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Contest Briefing and practice time: Tuesday 3pm - 6pm.
Contest Briefing and practice time: Tuesday 3pm - 6pm.
Tuesday Contest Briefing Agenda: Initial inspection, Interviews, Drive Chassis Course, practice on other courses.
Tuesday Contest Briefing Agenda: Initial inspection, Interviews, Drive Chassis Course, practice on other courses.
Bring your own computer or phone or tablet if you can for the written test on Wednesday. We have a limited supply of tablets available.
Bring your own computer or phone or tablet if you can for the written test on Wednesday. We have a limited supply of tablets available.
A TV will be provided that has RCA and HDMI inputs.
A TV will be provided that has RCA and HDMI inputs.
General Guidelines
Teams should be at their tables by their timeslot.
Teams may wander SkillsUSA State floors if time permits and if local advisor is ok with it. - USR Staff will not police your presence here.
IF a team is not present for their timeslot, the score for that challenge will be a zero with no makeups - be on time.
Scoring and operation of each challenge course will follow closely to the National Technical Standards for USR.
Tuesday Overview
Tuesday Overview
Following End of Opening Ceremony: Find your tables , set up robots, USR staff will check rosters
3:15: Contest Briefing
4:00: Turn in resume and Engineers' Notebook.
4:15: Drive Chassis Course. Each team has a scheduled time slot. IF team is not present for their timeslot, the run will be forfeited and score will be zero.
4:00-6:00: Courses open for teams to look over and practice. Teams wait in line, 5 min maximum on a course.
Wednesday Overview
Wednesday Overview
7:30: USR opens for teams.
8:00: Each team gets ONLY ONE chance at score for each course and each team has timeslots for each course.
12:00-12:30: Lunch
12:30-1:00: Written Test
1:00: Panel discussion with judges.
The Robot
The Robot
Please note: The items below aren't all the rules, but some of the more important ones.
Please note: The items below aren't all the rules, but some of the more important ones.
o Limit of eight motors/servos per competing robot
o Maximum of one transmitter/remote
o One rechargeable battery pack for drivetrain motor power, maximum 12V 3,000 mAh.
o Wireless camera system that must be mounted on robot
o Robot must fit into an 18" x 18" x 18" space when starting but may be expanded to a larger size during the challenge.
o Implementation of pneumatic systems are prohibited due to safety concerns of potential rupture of onboard pressure vessels used to power pneumatics on a mobile robot in an unprotected arena.
Scoring - Total 1000 points
Scoring - Total 1000 points
Robot Drive Chassis Skill Challenge: 100
Robot Drive Chassis Skill Challenge: 100
Arm Mechanism: 100
Arm Mechanism: 100
Navigation Skill Challenge: 100
Navigation Skill Challenge: 100
Camera POV Skill Challenge: 100
Camera POV Skill Challenge: 100
Communication & Collaboration Skill Challenge: 100
Communication & Collaboration Skill Challenge: 100
Engineering Notebook: 125
Engineering Notebook: 125
Technical Presentation: 75
Technical Presentation: 75
Urban Search & Rescue Field Challenge: 200
Urban Search & Rescue Field Challenge: 200
Test: 100
Test: 100
Total: 1000
Total: 1000
Deductions: No resume -10, Team member missing: -30
Deductions: No resume -10, Team member missing: -30
Live stream -Tuesday & Wednesday
Live stream -Tuesday & Wednesday
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