Game, Points, and Tournament info

Game, Points, and Tournament Info

Game:

• Standard drive team (driver, manipulator, coach, human player); 15sec auto, 2:15min teleop
• Defenses start with a strength of two; crossing decreases strength by one
• One human player per alliance can be a spy
• Crossing a defense: start fully in neutral zone, end fully in courtyard
• Can have just bumpers over defense module in auto mode for points
• Tower strength starts at 8, goal scored decreases by 1
• Tower is captured if 3 robots are surrounding/scaling it
• Can only preload a boulder ON the robot
• To have scaled the tower, must be 2' off the ground (bumpers clearly above line); avoid the low goal while climbing
• Robot must stay on tower 5sec after powered down to have climbed up
• Cannot intentionally throw boulder out
• Must start on opposite side of field from driver station, cannot cross over midline (auto only).
• Robot starts on auto line or in spy box (any part)
• Max height is 4'6", except for when climbing tower (last 20 sec)
• Can't extend beyond 15" past frame perimeter
• Cannot contact opposing robot while in secret passage, can only enter from opponent's courtyard, cannot use to travel from one area to another.
• Cannot pin for 5+ secs
• Can't spread out to block goals while standing on own batter; only one defending bot
• Boulders can't be fed through opponent's secret passage
• No more than 6 boulders in a castle at once
• Can't launch boulders except from opponent's courtyard
• Boulder cannot travel through outerworks without accompanying bot, cannot take more than one
• Can't interfere with robot trying to cross defenses; no interfering with robots on batter in last 20sec
• Can't jump low bar
• Can spy use other means of communication?

Tournament Rules:

• Yellow card against robot assigned after multiple fouls; red card after two yellows
• Red card stops you from competing in the match
• No wireless communication around the field
• Alliances may call a timeout (elimination only, one only)
• Field open 30min prior to qualification matches
• One defense chosen by audience noise level; other 3 choices made by one drive team representing their alliance
• Defense determined two matches prior
• Audience's choice applies to a whole round of matches

Point Values and Penalties: