12th anniversary Robofest 2011 Kick-off Info Meeting

December 4, 2010 , 2:30 pm ESTDecember 7, 2010, 5:30 pm ESTJanuary 8, 2011, 4:00 pm EST

revised 2-25-11

“Inspiring Young Minds to Master the Machine.”

Please download a zip file containing Robofest 2011rule documents at www.robofest.net (under What’s New section)

The (webinar) meeting will begin shortly.

The Zipped file contains the following files:

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12th anniversary Robofest 2011 Kick-off Info Meeting

“Inspiring Young Minds to Master the Machine.”

Welcome to Robofest 2011 Little robots, Big Missions• CJ Chung, Associate Prof. of

Computer Science, Founder and Director

• Chris Cartwright, Associate Prof. of Math, Program Manager

• Jerri Ureel, Robofest Coordinator, jureel@ltu.edu 248-204-3568

• Teri Dubois, Associate Coordinator, tdubois@ltu.edu

• Susan Latos, Assistant Coordinator

Other Staff:

• Tiffany Platt

• Keith Bozin

• Joe Long

• Taiga Sato

• Wendy MacLennan

• Jon Nabozny

• Jamie MacLennan

• Ryan Matthews

• Sara Moss

• Dan Rosendale

• Dan Anderegg

• Jane Tarakhovsky

• Kurt Meister4

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Kick-off Info Meeting Agenda• Overview of Robofest

• 2011 Rules for each Main Competition category

• Introduction to Associate Competitions

• 2011 Registration

• Schedule

• Q & APlease join the Robofest

eNews list at robofest.net!

• Motivate students’ interest in STEM subjects

• Integrate STEM subjects into autonomous Robotics Competitions

• Put theories into practice through Robotics

• Promote students’ creative and innovative thinking

• Build the work force of the future

Goals of Robofest

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Features of Robofest• Autonomous - Sensors required• Challenging - dynamic playing fields, unknown

factors, and no direct adult help allowed

• Any robotics system • Affordable (reusing old kits; reg. fee: $50)• Pre and Post Assessments (on-line)• Qualifiers, Regionals & World Championship• Age Divisions

Jr. Division: (4)5th – 8th

Sr. Division: 9th – 12th

• Associate Competitions for Advanced and College Teams

2011 Season Opportunities

• Main CompetitionsGameExhibitionRoboFashion & Dance Show

• Associate Competitions Vision Centric Challenge (VCC) nVn Multi Robot Team Sumo FIRST Vision Challenge (Tentative)

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Main Competitions

Competition Category

Age Division

Team Size

Robot Unknown factors

Assessment

Game - BTOS

Jr. & Sr.

Max 7

Any Yes Yes

Exhibition Jr. & Sr.

Max 7

Any No Yes

Fashion & Dance Show

Jr. Max 7

Any No Yes

9Registration Fee: $50

3 levels of Main Competition

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One World Championship

3 Regional Championships

Many Local Qualifiers

May 7, 2011 at Lawrence Tech

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2011 Qualifying Sites

• United States: MI, HI, TX, FL, IN, MN, OH, NH, CA, …

• International Canada – Ontario, Alberta Korea, China, Russia?, etc.

• Video Submission

• Check out the complete list at robofest.net

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Submitting a Qualifier Video• Video Submission in Games, Exhibition,

and Fashion Show is available to teams who do not have a Robofest Qualifier in close proximity

• Game teams must contact robofest@LTU.edu prior to the video submission to get unknown factors

• When submitting a video, the coach must include the signed submission form available at www.robofest.net / 2011 link

• All videos must be received by Apr 2, 2011

Recognition of Video Submission Teams (New Slide Added on 2-25-11)• Medals and Certificates will be mailed to

the coach address

• Winners will be decided by Judges appointed by Robofest office.

• Winner trophies will be mailed to the coach address

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Regional Championships (RC)

• Top teams from each qualifier will advance to a RC Asia-pacific RC: January 21, Hanyang U, Korea Michigan RC: April 16, Lawrence Tech, 60 team

slots available Video RC:

• Phone interview possible• No video required for Game teams (scores from

Qualifiers to be used)• Exhibition/Robofashion teams must provide video

sharing site link by noon Apr 9, 2011

• Number of World team slots allocated to each Regional will be determined in March.

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Online Assessment for Math and Science• Pre-assessment: Instructions will be

emailed to coaches in January

• Post-assessment: After the qualifier, instructions will be emailed to coaches in early April.

• We need control groups (non Robofest students). If interested, please email to Dr. Cartwright, ccartwrig@LTU.edu

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World Robofest Championship

• 60-65 teams will be invited from Regional Championships (RCs)

• Friday, May 6, 2011 –12th anniversary dinner

• Saturday, May 7, 2011 World Robofest

• Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, in the Don Ridler Field House

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Team Photo Contest for Main Competition

• A team picture needs to be uploaded within 3 weeks after the team registration and at least 10 days prior to the Qualifier.

• Selection criteria: team spirit, unity, harmony, uniqueness, etc.

• Winners will be announced during the World Championship on May 7, 2011

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• Complete freedom to show off any type of creative autonomous robotics project

• Must employ sensors

• Human to Robot, Robot to Robot interaction strongly encouraged

• Using robotics to learn/teach STEM highly recommended. For example, Power & Energy related experiments – some free energy sensors will be available for high school teams

• Sharing online video (such as YouTube or SchoolTube) is highly recommended

Exhibition Competition Category

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RoboFashion & Dance Show• Two robots are recommended

• Communication between two robots

• Human to Robot, Robot to Robot interaction strongly encouraged

• Stage Two 30”x72” plastic (folding leg) tables

should be used Team will have freedom to design their

landmarks by themselves Bring the tables to the competition site

Block the Oil Spill - Game 2011

In order to stop the oil spill in deepwater, an autonomous robot is being sent to cap 3 leaking pipes.

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Learning objectives: logic, ratio, proportion, circles, angles, math operations, measuring, and Pythagoras' theorem.

Robofest 2011 Game “Block the Oil Spill” Video

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUoew9XFb_Y

or play BTOS.mp4 file in the zip

Playing Field Layout (Sr. Division)

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Playing Field Layout (Jr. Division)

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The rest of playing field is same as Sr.

• 2 rounds, 2 minutes per round

• Playing field unknown factors for each round will be different

• Teams will be given 30 minutes after the playing field is unveiled and the playing field parameters (a/b and c) are given.

• All teams must submit their robot to the impound area when 30 minutes has expired and after their 2 min round has been completed – This is different from previous years!

Rounds

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• Robot must start with any part on or over the Home Base plate (aluminum tape) and any part of the robot must not cross the red Home Base line; it may hang over the edges of the table.

• Players may touch / modify / pickup or load the cup when the robot is on or over the aluminum tape. Watch the video!

How to start the robot

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• Penalty (-5) points (no more than two times): If any part of the robot is touched outside of

Home Base by a player Playing field (not cups) is touched by a player Robot touches the leaking pipe

• After the violation is announced The robot must be re-started from Home Base Playing field will not be reset

Rule Violations

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Scoring Sheet (1)

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Scoring Sheet (2)

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• Max length and width: 35cm x 76cm.

• Height and weight: no limit

• One brain

• Any number of sensors/sensor types

• Any number of motors

• Any material

• Any programming language

• Must have a team ID tag

Robot Specifications

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• Can a player load the cup by hand during the game? Yes

• Where can we do that? On or over the foil tape, player can pick up the robot to load the cup

• Can we use touch sensor to measure the length of the Pipe 3 “structure” (not Pipe 3)? Yes

• Can we get the points of reading pipe 3 structure, if Rock is still on table? No

• Can we use a light sensor to detect the Pipe 2? Though not recommended, Yes

• Is Color of the leaking pipes always white? No, it is unknown

FAQs

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2011 Associate Competitions• June 4-5 at Oakland University during

IGVC

• “Open” Competitions will also be available before June

• First come, first served, as the number of teams allowed in Associate categories will be limited at each venue

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Associate Competitions

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Competition Category

Age Division

Team Size

Robot Unknown factors

Assessment

2v2 Multi Robot Team Sumo

H.S. Sr. & College

Max 2 or 3

Any Yes No

Vision Centric Challenge (VCC)

H.S. Sr. & College

Max 2 or 3

Any Partly yes No

FIRST Vision Challenge

H.S. Sr. Max 7 FIRST robot

Partly yes No

Registration fee: $50

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nVn Multi Robot Team Sumo

• n = 2, a team of two robots in 2011

• 1 match – up to 3 games

• 1 game - up to 2 minutes

• A robot team loses a game if a robot is out of the table (intentionally or unintentionally) pushed by a friend robot

DFA (Deadly Friendly Attack)

Pink loses the game.Game ends!

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• Size & weight must be checked for each match

• Press the start button of one robot. Then the robot must send wireless signal such as Bluetooth to start the other robot.

• Go to robofest.net and click on nVnRoboSumo link for more details

How to start/play the game

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Vision Centric Challenge

• Vision-based robot competition

• Senior and College Divisions

• More difficult than previous years

Go to robofest.net/collegiate for 2011 Rules and to watch a video of past competitions

2011 VCC courseMini IGVC Autonomous Challenge

DEAD

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FIRST Vision Challenge (FVC)

• Using FIRST® robot 2011 vision system

• To read arrow directions and/or other traffic signals

• Competition date: June 4-5 or TBD

• Go to robofest.net for detailed 2011 Rules

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How to Register a Team for both main & associate

competitions

1. Read 2011 rules; if returning coach, go to 4 below.

2. Go to robofest.net and submit New Coach Registration form

3. Confirm the registration at your email account – If you do not receive a confirmation email, please contact robofestoffice@gmail.com

4. Log on to the coach account at robofest.net 5. Select a qualifying site and a category per team6. Register team(s)7. Pay registration fee online using PayPal (or

send a check)8. Upload team photo; update team info as

necessary

Registration FAQ

• Can a coach register multiple teams in a site: yes

• Can a coach using one coach ID register teams in multiple sites? No. A coach must get another coach ID

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Registration Deadline

• 21 days (3 weeks) before the (qualifying) competition date

• If a division at a site does not have 5 teams or more, teams registered at the site may be moved to another site; or teams can enter via video submission

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Becoming a Team Coach• Any teacher, school administrator, parent,

tech specialist, or scientist/engineer is eligible to be a coach.

• Coaches must be adults without any criminal record.

• Please note: email is the primary and official communication method between the team and the Robofest organizer

• Coaches must agree to and abide by the 2011 Coach’s Pledge

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Roles of Team Coach• Recruit team volunteers, including tech

mentors, if needed• Another important role of the coach is to

find sponsors for their team(s)• Responsible for facilitating team meetings• Responsible for entering/updating the team

data and uploading team & robot photos• Collect Consent & Release forms to submit

at all event check-ins• Coordinate online pre & post assessment

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Age Division Waiver Requests:• Coaches must submit the Age

Division Waiver Request Form, if there is any age exception

• Robofest will return the form to the coach with approval or disapproval

• Usually, playing up is O.K.

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Things to bring on Competition Day

• Check-in fee (if required by the qualifying host)• A laptop or PC for each team• Only for exhibition teams:

Hard copy of programs to give to judges, optional Poster boards to introduce the exhibition description

and all the necessary materials for the exhibition Video sharing link

• Only for Fashion/Dance teams: Music and appropriate device for playing it Your own stage

• A power strip and power cord• Extra batteries or battery charger• Signed Consent & Release forms

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2011 Main Season Schedule• Dec 4, 7: Rules announced and posted on the

web; kick-off meeting, coach & team registration begins

• Late December: finalization of Rules; watch for eNews announcement

• Jan ~ Feb, 2011: Technical workshops, On-site workshops, pre-assessment

• Feb 19: Warm-up at LTU (Judge Training)• Mar 5 ~ Apr 2: Qualifiers, post assessment• April 16: Regional Championships completed• May 7: World Robofest Championship

NOTE THAT THE LAST QUALIFIER IS ON APRIL 2.

TEAMS NEED TO PREPARE EARLY THIS 2011 SEASON.

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Early date qualifying sites will advance more teams than late date sites.

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Technical Workshops at LTU & Webinar: watch for URL by email

Date: Time: Workshop: Location:

Sat. Jan. 8 1p-4p NXTG for Game LTU, M218

Sat. Jan. 15 9a-12p NXTG for Game LTU, M218

Sat. Jan. 15 1p-4p RobotC for Game LTU, M218

Sat. Jan. 22 1p-4p LeJos Java LTU, M218

Sat. Jan. 29 1p-4p L2Bot with Java LTU, M218

Sat. Feb. 5 9a-12p NXTG for Game LTU, M218

Sat. Feb. 5 1p-4p NXTG for Fashion LTU, M218

Workshops are only for registered teams

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BTOS Game Field Kits Available

• Complete Game Field Kits available for purchase at the kick-off meetings only! Kit includes: “broken” pipe structures;

black foam board walls; styrofoam cups Price: $15.00 (does not include table for

field). Cash or check only, please.• One FREE Game kit for each Site Host at

the Kick Off meetings

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Questions?

• Please first read the 2011 rules• Send robofest@LTU.edu questions,

comments, corrections, and suggestions

Greetings for the New Year!