with varying speeds (to remove the speed advantage):
    • Robots are initially timed through a 3 foot straight course.
    • Robot with the slowest speed is given a scoring period of 60 seconds in the box.
    • Faster robots are given a shorter period of time (percentage of 60 seconds) based on their speed run compared to the slowest robot’s time in the speed trial.

About the course/field:

• The robot must start from a point 12 inches outside and centered on the box.
• Timing begins when the vehicle enters the box, and ends when it exits the box.

About the Game:

• This competition tests the robot's response to touch sensors, accurate turns, and strategy of the programmer.

• Competitors do not know the pattern of points on the wall until 30 minutes before the competition.
• Points are scored from the section of wall closest to the center-line of the robot when it contacts a wall.
• The two other walls must be contacted before points can be scored again on the first wall.
• No scoring is allowed after the robot’s allotted scoring period.
• A penalty of 5 points per second are deducted for every second the robot remains in the box beyond its allotted scoring period.

• A modification of the the competition for more accomplished competitors is to place a 2"x12" brick on the center-line of the box at a distance from the back wall unknown before the competition.
• Additional requirements for programming can be imposed to increase the difficulty.
• Other sensors, such as the PING))) or infrared sensors could be used, and a line near the boards to indicate that the robot got “close enough” before turning around could be added.

• There will be no requirement on what kind of robotic platform will be used. There will be no requirement on what robotic programming language will be used. The only requirement is that robots are built, and code is programmed, by students only.

• There will be a robot build/programming area in a room separate from the competition area.
• The build/programming area will only be accessible to teams in the competition.
• Coaches/chaperones will not be able to enter the build/programming area.
• Students will check-in robots and programming computers to the build/programming area at the start of the competition.
• The robots will not be able to leave the build area, except to go straight to the competition area, once checked in.
• Programming computers, once checked in, will not be able to leave the programming area for the duration of the competition.
• There will be no Internet access in the programming area.
• No tools, robotics pieces, computers, batteries, etc will be provided by ACS. Each team will be provided with an area to charge batteries, program robots, and build/change robots.
• Teams from same school cannot share robots.

There will be two competition boards. Which one you use is dependent on what type of robotics platform your students will be using. There will be a small board that will be a standard 4’ x 8’ (121.92 cm X 243.84cm). There will be a larger board that will be scaled to an as yet undefined ratio. Please know that everything on the larger board will be scaled up from the smaller board. (An example would be that if the scale ratio for the larger board is 3:1 the board would be 12’ x 24’ (365.76 cm x 731.52 cm). A block to be moved on the smaller board of 5cm x 5cm x 5cm would be 15cm x 15cm x 15cm on the larger board.) Board diagrams for both board configurations will be sent to teams. Teams can choose which board to compete on.

Awards will be for point accrual for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. There will also be awards for best-engineered robots and best code.