Robot Design / Robot Game is the heart and soul of what we call here as robotics. Teams build and program a LEGO MINDSTORMS robot (RCX, NXT, EV3 ,or Spike PRIME) and share their work at the competition.  Teams work to complete the various missions around the map to gain point values along the way. Every year, the mat layout and missions change, bringing new rules with them. The Robot Design presentation is where the team explains how their robot completes missions and how it works. The team explains their strategies and how the programs function. During Robot design they also give info about the attachments the team uses and the design behind the robot itself. The team tells the judges how many points they get in their robot game and how many missions they complete. Having a good design is a very big part in the robot game and robot design, so teams have to be able to explain it well. Robot design and robot game is the most technical subject but that doesn't keep it from being fun.