2012-2013 Season

Bill Malin Mike Bierbaum James Grim Rick Haynie Pete Marotti

Anderson Bellmont Bishop

Dwenger Canterbury Carroll Columbia City

Dekalb Central*

Heritage Leo North Side West Noble

* New Team

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Material Rules Stock no thicker than ¼”

Teams may laminate material together No bolts thicker than ¼” O.D. and related

hardware No bearings larger than ¼” I.D. Up to $300 total on non-VEX wheels,

sensors, and controllers. Up to two 7.2 VEX or equivalent batteries

may be used.

Robot Controllers

Teams must use VEX Cortex robot microcontroller and transmitter.

Teams will no longer be able to use VEX Pic microcontrollers.

Teams may use a Arduino controller if “controlled” by the VEX Cortex microcontroller.

Whitepapers

Teams will be allowed to use non-VEX electronics and/or modify VEX electronics. Teams will be required to provide a whitepaper for approval PRIOR to competition. Teams will not be allowed to use any non-vex electronics and/or modify VEX electronics unless the whitepaper is approved.

WARNING!!!!!!

We can’t verify how all modifications will effect your robot. It may cause your robot to act in an unexpected manner. You may also harm your robot components. It will be the team’s responsibility to test compatibility to the field.

Robot Size No larger

than 18”x18”x18” at start of match

Robot Weight

Team Colored Lights Remember to leave room Have hook Velcro on your robot Must be clearly visible Must be in an upright position Not included in size and weight of robot

Robot Transmitters Must be connected to field control boxes at

the start of each match Only referees may disconnect transmitters.

No re-matches No time-outs 2 minutes between rounds Please be queued up before match

starts

Please build your robots to handle the rigors of game play. Including contact with the field and other robots.

Please use caution when coming in contact with other teams and the field.

Remember to be a good sport!

January 12th – Practice day @ North Side HS

January 26th – 1st competition @ IVY Tech February 23rd – 2nd competition @ IVY

Tech March 16th – 3rd competition @ IVY Tech April 27th – Championship @ IVY Tech

8:30 am to 8:45 am INSPECTIONS

8:45 am to 9:00 am DRIVER MEETING

9:00 am to 9:15 am OPENING

CEREMONIES 9:15 am – 12:00 pm

MORNING ROUNDS 12:00 pm – 12:30

pm INTERMISSION

12:30 pm– 2:00 pm AFTERNOON ROUNDS

2:00 pm– 4:00 pm CLEAN UP

Team Self Inspection Must meet Youth B.O.T. guidelines Must bring list of purchased parts and receipts to every meet

Robot must be sized in the largest configuration

Only one robot per team at each meet – No back-ups

The tournament will consist of 5 meets

1 practice meet 3 competition

meets 1 championship

meet

Seeding Method

First by Wins and Ties

Then by Average Score rounded to two decimal places

Then by Highest Match Score

Then by Coin Flip

All teams will be divided into one of two groups: The top four teams The middle eight teams

Check often for rule changes and cancellations

Submit questions via Game Q&A section of website Via email: game@youthbot.org

www.ybot.org

The Field

Eggs Plastic Eggs 12 Red, 12 Green, 2

Blue, 2 Yellow Weighs ~ 1oz. 3 ½-13 nuts inside

Chicken Feeder Towers Located on the sides of

the field Each team will have

two towers Yellow and blue lighted

buttons at the base

Candling Station Located directly in

front of each team’s drivers station

Each team will have one station

Lighted button at the base

Skillet and Incubator Towers Located at the corners

of the field The Skillet (Yellow) will

be located to the right of the driver

The Incubator (Blue) to the left of the driver

CMUCam will be used to count the number of eggs deposited under the heat lamp.

Egg Crates Located at midfield Holds 12 eggs One for each team Seperated by a divider

Blue Plate Special Located at mid-field Hold blue and yellow

eggs 10 inch blue “plate”

centered on aluminum sheet metal

Teams will attempt to out-score their opponents first by feeding the chickens. Teams will navigate the field autonomously to press the lighted Feeder Buttons for the first 15 seconds of the game.

Then the teams will earn more points by candle their team’s eggs and placing them under the appropriate heat lamp and counting each egg as its placed.

Teams will then take their candled eggs to the Blue Plate Special. They will earn points by strategically placing their eggs on one or both Blue Plates. Scores can be altered by adding or removing the Golden or Rotten eggs.

The team with the highest score wins.

2 Minutes per match 15 second autonomous mode 1 minute 45 second manual mode

Robot may start anywhere on their team’s side of the field. Robot cannot extend over or touch any field

component except the carpet and white field striping.

Only the drive team may be in their designated driving area during the match All drivers and coach must be behind the

autonomous line at the start of the match. Robots MUST stop ALL motion at the end

of the match

The field will start with 12 of your team’s colored eggs directly in front of the driver at mid-field.

One Blue egg will be placed on your team’s side of the field to the right of the driver at mid-field.

One Yellow egg will be placed on your team’s side of the field to the left of the driver at mid-field.

All field lights will be off.

Feeding the Chickens 0-15 seconds At the start of the match the Blue Feeder Button on

the Feeder Tower to the left of the driver will light. Robots will navigate the field to press each lighted

button. Every time a button is pressed a new random button

on the opposing tower will light. Each lighted button is worth 6 points with a maximum

of 36 points available. Each unlit button pressed will score 1 point for the

opposing team. Each team must press at least 2 lighted Feeder

Buttons either autonomously or manually to move on to the Egg Candling round.

A maximum of 12 points can be earned manually.

46 seconds – 2 minutes Teams can start candling their eggs after

autonomous mode and pressing at least 2 lighted Feeder Buttons

Teams must candle each egg at the Candling Tower by pressing the lit Candling Button

After the Candling Button is pressed a corner tower light will light indicating which tower to bring your egg to. Either the Skillet (yellow) or Incubator (blue).

The teams must then deposit the egg under the appropriate Heat Lamp.

The teams will then count the eggs under that Heat Lamp by pressing the random Feeder Button closest to that Heat Lamp.

The process will repeat until all eggs of been candled.

Teams will receive 1 point for each egg counted every time the lighted Feeder Button is pressed.

If a team has too many eggs under the heat lamp at the time of counting a total of one point will be scored for the opposing team.

Team’s will be responsible for egg placement under the camera. Please keep an eye on your egg count.

Scored at the end of the game Teams will deposit their eggs on one or both of

the Blue Plates The team with the most eggs their color on

each Blue Plate wins that plate The winning team will earn 2 points/their

team’s eggs for winning the plate Each Golden Egg on the plate will add 1

point/egg to the score Each Rotten Egg on the plate will subtract 1

point/egg from the score Eggs touching their team’s robot will not count. Eggs extending past the rim of the plate will

not count.

All robot must stop at the end of the match Students will wait until the referees have

scored the game and given the go-ahead before taking their robots.

Field will be scored as it sits after robots have stopped all motion

Robots may need to be moved to count eggs. Care will be given not to disturb eggs during robot

removal When entering and exiting the field DO NOT

step on any field components. This may cause damage to the field.