Bottle Robo Sumo a k a Robot Shove

Bottle Robo. Sumo a. k. a. Robot Shove North American Championship Nov 3, 2012, 2 pm~6 pm Lawrence Tech 1

Schedule Qualifying test from 1: 00 pm Coach Meeting: 2: 20 pm Opening ceremony: 2: 30 pm Expected average time for a match 6 5 min Jr. and Sr. competitions will be concurrent till finals • 5: 35 pm closing and award ceremony • • • 2

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Qualifying: Object Detection Testing • We will first ask teams to demonstrate sensor(s) to detect objects • Judges will mark the working sensor(s) with blue tape • We will record the time to take to push the bottle off the table (see next slide for the configuration); Team rank will be determined based on time. • The team rank is used to make Double Elimination Tournament Brackets with Seeds 4

Qualifying Configuration The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. Center Back to back 5

Major Sponsors 2012

Sale for Team Travel • Part of today’s merchandise sale will be used to support the travel of selected teams 7

Lego Education Prize • Two NXTs for teams travel support 8

Bottle Robo. Sumo a. k. a. Robot Shove North American Championship Coach Meeting 2: 20 pm 9

Coach Meeting Agenda • Please read this handout!!! • Double elimination tournament Brackets with Seeds • Judge will announce next teams to compete to save time • Two Judges! • Match Procedures – Size and weight check – Judge will roll a die to select one out of 6 10

The Star Spangled Banner Words by Francis Scott Key Music by John Stafford Smith Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Opening Remarks • Dr. Virinder K. Moudgil, President and CEO, Lawrence Technological University 12

Bottle Robo. Sumo a. k. a. Robot Shove Introduction, Rules, and Judging Guidelines CJ Chung Founder & Director of Robofest Professor of Computer Science Robot Game Designer 13

Why Robo. Sumo for Learning? – The problem is tough! • Dynamic environment – Opponent is moving – Bottle may be moving • Unknown environment – Location of bottle is unknown – Lighting condition is unknown – Table color is partially known –… 14

STEM learning Goals • Physical Science – Newton’s laws of motion – Force, Mass, Velocity, and Acceleration – Kinetic energy; Friction • Engineering – Feedback loop control – Center of gravity – Gears • Sensors; Sensor fusion; Perception • Computer Programming and CS 15

How to start a Game Size & weight must be checked for each match Only one player is allowed to start the robot Human player must move back promptly A judge will place a bottle in between the robots during the 3 seconds • Do *not* come close to the ring, when the robot is on the floor • For each game, a Judge will roll a die to select one configuration out of 6 • • 16

Initial Configuration (1) The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. Center North 17

Initial Configuration (2) The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. South corner North 18

Initial Configuration (3) The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. North corner North 19

Initial Configuration (4) The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. Center Back to back 20

Initial Configuration (5) The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. South Back to back 21

Initial Configuration (6) The Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds “wait” period. North Back to back 22

A team of two Judges • Winner of each game is determined when both Judges agree. • If not, they will decide whether to do rematch or declare tie game. 23

A team of two Judges • Both Judges must agree on intentional dropping of bottle, off the table • If not, the game continues. The bottle will not be removed from the competition area. (Note that the table is raised up. ) 24

Example – if Bottle is dropped off the table unintentionally… B A 25

Example – if Bottle is dropped off the table unintentionally, the game will continue until one robot remains on the table B A 26

FAQ • My start button was not pressed correctly. Can I touch the robot after the game started. No. • My robot moved during the 3 second wait period. – You lose the game. • My robot did not move at all. – This is OK. Game will continue. • Drop of robot piece – Automatic lose (robots are not allowed to expand) 27

FAQ - CONTINUED • If a robot pushes the bottle off the table, after that the robot falls off the table itself, while the other robot is still on the table. Who is the winner? The robot that pushed the bottle first is the winner. The judge will announce immediately after the bottle is off. 28

FAQ - CONTINUED • Someone was using flash photography… – Game continues, if both robots are not affected. If a robot is affected, the Judges will decide rematch or not. Also, Judges must announce “No Flash Photography” rule in the beginning. 29

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A very sincere thank you to all of our participants today: Teams, Teachers, Coaches, Parents Judges, and Volunteers. We could not have Robofest without each of you!

Bottle Robo. Sumo a. k. a. Robot Shove Introduction of Judges & Teams, announcements Teri Dubois Robofest Coordinator 32

Judges for two Sumo Rings • Ring 1 (Sr. Division) – Judge 1: Bill Power – Judge 2: Joe Power – Score & time keeper: Susan Latos • Ring 2 (Jr. Division) – Judge 1: Don Dubois – Judge 2: Ann Maten – Score & time keeper: Gordon Stein Judges have all the discretion in making final decisions 33

Recognition for everyone at the end of the program! • Your certificate • Medal with your name on it 34

Sale for Team Travel • Part of today’s merchandise sale will be used to support the travel of selected teams 35

International Robot Olympiad 2013 • Robot Shove Game Again in December • Denver, Colorado 36

Wanted: Robo. Parade Teams • Sat. Nov 17 at Macomb Community College • Robo. Parade registration fees will be waived for today’s Bottle Sumo teams • Great opportunity to learn about robot speed calculation!! 37

Introduction of Teams • Coaches • Teams 38

Let the Games begin!