Rescue Line

Specifications

1. You need to program a robot to complete a variety of predetermined sprint challenges.

2. The robot needs to be pre-programmed. That is, you cannot use a remote control to manoeuvre the robot.

3. You are welcome to use any robot that has the necessary sensors for the challenge: EV3, Spike, mBot, Microbit, etc

4. Your robot will need to be programmed to follow a line on a course.

5. There are six courses for each division to video and complete.

6. The robot will be awarded points for completing each challenge and additional points for overcoming obstacles and completing tasks along the way.

7. If you have competed in previous RoboCup Junior Line Rescue Challenges you will note a number of changes and time taken will come into the success of your robot.

8. Please read the rules carefully and note the changes.

9. For those that have entered in previous years please nothe that there are no drop zones and no touch penalties. However when you restart your robot it must start behind the join of two tiles. You can not just help it find the line or get around the obstacle.

Creating the Course

The key difference in the rules is the rescue courses are simplified to allow creation using A3 paper (click here to download PDF for printing, be sure to set your print settings to Colour, A3, Fit to Page)

You will need to build a course using the A3 sheets and tape or bluetak so that the robot can travel around. Please download the necessary files and rules here:

• Tiles

• Rules

• Courses

The courses (for all levels) can be downloaded here:
2021 Rescue Line State Virtual Competition.pdf

Please note that the zig zag tile in Round 2, in both the Secondary and Open divisions is the gentle zig zag and not the sharp zig zag.

Information about the Primary Rescue (Standard Design) and Secondary Rescue (Standard Design)

These divisions operate similar to as described in the standard rules, however, teams will build their robot in either EV3 or Spike Prime following the below instructions, and then submit their program to us, which will we run on the relevant robot design. These divisions are most suitable for teams who do not have access to physical robots, as they can simply program to suit their choice of Standard Design, and then submit this to us for running on the courses.

Robots can be programmed in the current or previous generation EV3 software, graphical Spike Prime software, or EV3Dev.

– Spike Prime Standard Design for Primary Rescue (available here)

– Spike Prime Standard Design for Secondary Rescue (builds on the above Primary Rescue design) (available here)

– EV3 Standard Design for Primary Rescue and Secondary Rescue (available here)

For teams entering the Standard Design divisions without robots to test with, they may wish to utilise the ev3sim to test their programs (https://ev3sim.mhsrobotics.club/). Please note ev3sim can only simulate EV3Dev or EV3 Graphical (original) programs, it does not support EV3 Classroom.

Submission

You will need to make a six videos of the robot completing each of the courses to the best of its ability.

Driving through a city block which you (or your teacher) will construct using the tiles and courses that we supply.

Robots compete by following a winding line on a series of tiles to a designated rescue area. On the way the robot could encounter obstacles or debris that will challenge the most intrepid programmer. After negotiating the randomly selected path, the robot arrives at a green coloured area which indicates a chemical spill. While the clock is still ticking the robot must find "the capsule containing the victim" before pushing them out of the chemical spill to safety. Time is an important factor.

Robot will be awarded points for completing each challenge and additional points for overcoming obstacles and completing tasks along the way. If teams are ranked on the same score, then the time taken for each round will come into play. The quickest times will be rewarded. You can do as many retakes with your robot before filming and submitting the video. In the video you also need to show us the process of your build and coding. We recommend you take pictures throughout your build and code, so you can use it in the video with a voice over. We will also need a screen shot of your source code.

Teams are required to submit the following by 11.59pm AEDT 10/12/2021

1. Signed mentor declaration

2. Signed participation forms for all team members

3. Robot Source code

4. Team logbook. This can be a video, PDF, slide show etc. It needs to tell us about your learning journey.

5. Six pre-rerecorded videos – one for each round. If you can not complete all of the videos please submit what you can even if they are not perfect.