Robot
- WHOLE team must know about robot design and programming (It will be asked at competition)
- EVERYONE should contribute to the programming/building
- IMPORTANT: Document your design process! It helps with being aware of changes made earlier, and is useful for judges in evaluation
Recommended Robot Design Pathway
- Brainstorm ideas of what you want your robot to look like.
- Start creating a small robot chassis with all the motors and sensors you are using.
- Build on the robot chassis to improve the structural integrity.
- Start creating attachments that will fit on your robot and can accomplish different missions.
- Document everything!
Project
- Identify a problem relating to season topic
- Create a solution to solve that problem
- Present using a skit and a trifold poster
- Teams should contact experts in the field to help improve their solution.
- Making a physical model of the solution will simplify presenting to judges.
- Idea should be realistic, effective, and most of all, innovative.
Core values
- Demonstrates how well team will work together
- At competition, team will be given a task, and they must find a way to work together while cooperating
- You can practice for this by having parents setting up an activity for kids to do prior to competition.
- You can practice for this by having parents setting up an activity for kids to do prior to competition.
- Undercover judges will be watching the behavior of students to make sure they are always following the core values.
- Teams can choose to make trifold, but unlike with the project, it is optional.
- Gracious Professionalism: Showing kindness to the competition. Make sure to help other teams out at competitions.
- In our rookie year, a team lent us their practice field because we forgot to bring ours.
- In our second year, another team lent us robot parts when we ran out.
- In our rookie year, a team lent us their practice field because we forgot to bring ours.
At Competition
- You will run the robot on the live field to gain as many points as possible.
- You will explain the robot design and programming to judges at the competition.
- You will demonstrate how well your team works together by completing a task in front of judges.
- Lastly, you will create a five minute presentation to demonstrate what problem your team chose to solve and how you solved this problem.
- Note: Each part of the competition gives you 25% towards the total determination of your placing at competition.
What should students expect?
- Meeting almost every weekend (Saturday or Sunday) for 3 ½ to 4 hours
- Individually spending time during the week working on whatever is assigned to you
- As competition time comes closer, expect to meet after-school for 1 ½ to 2 hours
- EXTREME DEDICATION
- Everyone will have a role
- Have fun!
What should adults expect?
- Parents should mostly only be involved in logistics
- Transportation
- Schedule meetings
- Finances
- Transportation
- When working on robot or project they should remain hands off.
- Support towards children and understanding time dedication.
- Registration, buying stuff all falls upon parents in most cases.
Registration costs
- Registration: $225.00
- Field Set: $75.00
- At least one center/home that can accomodate a 93” by 45” Robot mat
- At least one center/home that can accomodate a 93” by 45” Robot mat
- EV3 Core Set: $496.00
- EV3 Expansion Set: $101.95
- Replacement parts: Range from $21.95-$197.95
- Minor expenses (Arts & crafts supplies)
- Cost per person
- Team of 4: $248.44 per person
- Team of 10: $99.38 per person
- Team of 4: $248.44 per person