Coaches QA Call Einstein Hopper State Championships Einstein

Coaches Q&A Call – Einstein & Hopper State Championships Einstein January 19, 2019 Hopper January 20, 2019 7: 15 AM Doors Open/Practice Tables Open/Concessions Open 7: 15 AM – 10: 00 AM Teams can proceed directly to pit tables (some are assigned in Building J and some in Building H). One coach should check-in your team prior to your first scheduled activity (interview /practice run) in Lobby of Building J 8: 15 AM – 11: 45 AM Project, Core Values, Robot Design Interviews Building F 9: 45 AM – 11: 30 AM Robot Performance – Practice Round Matches (scheduled) Head Referee, Dee Karabowicz available for Q&A at competition tables before and after your scheduled team practice time 11: 00 AM – 2: 00 PM Lunch Served (Teams eat lunch between other activities) 12: 00 Noon Two team representatives line up for Spirit Parade 12: 15 PM – 12: 45 PM Opening Ceremony 1: 00 PM Project Callback schedule posted at Information/T-shirt Table in Building J Lobby (and Building H Pit entrance) 1: 00 PM – 1: 45 PM Robot Performance Round 1 Matches 1: 30 PM – 3: 00 PM Callback interviews Building F 1: 30 PM – 3: 00 PM Team photo and pick up medals – Room F 100/F 102 (teams pick time) 1: 45 PM – 2: 05 PM Robot Performance Table Break 2: 05 PM – 2: 50 PM Robot Performance Round 2 Matches 2: 50 PM – 3: 30 PM Robot Performance Round 3 Matches 3: 00 PM “Team Spirit" voting closes 3: 30 PM – 4: 15 PM Robot Performance Round 4 Matches 4: 00 PM Concession Stand Closes 4: 15 PM – 5: 00 PM Alliance Exhibition Round – Participating teams 5: 00 PM – 6: 00 PM FLL Closing Ceremony FIRST Illinois Robotics Representatives On the Call Kyle Blais – Illinois Head Judge Advisor Bob Hubberts – Einstein/Hopper Tournament Director Dee Karabowicz – Illinois Head Referee Sara Lubic – Illinois FIRST LEGO League Program Director Email for interest in Magic Moment Or National Anthem Fll-volunteer@firstillinoisrobotics. org

Building F – Judging Rooms

R 13 Launch • Robots must not be taller than 12 inches on a launch OR re-launch • Active technicians cannot be holding/handling anything on the field

Interruptions • A team may interrupt a robot. They bring the robot back to base and get a penalty (R 14)

Strategic Interruptions • A team may not strategically interrupt a robot in such a way that the interruption is what scores them points – A Mission is an opportunity for the Robot to earn points (D 02) – A Robot is the team’s LEGO MINDSTORMS controller and all Equipment… (D 04) – Equipment is thoroughly defined in R 01 -R 07 • External Sensors are limited by R 04 and does not include eyes

Strategic Interruptions • Two scenarios – Robot drives to Observatory Team picks up robot as soon as the pointer is in orange, robot clearly didn’t stop on it’s own – Robot drives to Food Production Team picks up robot as soon as GREEN, robot clearly doesn’t stop on it’s own • Neither scenario would score

End of Match • Per R 14: If a team doesn’t intend to relaunch, they may stop a program from running and leave it in place – If the robot is actively transporting a mission model when the team interrupts the robot (and the robot clearly hasn’t stopped on it’s own), the team does not earn an interruption penalty but the transported item is handled per R 14 – If the robot has clearly stopped, they can still stop the program from running and the transported item is left as-is …

End of Match • Leave the robot in place • Teams cannot interact with the table while the two team members score with the referee

Field Set Up • East and West Sides of the mat will be taped per the field set up guide

Field Set Up • Mat is flush against the South wall, centered East to West – As flush as possible with the South wall – Distance from West wall to the mat and East wall to the mat will be as equal as possible