12 th anniversary Robofest 2011 Kick-off Info Meeting

12 th anniversary Robofest 2011 Kick-off Info Meeting December 4, 2010 , 2: 30 pm EST December 7, 2010, 5: 30 pm EST January 8, 2011, 4: 00 pm EST revised 2 -25 -11 “Inspiring Young Minds to Master the Machine. ” Please download a zip file containing Robofest 2011 rule documents at www. robofest. net (under What’s New section) The (webinar) meeting will begin shortly.

The Zipped file contains the following files: 2

12 th 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 Mac. Lennan • Jon Nabozny • Jamie Mac. Lennan • Ryan Matthews • Sara Moss • Dan Rosendale • Dan Anderegg • Jane Tarakhovsky • Kurt Meister 4

Kick-off Info Meeting Agenda • Overview of Robofest • 2011 Rules for each Main Competition • • category Introduction to Associate Competitions 2011 Registration Schedule Q&A Please join the Robofest e. News list at robofest. net! 5

Goals of Robofest • 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 6

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)5 th – 8 th § Sr. Division: 9 th – 12 th • Associate Competitions for Advanced and College Teams 7

2011 Season Opportunities • Main Competitions § Game § Exhibition § Robo. Fashion & Dance Show • Associate Competitions § Vision Centric Challenge (VCC) § n. Vn Multi Robot Team Sumo § FIRST Vision Challenge (Tentative) 8

Main Competitions Competition Category Game BTOS Exhibition Fashion & Dance Show Age Division Robot Unknown factors Assess ment Jr. & Sr. Max 7 Any Yes Jr. & Sr. Max 7 Jr. Max 7 Any No Yes Registration Fee: $50 Team Size 9

3 levels of Main Competition One World Championship May 7, 2011 at Lawrence Tech 3 Regional Championships Many Local Qualifiers 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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 provideo sharing site link by noon Apr 9, 2011 • Number of World team slots allocated to each Regional will be determined in March. 14

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 15

World Robofest Championship • 60 -65 teams will be invited from Regional Championships (RCs) • Friday, May 6, 2011 – 12 th anniversary dinner • Saturday, May 7, 2011 World Robofest • Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, in the Don Ridler Field House 16

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 17

Exhibition Competition Category • 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 You. Tube or School. Tube) is highly recommended 18

Robo. Fashion & Dance Show • Two robots are recommended • Communication between two robots • Human to Robot, Robot to Robot interaction strongly encouraged • Stage § Two 30”x 72” plastic (folding leg) tables should be used § Team will have freedom to design their landmarks by themselves § Bring the tables to the competition site 19

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. Learning objectives: logic, ratio, proportion, circles, angles, math operations, measuring, and Pythagoras' theorem. 20

Robofest 2011 Game “Block the Oil Spill” Video http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=q. Uoew 9 XFb_Y or play BTOS. mp 4 file in the zip 21

Playing Field Layout (Sr. Division) 22

Playing Field Layout (Jr. Division) The rest of playing field is same as Sr. 23

Rounds • 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! 24

How to start the robot • 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! 25

Rule Violations • 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 26

Scoring Sheet (1) 27

Scoring Sheet (2) 105 28

Robot Specifications • • Max length and width: 35 cm x 76 cm. 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 29

FAQs • 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 30 is unknown

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 31

Associate Competitions Competition Category Age Division Robot Unknown factors Assess ment 2 v 2 Multi Robot H. S. Sr. & Max 2 Team Sumo College or 3 Any Yes No Vision Centric Challenge (VCC) H. S. Sr. & Max 2 College or 3 Any Partly yes No FIRST Vision Challenge H. S. Sr. FIRST robot Partly yes No Registration fee: $50 Team Size Max 7 32

n. Vn 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 33

DFA (Deadly Friendly Attack) • A robot team loses a game if a robot is out of the table (intentionally or unintentionally) pushed by a friend robot Pink loses the game. Game ends! 34

How to start/play the game • 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 n. Vn. Robo. Sumo link for more details 35

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 36

2011 VCC course Mini IGVC Autonomous Challenge DEAD END 37

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 38

How to Register a Team for both main & associate competitions 1. Read 2011 rules; if returning coach, go to 4 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. below. Go to robofest. net and submit New Coach Registration form Confirm the registration at your email account – If you do not receive a confirmation email, please contact robofestoffice@gmail. com Log on to the coach account at robofest. net Select a qualifying site and a category per team Register team(s) Pay registration fee online using Pay. Pal (or send a check) Upload team photo; update team info as necessary 39

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 40

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 41

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 42

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 43

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. 44

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 45

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 e. News announcement Jan ~ Feb, 2011: Technical workshops, Onsite 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 46

NOTE THAT THE LAST QUALIFIER IS ON APRIL 2. TEAMS NEED TO PREPARE EARLY THIS 2011 SEASON. 47

Early date qualifying sites will advance more teams than late date sites. 48

Technical Workshops at LTU & Webinar: watch for URL by email Date: Time: Sat. Jan. 8 1 p-4 p Sat. Jan. 15 9 a-12 p Sat. Jan. 15 1 p-4 p Workshop: NXTG for Game Robot. C for Game Location: LTU, M 218 Sat. Jan. 22 1 p-4 p Sat. Jan. 29 1 p-4 p Sat. Feb. 5 9 a-12 p Sat. Feb. 5 1 p-4 p Le. Jos Java L 2 Bot with Java NXTG for Game NXTG for Fashion LTU, M 218 Workshops are only for registered teams 49

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 50

Questions? • Please first read the 2011 rules • Send robofest@LTU. edu questions, comments, corrections, and suggestions Greetings for the New Year! 51