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KKRR

CCII ––

2200

0055

K

onte

s Rob

ot C

erda

s Ind

ones

ia 2

005

R

obot

Pem

adam

Api

(F

ire

Figh

ting

Rob

ot)

14

& 1

5 M

ei 2

005

Bal

airu

ng U

nive

rsita

s Ind

ones

ia

Dep

ok

i

Sam

buta

n D

irek

tur

Jend

eral

Pen

didi

kan

Tin

ggi

Kem

ajua

n Ilm

u Pe

nget

ahua

n da

n T

ekno

logi

yan

g te

rjadi

den

gan

cepa

t ak

hir-

akhi

r in

i m

enye

babk

an b

anya

knya

pro

duk-

prod

uk i

ndus

tri y

ang

sem

akin

can

ggih

yan

g te

rseb

ar s

ecar

a lu

as d

imas

yara

kat

duni

a..

Sala

h sa

tu

tuju

an

dari

pend

idik

an

tingg

i ad

alah

un

tuk

men

umbu

hkan

, m

enge

mba

ngka

n da

n m

engu

asai

IpTe

k m

elal

ui m

ahas

isw

a d

alam

rang

ka

men

ingk

atka

n ke

mam

puan

, har

ga d

iri b

angs

a se

rta ta

raf h

idup

mas

yara

kat

seca

ra lu

as.

Sehu

bung

an

deng

an

itu,

saya

m

enya

mbu

t ba

ik

dise

leng

gara

kann

ya

Kon

tes

Rob

ot

Cer

das

Indo

nesi

a Ta

hun

2005

(K

RC

I-20

05)

deng

an

hara

pan

K

RC

I-20

05

mam

pu

men

jadi

w

ahan

a un

tuk

men

doro

ng

kem

ampu

an k

reat

ivita

s m

ahas

isw

a m

engg

unak

an il

mu

peng

etah

uan

yang

di

pela

jarin

ya d

alam

mem

buat

sua

tu s

iste

m d

alam

ben

tuk

desa

in r

obot

ce

rdas

yan

g di

tuju

kan

untu

k m

enem

ukan

dan

mem

adam

kan

api l

ilin

yang

di

leta

kkan

dal

am s

uatu

ben

tuk

lapa

ngan

men

yeru

pai

bang

unan

rum

ah

tingg

al.

Dih

arap

kan

KR

CI-

2005

yan

g un

tuk

kedu

a ka

linya

dia

daka

n in

i se

lain

m

ampu

men

doro

ng k

emam

puan

mah

asis

wa

pese

rta k

onte

s, ju

ga d

apat

be

rper

an

seba

gai

hibu

ran

bagi

m

asya

raka

t se

rta

wah

ana

sosi

alis

asi

tekn

olog

i maj

u ba

gi m

asya

raka

t sec

ara

luas

. Kon

tes

ini

juga

dih

arap

kan

men

jadi

pen

unja

ng k

egia

tan

KR

I-20

05 y

ang

akan

dis

elen

ggar

akan

sec

ara

bers

amaa

n de

ngan

KR

CI-

2005

ini.

D

alam

ke

sem

pata

n in

i, D

irekt

orat

Je

nder

al

Pend

idik

an

Ting

gi

men

gund

ang

selu

ruh

perg

urua

n tin

ggi

di I

ndon

esia

unt

uk b

erpa

rtisi

pasi

da

lam

KR

CI-

2005

ini.

Sela

mat

ber

parti

sipa

si, s

emog

a de

ngan

KR

CI-

2005

kita

dap

at s

ecar

a le

bih

cepa

t m

enin

gkat

kan

peng

uasa

an

tekn

olog

i m

aju

serta

m

enin

gkat

kan

kual

itas p

endi

dika

n tin

ggi d

i Ind

ones

ia.

J

akar

ta, 2

Nov

embe

r 200

4

Dire

ktur

Jend

eral

Pen

didi

kan

Ting

gi

Sat

ryo

Soem

antr

i Bro

jone

goro

ii

Daf

tar

Isi :

Hal

Sam

buta

n D

irekt

ur Je

nder

al P

endi

dika

n Ti

nggi

i

Daf

tar I

si

ii

Lata

r Bel

akan

g

1

Tuju

an

2

Tem

a

2

Div

isi/K

atag

ori

2

Sist

em P

erta

ndin

gan

3

Wak

tu d

an T

empa

t Pel

aksa

naan

3

Pese

rta

3

Sele

ksi P

eser

ta

4

Pros

es S

elek

si

4

Peng

harg

aan

5

Jadw

al

5

Ala

mat

Pen

yele

ngga

ra

6

Lam

pira

n 1

: Atu

ran

Perta

ndin

gan

7

Lam

pira

n 2

: Gam

bar/D

enah

Lap

anga

n

3

8

Lam

pira

n 3

: For

mul

ir Pe

ngaj

uan

45

1

Lat

ar B

elak

ang

Indo

nesi

a te

lah

men

gada

kan

bebe

rapa

kal

i Kon

tes

Rob

ot I

ndon

esia

(K

RI)

, di

man

a pe

men

angn

ya m

engi

kuti

kont

es r

obot

tin

gkat

int

erna

sion

al y

ang

dise

leng

gara

kan

di b

eber

apa

nega

ra A

sia

sepe

rti J

epan

g, T

haila

nd,

Kor

ea

Sela

tan

dan

tahu

n de

pan

di B

eijin

g C

ina.

Bah

kan

sala

h sa

tu p

eser

ta y

ang

mew

akili

Ind

ones

ia p

ada

tahu

n 20

01 y

aitu

tim

B-C

ak d

ari

PEN

S –

ITS

pern

ah m

emen

angk

an J

uara

Per

tam

a pa

da A

sia

- Pa

cific

Bro

adca

stin

g U

nion

(ABU

) Rob

ocon

yan

g di

sele

ngga

raka

n di

Tok

yo –

Jepa

ng.

Keg

iata

n K

RI t

erse

but t

elah

dis

elen

ggar

akan

sec

ara

berk

ala

tiap

tahu

n ol

eh

Dire

ktor

at J

ende

ral P

endi

dika

n Ti

nggi

cq.

Dire

ktor

at P

embi

naan

Pen

eliti

an

dan

Peng

abdi

an k

epad

a M

asya

raka

t ter

utam

a gu

na m

endo

rong

pen

guas

aan

tekn

olog

i m

aju

bagi

pa

ra

mah

asis

wa

tekn

ik

di

Indo

nesi

a.

Pada

sa

at

peny

elen

ggar

aan

KR

I Ta

hun

2003

, di

rasa

kan

perlu

nya

suat

u je

nis

kont

es

robo

t ser

upa

yang

sec

ara

khus

us m

emili

ki k

ecer

dasa

n bu

atan

(Kon

tes

Rob

ot

Cer

das

Indo

nesi

a/K

RC

I)

guna

m

endo

rong

pe

ning

kata

n ku

alita

s ro

bot

teru

tam

a pa

da si

stem

kon

troln

ya.

Peny

elen

ggar

aan

KR

CI

ini,

diha

rapk

an d

apat

ber

jala

n se

cara

par

alel

dan

sa

ling

mel

engk

api

deng

an

peny

elen

ggar

aan

Kon

tes

Rob

ot

Indo

nesi

a di

mas

a-m

asa

men

data

ng, s

ehin

gga

diha

rapk

an k

emam

puan

robo

t yan

g ak

an

ikut

dal

am k

onte

s rob

ot te

rseb

ut a

kan

sem

akin

men

ingk

at se

cara

taja

m.

Form

at a

tura

n pe

rtand

inga

n da

lam

KR

CI-

2005

dip

ilih

dari

berb

agai

atu

ran

kont

es

robo

t se

jeni

s ya

ng

tela

h di

sele

ngga

raka

n se

cara

si

nam

bung

di

berb

agai

ne

gara

m

aju

yaitu

Fi

re-F

ight

ing

Robo

t C

onte

st

yang

di

sele

ngga

raka

n ol

eh

Trin

ity

Col

lege

, H

artfo

rd,

Con

nect

icut

A

mer

ika

Serik

at y

ang

tela

h be

rlang

sung

lebi

h da

ri se

pulu

h ta

hun.

2

Tuj

uan

Tuju

an K

RC

I 200

5 ad

alah

: 1.

M

enum

buh

kem

bang

kan

dan

men

ingk

atka

n kr

eatif

itas m

ahas

isw

a di

Pe

rgur

uan

Ting

gi

2.

Men

gapl

ikas

ikan

Ilm

u Pe

nget

ahua

n da

n Te

knol

ogi k

edal

am d

unia

ny

ata

3.

Men

ingk

atka

n ke

peka

an m

ahas

isw

a da

lam

pen

gem

bang

an b

idan

g te

knol

ogi r

obot

ika

4.

Mem

buda

yaka

n ik

lim k

ompe

tisi d

iling

kung

an p

ergu

ruan

ting

gi

5.

Men

duku

ng p

enge

mba

ngan

dan

pen

ggun

aan

sist

em k

ontro

l yan

g le

bih

maj

u pa

da ra

ncan

gan

robo

t.

Tem

a

Te

ma

untu

k K

onte

s Rob

ot C

erda

s Ind

ones

ia 2

005

adal

ah :

Rob

ot C

erda

s Pem

adam

Api

Te

ma

ini d

isel

aras

kan

deng

an te

ma

yang

dite

ntuk

an o

leh

TR

INIT

Y C

OLL

EGE

FIR

E-FI

GH

TIN

G R

OB

OT

CO

NTE

ST 2

005

Div

isi/K

atag

ori

Kon

tes K

RC

I -20

05 d

ibag

i dal

am 3

(tig

a) D

ivis

i, ya

itu :

• D

ivis

i Sen

ior,

mel

iput

i :

o D

ivis

i Whe

eled

Rob

ot

o D

ivis

i Leg

ged

Rob

ot

• D

ivis

i Exp

ert

3

Div

isi

Seni

or k

husu

s di

bata

si h

anya

unt

uk p

eser

ta m

ahas

isw

a, s

edan

gkan

D

ivis

i Ex

pert,

ter

buka

bai

k un

tuk

pese

rta m

ahas

isw

a m

aupu

n ju

ga u

ntuk

pe

serta

um

um

Sist

em P

erta

ndin

gan

• Sa

tu T

im p

eser

ta m

ahas

isw

a da

ri pe

rgur

uan

tingg

i ter

diri

dari

2 (d

ua)

mah

asis

wa

dan

1 (s

atu)

dos

en p

embi

mbi

ng.

• Ti

m p

eser

ta m

ahas

isw

a bi

sa m

engi

kutk

an r

obot

yan

g be

rbed

a un

tuk

ketig

a ko

ntes

pad

a di

visi

yan

g be

rbed

a.

• Pe

ratu

ran

perta

ndin

gan

sele

ngka

pnya

un

tuk

kont

es

ketig

a di

visi

te

rseb

ut d

apat

dili

hat d

alam

Lam

pira

n 1.

Tim

pes

erta

um

um b

ukan

mah

asis

wa

mak

sim

um te

rdiri

dar

i 3 (t

iga)

or

ang

pese

rta.

• Ti

m p

eser

ta u

mum

han

ya d

apat

men

giku

tkan

rob

otny

a pa

da k

onte

s di

visi

exp

ert s

aja.

Pera

tura

n pe

rtand

inga

n se

leng

kapn

ya

untu

k ko

ntes

di

visi

ex

pert

ters

ebut

dap

at d

iliha

t dal

am L

ampi

ran

1.

Wak

tu d

an T

empa

t Pel

aksa

naan

K

RC

I – 2

005

akan

dila

ksan

akan

pad

a ta

ngga

l 14

– 15

Mei

200

5 be

rtem

pat

di B

alai

rung

Uni

vers

itas I

ndon

esia

, Dep

ok.

Pese

rta

Ti

m

mah

asis

wa

dari

Perg

urua

n Ti

nggi

N

eger

i da

n Sw

asta

da

pat

men

gaju

kan

prop

osal

ke

Pa

nitia

K

RC

I –

2005

de

ngan

pe

rset

ujua

n Pe

mba

ntu/

Wak

il R

ekto

r/Ket

ua/D

irekt

ur/D

ekan

B

idan

g K

emah

asis

waa

n m

asin

g-m

asin

g pe

rgur

uan

tingg

i. Ti

m p

eser

ta u

mum

dap

at m

enga

juka

n se

cara

lang

sung

pro

posa

l ke

Pani

tia

KR

CI

– 20

05 d

enga

n m

elam

pirk

an s

urat

ket

eran

gan

dari

peru

saha

an a

tau

4

pero

rang

an.

Pese

rta

pero

rang

an

haru

s m

elam

pirk

an

alam

at

jela

s da

ri an

ggot

a Ti

m, s

erta

foto

kopi

KTP

(Kar

tu T

anda

Pen

dudu

k) d

ari k

etua

Tim

. Fo

rmul

ir pe

ngaj

uan

(App

licat

ion

Form

) da

pat

dilih

at p

ada

Lam

pira

n 3.

Se

mua

pro

posa

l y

ang

mas

uk k

e pa

nitia

pal

ing

lam

bat

tang

gal

15 J

anua

ri 20

05 s

esua

i de

ngan

ste

mpe

l po

s, ak

an d

isel

eksi

ole

h D

ewan

Jur

i un

tuk

men

entu

kan

seju

mla

h tim

yan

g m

emen

uhi p

ersy

arat

an u

ntuk

tam

pil d

alam

K

RC

I – 2

005.

Se

leks

i Pes

erta

K

riter

ia se

leks

i yan

g di

guna

kan

adal

ah :

Ran

cang

an M

ekan

ik R

obot

Sist

em K

ontro

l Rob

ot

• Se

nsor

dan

Ran

gkai

an In

terf

ace

• A

lgor

itma

Pera

ngka

t Lun

ak

Pr

oses

Sel

eksi

Se

leks

i dila

kuka

n da

lam

dua

taha

p ev

alua

si

Eval

uasi

taha

p pe

rtam

a di

laku

kan

seca

ra “

Blin

d R

evie

w”

dari

selu

ruh

prop

osal

yan

g di

terim

a pa

nitia

sebe

lum

bat

as w

aktu

yan

g di

tent

ukan

. Ev

alua

si t

ahap

ked

ua d

ilaku

kan

mel

alui

kun

jung

an a

tau

visi

tasi

ke

loka

si

yang

tela

h di

tent

ukan

. Unt

uk it

u ca

lon

pese

rta d

imin

ta h

adir

pada

wak

tuny

a un

tuk

mem

apar

kan

perk

emba

ngan

pem

buat

an r

obot

yan

g te

lah

dila

kuka

n,

serta

kes

iapa

n ca

lon

pese

rta u

ntuk

men

giku

ti K

RC

I 200

5.

Pese

rta m

ahas

isw

a ya

ng l

olos

sel

eksi

dan

men

giku

ti K

RC

I –

2005

aka

n m

enda

patk

an d

ana

bant

uan

pem

buat

an r

obot

seb

esar

Rp

2,00

0,00

0,-

dari

pani

tia,

biay

a tra

nspo

rtasi

dar

i pe

rgur

uan

tingg

i ke

tem

pat

pela

ksan

aan

KR

CI

kela

s ek

onom

i da

n ak

omod

asi

Tim

(2

mah

asis

wa

dan

1 do

sen

pem

bim

bing

) sel

ama

4 ha

ri.

5

Ako

mod

asi

untu

k pe

serta

ko

ntes

da

ri m

ahas

isw

a ak

an

men

ggun

akan

W

ism

a M

akar

a U

nive

rsita

s In

done

sia,

dan

Asr

ama

mah

asis

wa

atau

tem

pat

lain

yan

g ak

an d

itent

ukan

ole

h Pa

nitia

. Pe

serta

um

um y

ang

lolo

s se

leks

i da

n ak

an m

engi

kuti

KR

CI

– 20

05 h

arus

m

enye

diak

an s

endi

ri bi

aya

trans

porta

si d

an a

kom

odas

i se

lam

a m

engi

kuti

kont

es d

i Ja

karta

. Pa

nitia

dap

at m

enye

diaa

n in

form

asi m

enge

nai f

asili

tas a

kom

odas

i yan

g ad

a di

dek

at K

ampu

s Uni

vers

itas I

ndon

esia

di J

akar

ta.

Peng

harg

aan

Pani

tia

men

yedi

akan

pe

ngha

rgaa

n ba

gi

Juar

a Pe

rtam

a da

nRun

ner-

Up

untu

k se

tiap

Div

isi,

pes

erta

den

gan

Inov

asi

Terb

aik

dan

Rob

ot d

enga

n D

esai

n Pa

ling

Ekon

o mis

yan

g di

nila

i dar

i sel

uruh

pes

erta

, dan

pen

ghar

gaan

la

in y

ang

akan

dite

ntuk

an k

emud

ian

oleh

Pan

itia.

Ja

dwal

Ja

dwal

keg

iata

n K

RC

I – 2

005

adal

ah sb

b.:

B

ulan

10

11

12

1

2 3

4 5

No

Keg

iata

n M

ingg

u 12

34

1234

12

34

1234

12

34

1234

12

34

1234

1

Pem

buat

an A

tura

n K

onte

s xx

xx

2 Pe

mbe

ritah

uan

Aw

al

x

3 Se

min

ar &

Sos

ialis

asi

x

4

Prop

osal

Mas

uk

xx

xx

xxxx

xx

5

Eval

uasi

Pro

posa

l Ta

hap

1

x

6 Pe

ngum

uman

Has

il Ev

alua

si T

ahap

1

x

7 Pr

oses

Pem

buat

an

Rob

ot

xxxx

xx

xx

xxxx

xx

8 V

isita

si/E

valu

asi T

ahap

2

x

9

Peng

umum

an H

asil

Eval

uasi

Tah

ap 2

x

10

Pend

afta

ran

Ula

ng

x

11

Pela

ksan

aan

KR

CI

x

6

Ala

mat

Pen

yele

ngga

ra

Dire

ktor

at P

embi

naan

Pen

eliti

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ktor

at Je

nder

al P

endi

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n Ti

nggi

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tem

en P

endi

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asio

nal.

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irman

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Reg

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ions

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200

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8

L

ist o

f Con

tent

:

Hal

1.

CO

NT

EST

OB

JEC

TIV

E

10

2. D

IME

NSI

ON

S A

ND

SPE

CIF

ICA

TIO

NS

11

3. D

IVIS

ION

S

1

1 4.

TH

E H

OU

SE F

LO

OR

PL

AN

ST

RU

CT

UR

E A

ND

FE

AT

UR

ES

1

1 5.

AM

BIE

NT

LIG

HT

ING

1

2 6.

RO

BO

T O

PER

AT

ION

1

2 7.

PU

TT

ING

OU

T T

HE

CA

ND

LE

13

8. R

OB

OT

SIZ

E

1

4 9.

RO

BO

T W

EIG

HT

14

10. R

OB

OT

CO

NST

RU

CT

ION

MA

TE

RIA

LS

1

4 11

. TH

E C

AN

DL

E

1

4 12

. SE

NSO

RS

15

13. E

LE

CT

RIC

ITY

15

14. C

AB

LE

S

1

6 15

. TH

E O

RD

ER

OF

RU

NN

ING

16

16. T

IME

LIM

ITS

1

6 17

. SC

OR

ING

17

18. O

PER

AT

ING

MO

DE

S

1

7 19

. ST

AR

TIN

G T

HE

RO

BO

T M

AN

UA

LL

Y

1

9 20

. PE

NA

LT

IES

1

9 21

. RO

OM

FA

CT

OR

20

22. R

EL

IAB

ILIT

Y F

AC

TO

R

2

1 23

. SC

OR

ING

PR

OC

ED

UR

E

2

1 24

. SC

OR

ING

EX

AM

PLE

S

2

2 25

. EX

PER

T D

IVIS

ION

2

4 26

. EX

PER

T D

IVIS

ION

SC

OR

ING

28

27. D

IVIS

ION

DE

CIS

ION

S

2

9 28

. CH

AL

LE

NG

ES

OF

JUD

GE

S' R

UL

ING

S

3

0 29

. PR

IZE

S

3

0 30

. QU

AL

IFIC

AT

ION

TR

IAL

S

30

9

31. P

RA

CT

ICE

TIM

E

31

32. A

SSIG

NE

D A

RE

NA

S

3

1 33

. SA

FET

Y

32

34. "

SPIR

IT O

F A

N IN

VE

NT

OR

" PR

IZE

3

2 35

. "C

OST

-EFF

EC

TIV

E"

PRIZ

E

3

2 36

. IN

TE

RPR

ET

ING

TH

E R

UL

ES

3

2 37

. WH

O C

AN

EN

TE

R

32

38. R

EG

IST

RA

TIO

N P

RO

CE

SS

3

3 39

. RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

DE

AD

LIN

E

3

3 40

. LO

CA

TIO

N, D

AT

E &

SC

HE

DU

LE

3

3 41

. UPD

AT

ED

INFO

RM

AT

ION

33

42. C

ON

STR

UC

TIO

N S

CH

ED

UL

E

3

3 43

. RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

FO

RM

33

44. P

ER

SON

AL

CO

NT

AC

T

34

10

K

RC

I - 2

005

K

onte

s Rob

ot C

erda

s Ind

ones

ia 2

005

R

UL

ES

AN

D R

EG

UL

AT

ION

S*

14

& 1

5 M

ei 2

005

B

alai

rung

Uni

vers

itas I

ndon

esia

D

epok

1. C

ON

TE

ST O

BJE

CT

IVE

Th

e sp

ecifi

c go

al o

f thi

s co

ntes

t is

to b

uild

a c

ompu

ter c

ontro

lled

Rob

ot th

at

can

mov

e th

roug

h a

mod

el f

loor

pla

n st

ruct

ure

of a

hou

se, f

ind

a lit

can

dle

and

then

ext

ingu

ish

it in

the

shor

test

tim

e su

bjec

t to

a fe

w o

pera

ting

fact

ors

(see

Sco

ring

Proc

edur

e, s

ectio

n #

23).

This

is

mea

nt t

o si

mul

ate

the

real

-w

orld

ope

ratio

n of

a R

obot

per

form

ing

a fir

e pr

otec

tion

func

tion

in a

n ac

tual

hom

e. T

he c

andl

e re

pres

ents

a fi

re w

hich

has

sta

rted

in th

e ho

me

and

whi

ch th

e R

obot

mus

t fin

d an

d th

en e

xtin

guis

h. H

owev

er, t

he r

eal g

oal o

f th

e co

ntes

t is

to

adva

nce

Rob

otic

s te

chno

logy

and

kno

wle

dge

both

in

the

com

petin

g in

divi

dual

s an

d in

the

wor

ld in

gen

eral

whi

le u

sing

Rob

otic

s as

an

edu

catio

nal t

ool t

o en

hanc

e st

uden

ts' l

earn

ing.

*

Dia

dops

i dan

dim

odifi

kasi

seba

gian

dar

i Rul

es a

nd R

egul

atio

n

TR

INIT

Y C

OL

LE

GE

FIR

E-F

IGH

TIN

G R

OB

OT

CO

NT

EST

200

4

11

2. D

IME

NSI

ON

S A

ND

SPE

CIF

ICA

TIO

NS

This

is

a co

ntes

t th

at s

imul

ates

rea

l-wor

ld a

ctiv

ities

and

cap

abili

ties.

As

such

, th

ere

are

man

y ar

eas

of u

ncer

tain

ty t

hat

a R

obot

mus

t be

abl

e to

ha

ndle

in o

rder

to s

ucce

ed. T

he g

oal o

f th

e co

ntes

t is

not t

o m

ake

a R

obot

th

at c

an p

erfo

rm o

nly

in th

e la

bora

tory

, but

car

ry o

ut it

s fun

ctio

n in

the

real

-w

orld

with

all

the

varia

tions

and

pro

blem

s tha

t exi

st th

ere.

The

refo

re, a

ll th

e di

men

sion

s an

d sp

ecifi

catio

ns l

iste

d in

the

se r

ules

are

giv

en m

erel

y as

a

gene

ral a

id to

the

parti

cipa

nts.

Non

e of

them

are

mea

nt to

be

exac

t and

will

va

ry s

omew

hat a

t the

act

ual c

onte

st. A

ny R

obot

that

is m

eant

to fu

nctio

n in

th

e re

al-w

orld

nee

ds t

o be

abl

e to

han

dle

thes

e un

certa

intie

s. Th

is c

onte

st

like

the

real

wor

ld is

impr

ecis

e an

d yo

ur R

obot

nee

ds to

be

able

to d

eal w

ith

it.

3. D

IVIS

ION

S SE

NIO

R -

Thi

s di

visi

on is

for

any

one

out o

f hi

gh s

choo

l, th

at is

, col

lege

st

uden

ts c

onte

stan

ts.

All

the

rule

s an

d O

pera

ting

Mod

e (s

ee s

ectio

n #

18

optio

ns a

pply

to th

is d

ivis

ion

and

the

cand

le c

an b

e in

any

of t

he ro

oms.

WA

LK

ING

- T

his

divi

sion

is

for

any

Rob

ot t

hat

uses

onl

y le

gs t

o m

ove

arou

nd.

The

num

ber

of l

egs

does

not

mat

ter.

The

size

res

trict

ion

on t

he

Rob

ot i

s sl

ight

ly c

hang

ed t

o al

low

Rob

ots

that

are

a m

axim

um o

f 46

cm

lo

ng, 3

1 cm

wid

e an

d 31

cm

hig

h. A

ll th

e ru

les

and

Ope

ratin

g M

ode

(see

se

ctio

n #

18) o

ptio

ns a

pply

to th

is d

ivis

ion,

exc

ept t

hat t

he c

andl

e w

ill o

nly

be p

lace

d in

one

of t

he tw

o bi

g.

EX

PER

TS

- Th

is i

s th

e m

ost

adva

nced

div

isio

n an

d as

suc

h it

has

a nu

mbe

r of m

odifi

catio

ns to

the

rule

s an

d ch

ange

s to

the

aren

a. T

his

divi

sion

is

op

en

to

anyo

ne

will

ing

to

take

th

e ch

alle

nge.

Fo

r m

ore

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion,

see

sect

ion

# 25

. 4.

TH

E H

OU

SE F

LO

OR

PL

AN

ST

RU

CT

UR

E A

ND

FE

AT

UR

ES

The

size

and

sha

pe o

f th

e ar

ena

is t

he s

ame

as i

n pr

evio

us y

ears

. Th

e di

men

sion

s ar

e gi

ven

in m

etric

uni

ts in

kee

ping

with

the

inte

rnat

iona

l sco

pe

of th

e co

ntes

t and

with

scie

ntifi

c an

d te

chni

cal u

sage

. Th

e of

ficia

l flo

or p

lan

stru

ctur

e co

ntes

t ar

ea f

or t

he S

enio

r an

d W

alki

ng

divi

sion

s is

sho

wn

in A

ttach

men

t A. T

his

is w

hat t

he c

onte

st s

truct

ure

will

12

look

like

for t

hose

div

isio

ns. F

or S

enio

r and

Wal

king

div

isio

ns th

is is

not

a

maz

e co

ntes

t whe

re th

e R

obot

has

to f

igur

e ou

t how

to m

ove

thro

ugh

the

stru

ctur

e. F

or t

hose

div

isio

ns t

he d

esig

n of

the

stru

ctur

e w

ill b

e kn

own

befo

re h

and

(see

Atta

chm

ent A

) an

d th

e go

al is

to f

ind

and

extin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

as q

uick

ly a

s pos

sibl

e.

The

wal

ls o

f th

e st

ruct

ure

will

be

mad

e of

woo

d an

d w

ill b

e 33

cm

. hig

h.

The

wal

ls w

ill b

e pa

inte

d w

ith fl

at w

hite

late

x pa

int.

The

floor

of t

he a

rena

w

ill b

e a

smoo

th,

woo

d su

rfac

e pa

inte

d w

ith f

lat

blac

k la

tex

pain

t. A

ny

seam

s in

the

floor

will

be

tape

d ov

er a

nd p

aint

ed w

ith th

e sa

me

flat b

lack

la

tex

pain

t. Th

e se

ams

in t

he f

loor

sec

tion

may

not

be

perf

ectly

fla

t ho

wev

er. M

ake

sure

that

you

r R

obot

can

han

dle

a di

scon

tinui

ty o

f up

to 5

m

m, i

f nec

essa

ry.

As

note

d in

Atta

chm

ent

A t

he f

loor

pla

n, a

ll ha

llway

s an

d do

orw

ays

to

room

will

be

46 c

m w

ide.

The

re w

ill n

ot b

e a

door

in th

e do

orw

ays,

just

a

46 c

m o

peni

ng. T

here

will

be

a w

hite

2.5

cm

wid

e lin

e m

ade

with

whi

te

tape

acr

oss e

ach

door

way

to in

dica

te th

e en

tranc

e to

eac

h ro

om.

The

floor

of

the

aren

a w

ill b

e or

igin

ally

pai

nted

bla

ck,

but

som

e R

obot

s m

ay u

se f

oam

, pow

der

or o

ther

sub

stan

ces

to a

ttack

the

cand

le f

lam

e. O

ur

best

eff

orts

will

be

mad

e to

cle

an u

p af

ter

each

Rob

ot,

but

ther

e is

no

guar

ante

e th

at t

he f

loor

will

sta

y un

iform

ly b

lack

thr

ough

out

the

entir

e co

ntes

t. Th

e flo

or m

ay a

lso

have

sm

all (

3 m

m d

iam

eter

) red

or b

lue

dots

on

it to

indi

cate

the

pote

ntia

l loc

atio

ns o

f can

dles

and

furn

iture

. Unl

ess

you

are

oper

atin

g in

the

Une

ven

Floo

r m

ode

(see

Ope

ratin

g M

odes

, sec

tion

#18)

, th

e flo

or w

ill b

e le

vel w

ith n

o ra

mps

or s

tairs

. Th

e R

obot

will

star

t at t

he H

ome

Circ

le lo

catio

n m

arke

d by

the

H in

a c

ircle

on

the

aren

a flo

or p

lan

(see

Atta

chm

ent 2

). Th

e ac

tual

Hom

e C

ircle

will

be

a so

lid w

hite

circ

le (w

ithou

t the

H) o

n th

e flo

or. T

he 3

0 cm

dia

met

er w

hite

H

ome

Circ

le w

ill b

e in

the

cent

er o

f the

46

cm h

allw

ay. N

otic

e th

at o

n th

e ar

ena

floor

pla

n in

Atta

chm

ent 2

ther

e is

a n

o ga

p in

the

oute

r w

all o

f th

e ar

ena

behi

nd t

he H

ome

Circ

le.

This

par

t of

the

wal

l ca

n be

rem

oved

to

allo

w c

onte

stan

ts e

asie

r ac

cess

to th

eir

Rob

ots

in s

ettin

g th

em u

p, b

ut th

e w

all c

an b

e re

plac

ed in

this

sec

tion

if it

help

s th

e R

obot

’s o

pera

tion.

Rob

ots

may

als

o us

e an

y pl

acem

ent f

ixtu

res

if th

ey h

elp

the

Rob

ot i

nitia

lly a

lign

13

itsel

f in

the

Hom

e C

ircle

. The

Rob

ot m

ust s

tart

with

in th

e H

ome

Circ

le, b

ut

once

star

ted,

it c

an g

o in

any

dire

ctio

n de

sire

d

5. A

MB

IEN

T L

IGH

TIN

G

Con

test

ants

will

be

give

n tim

e on

the

con

test

day

s to

mak

e am

bien

t lig

ht

leve

l rea

ding

s, if

nece

ssar

y, to

cal

ibra

te th

eir R

obot

. Onc

e se

t on

Frid

ay, t

he

light

ing

in

the

cont

est

area

w

ill

not

be

chan

ged

to

suit

indi

vidu

al

com

petit

ors.

Part

of th

e ch

alle

nge

of th

e co

ntes

t is

to m

ake

a R

obot

that

can

op

erat

e in

rea

l w

orld

situ

atio

ns a

nd t

hat

incl

udes

inc

onsi

sten

t lig

htin

g,

shad

ows,

glar

e, e

tc.

6. R

OB

OT

OPE

RA

TIO

N

Onc

e tu

rned

on,

the

Rob

ot m

ust

be a

uton

omou

s --

self-

cont

rolle

d w

ithou

t an

y hu

man

int

erve

ntio

n. T

hat

is, t

hese

are

to

be c

ompu

ter

cont

rolle

d an

d no

t man

ually

con

trolle

d de

vice

s. Th

e R

obot

can

bum

p in

to o

r tou

ch th

e w

alls

of t

he a

rena

as

it tra

vels

, but

it

can

not

mar

k or

dam

age

the

wal

ls i

n do

ing

so.

How

ever

the

re w

ill b

e a

pena

lty fo

r tou

chin

g a

wal

l. (S

ee P

enal

ties,

sect

ion

# 20

) The

Rob

ot c

anno

t le

ave

anyt

hing

beh

ind

as it

trav

els

thro

ugh

the

aren

a. I

t can

not

mak

e an

y m

arks

on

the

floor

of

the

aren

a th

at a

id i

n na

viga

tion

as i

t tra

vels

. A

ny

Rob

ot t

hat

delib

erat

ely,

in

the

judg

es’

opin

ion,

dam

ages

the

con

test

are

na

(incl

udin

g th

e w

alls

) w

ill b

e di

squa

lifie

d. T

his

does

not

inc

lude

any

ac

cide

ntal

mar

ks o

r scr

atch

es m

ade

in m

ovin

g ar

ound

. Th

e R

obot

mus

t, in

the

opin

ion

of th

e of

ficia

l jud

ges,

have

foun

d th

e ca

ndle

be

fore

it

atte

mpt

s to

put

it

out.

The

Rob

ot c

an n

ot j

ust

flood

the

are

na

stru

ctur

e w

ith C

O2

and

put o

ut th

e ca

ndle

out

by

acci

dent

. 7.

PU

TT

ING

OU

T T

HE

CA

ND

LE

Th

e R

obot

mus

t not

use

any

des

truct

ive

or d

ange

rous

met

hods

to p

ut o

ut th

e ca

ndle

. It

can

use

such

ite

ms

as w

ater

, ai

r, C

O 2

, H

alon

, et

c.,

but

any

met

hod

or m

ater

ial t

hat i

s dan

gero

us o

r will

dam

age

the

aren

a is

pro

hibi

ted.

It

will

be

perm

issi

ble

to p

ut o

ut th

e ca

ndle

by

blow

ing

air

on it

. Alth

ough

th

is is

not

a v

ery

prac

tical

met

hod

of e

xtin

guis

hing

a fi

re in

the

real

wor

ld,

it w

ill b

e al

low

ed i

n th

is c

onte

st s

ince

the

goa

l of

the

con

test

is

the

14

adva

ncem

ent

of

Rob

otic

s an

d no

t ne

cess

arily

th

at

of

fire-

fight

ing

tech

niqu

es.

The

cand

le c

an n

ot b

e to

uche

d by

the

Rob

ot it

self

whi

le it

is s

till l

it. (

See

Pena

lties

, sec

tion

# 20

) Th

e R

obot

mus

t com

e w

ithin

30

cm o

f th

e ca

ndle

, be

fore

it

atte

mpt

s to

ext

ingu

ish

the

flam

e. T

here

will

be

a w

hite

, 30

cm

ra

dius

sol

id c

ircle

(or

circ

le s

egm

ent,

if a

wal

l is

in th

e w

ay)

on th

e flo

or

arou

nd th

e ca

ndle

and

the

Rob

ot m

ust h

ave

som

e pa

rt of

its

body

ove

r th

e ci

rcle

bef

ore

it pu

ts o

ut th

e ca

ndle

. The

can

dle

circ

le w

ill b

e m

ade

of th

in

(0.5

mm

) po

ster

boa

rd a

nd t

he c

andl

e w

ill b

e pl

aced

at

the

cent

er o

f th

e ci

rcle

. 8.

RO

BO

T S

IZE

R

obot

mus

t be

abl

e to

fit

in a

box

31

cm l

ong

by 3

1 cm

wid

e by

31

cm

high

. If

the

Rob

ot h

as fe

eler

s to

sen

se a

n ob

ject

or w

all,

the

feel

ers

will

be

coun

ted

as p

art o

f the

Rob

ot’s

tota

l dim

ensi

ons.

The

Rob

ot c

an n

ot s

epar

ate

into

mul

tiple

par

ts a

nd m

ust n

ever

ext

end

itsel

f bey

ond

the

31 c

m a

llow

ed.

If c

onte

stan

ts w

ant

to a

dd a

fla

g, h

at o

r ot

her

pure

ly d

ecor

ativ

e, n

on-

func

tiona

l ite

ms

to t

he R

obot

, th

ey m

ay d

o so

as

long

as

the

item

has

ab

solu

tely

no

effe

ct o

n th

e op

erat

ion

of th

e R

obot

. A

s no

ted

prev

ious

ly, t

he R

obot

s in

the

Wal

king

Div

isio

n ca

n be

up

to 4

6 cm

long

. 9.

RO

BO

T W

EIG

HT

Th

ere

are

no re

stric

tions

on

the

wei

ght o

f the

Rob

ot.

10. R

OB

OT

CO

NST

RU

CT

ION

MA

TE

RIA

LS

Ther

e ar

e no

res

trict

ions

on

the

type

s of

mat

eria

ls u

sed

in th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

the

Rob

ot.

11. T

HE

CA

ND

LE

Th

e lit

can

dle

is s

uppo

sed

to r

epre

sent

a s

mal

l hou

se f

ire th

at th

e R

obot

is

atte

mpt

ing

to f

ind

and

put

out.

The

botto

m o

f th

e ca

ndle

fla

me

will

be

betw

een

appr

oxim

atel

y 15

and

20

cm o

ff th

e flo

or. T

his

heig

ht in

clud

es th

e he

ight

of

the

woo

den

cand

le s

uppo

rt ba

se.

The

cand

le u

sed

will

be

a st

anda

rd a

ppro

xim

atel

y 2.

5 cm

thi

ck w

hite

can

dle.

The

exa

ct h

eigh

t an

d

15

size

of

the

flam

e is

unk

now

n an

d va

riabl

e an

d w

ill b

e de

term

ined

by

the

spec

ific

cond

ition

s of

can

dle

and

its s

urro

undi

ngs.

The

Rob

ot is

requ

ired

to

find

the

cand

le n

o m

atte

r w

hat

the

size

of

the

flam

e is

at

that

par

ticul

ar

mom

ent.

The

cand

le w

ill b

e pl

aced

at r

ando

m in

one

of

the

room

s in

the

aren

a. T

he

cand

le h

as a

n eq

ual c

hanc

e of

bei

ng in

any

of t

he 4

room

s in

eac

h of

the

3 tri

als

that

a R

obot

has

. H

opef

ully

the

can

dle

will

be

plac

ed i

n di

ffer

ent

room

s in

eac

h tri

al t

o be

st t

est

the

Rob

ot’s

ope

ratio

n, b

ut i

t m

ight

be

poss

ible

for

the

cand

le to

be

in th

e sa

me

room

twic

e. I

f it h

appe

ns th

at th

e ca

ndle

is p

lace

d in

the

sam

e ro

om f

or b

oth

the

1st a

nd 2

nd tr

ials

, the

n w

e w

ill m

ake

sure

tha

t it

is n

ot i

n th

at r

oom

for

the

3rd

and

las

t tri

al. T

hus

ever

y R

obot

will

hav

e th

e ca

ndle

in a

t lea

st 2

room

s & m

aybe

3, d

urin

g its

3

trial

s. (T

he W

alki

ng D

ivis

ions

are

an

exce

ptio

n to

this

rule

sin

ce th

ey o

nly

use

2 ro

oms.

In th

e W

alki

ng D

ivis

ions

the

cand

le w

ill b

e in

one

room

twic

e an

d th

e ot

her r

oom

onc

e du

ring

the

3 tri

als.)

Th

e ca

ndle

will

not

be

plac

ed in

a h

allw

ay, b

ut it

mig

ht b

e pl

aced

just

insi

de

a do

orw

ay o

f a ro

om. T

he c

andl

e ci

rcle

will

not

touc

h th

e do

orw

ay li

ne a

nd

this

mea

ns th

at th

e fr

ont o

f th

e R

obot

will

be

able

to m

ove

at le

ast 3

3 cm

in

to th

e ro

om b

efor

e it

enco

unte

rs th

e ca

ndle

. Th

e co

ntes

tant

s can

not

mea

sure

or t

ouch

the

cand

le b

efor

e it

is u

sed.

Th

e ca

ndle

will

be

mou

nted

on

a sm

all

woo

den

base

pai

nted

sem

i-glo

ss

yello

w. T

his

base

is u

sed

to h

elp

keep

the

cand

le f

rom

tipp

ing

over

eas

ily,

but i

t will

be

poss

ible

to k

nock

the

cand

le o

ver

by b

umpi

ng in

to it

(w

hich

yo

u do

n’t w

ant t

o do

- se

e Pe

nalti

es, s

ectio

n #2

0).

12. S

EN

SOR

S Th

ere

is n

o re

stric

tion

on t

he t

ype

of s

enso

rs t

hat

can

be u

sed

as l

ong

as

they

do

not v

iola

te a

ny o

f the

oth

er ru

les o

r reg

ulat

ions

. C

onte

stan

ts a

re n

ot a

llow

ed to

pla

ce a

ny m

arke

rs, b

eaco

ns o

r re

flect

ors

on

the

wal

ls o

r flo

ors t

o ai

d in

the

Rob

ot’s

nav

igat

ion.

16

Rob

ot b

uild

ers

shou

ld b

e aw

are

that

man

y ca

mer

as tr

ansm

it in

frar

ed li

ght a

s pa

rt of

the

ir au

tom

atic

foc

usin

g sy

stem

s. A

mbi

ent

light

ing

in t

he c

onte

st

room

may

als

o be

a s

ourc

e of

IR, v

isib

le a

nd U

V li

ght.

Dur

ing

the

cour

se o

f th

e co

ntes

t, su

nlig

ht m

ay c

ome

into

the

cont

est r

oom

thro

ugh

open

out

side

do

ors.

The

sunl

ight

will

not

shi

ne d

irect

ly o

n th

e ar

enas

, bu

t m

ay b

e de

tect

able

by

very

sen

sitiv

e se

nsor

s. D

urin

g th

e co

urse

of

the

cont

est,

judg

es a

t oth

er a

rena

s m

ay b

e lig

htin

g ca

ndle

s or

ligh

ters

. The

se in

cide

ntal

fla

mes

will

be

abov

e th

e ar

ena

and

furth

er a

way

than

the

cand

le, b

ut s

till

may

be

dete

ctab

le b

y a

undi

scrim

inat

ing

sens

or.

In s

ettin

g up

the

are

na,

cont

est o

ffic

ials

may

put

thei

r ar

ms

into

the

aren

a an

d so

me

very

sen

sitiv

e se

nsor

s m

ay m

ista

ke t

hat

IR e

mis

sion

as

the

flam

e. I

f a

Rob

ot u

ses

light

se

nsor

s to

fin

d th

e ca

ndle

or

dete

ct w

alls

or

furn

iture

, it

is t

he R

obot

bu

ilder

's re

spon

sibi

lity

to d

esig

n th

eir

Rob

ot t

o pr

even

t th

ese

and

othe

r un

inte

nded

UV

, vis

ible

and

IR

sou

rces

fro

m in

terf

erin

g w

ith it

s op

erat

ion.

Pa

rt of

the

chal

leng

e of

this

con

test

is to

des

ign

a R

obot

that

can

fin

d th

e ca

ndle

flam

e an

d ig

nore

eve

ryth

ing

else

. 13

. EL

EC

TR

ICIT

Y

The

max

imum

ele

ctric

al r

equi

rem

ents

for

any

sys

tem

nee

ding

ele

ctric

ity a

t th

e ar

ena

will

be

5 am

ps a

t 220

VA

C.

14. C

AB

LE

S If

the

Rob

ot i

s co

nnec

ted

to a

n ex

tern

al c

ompu

ter

syst

em f

or i

nstru

ctio

ns

and/

or p

ower

mak

e su

re th

at th

e ca

ble

is lo

ng e

noug

h fo

r the

Rob

ot to

get

to

all a

reas

of t

he a

rena

. If a

con

test

ant w

ants

to h

old

the

cabl

e ab

ove

the

wal

ls

whi

le th

e R

obot

runs

, the

y ca

n, b

ut if

dur

ing

the

trial

, in

the

opin

ion

of th

e ju

dges

, the

y us

e th

e ca

ble

to a

ssis

t the

Rob

ot, t

hen

that

tria

l will

be

ende

d w

ith n

o sc

ore.

15

. TH

E O

RD

ER

OF

RU

NN

ING

Th

e R

obot

s w

ill b

e as

sign

ed n

umbe

rs to

det

erm

ine

the

orde

r in

whi

ch th

ey

will

com

pete

in th

e co

ntes

t. Ea

ch R

obot

will

mak

e a

trial

run

in th

e ar

ena

in

the

orde

r in

whi

ch it

is a

ssig

ned.

Afte

r eve

ry R

obot

has

mad

e its

firs

t tria

l, th

en th

e w

hole

pro

cess

will

beg

in a

gain

for t

he s

econ

d tri

al. I

n ot

her w

ords

, th

e R

obot

s w

ill c

ompe

te c

onse

cutiv

ely

and

whe

n ev

eryo

ne i

s do

ne w

ith

thei

r fir

st a

ttem

pt,

then

the

who

le p

roce

ss w

ill r

epea

t fo

r th

e se

cond

and

fin

ally

third

atte

mpt

s.

17

Con

test

ants

will

hav

e tim

e be

twee

n th

eir

trial

s to

mak

e an

y ad

just

men

ts,

mod

ifica

tions

or r

epai

rs to

thei

r Rob

ot, b

ut o

nce

the

Rob

ot b

efor

e th

em h

as

com

plet

ed i

ts t

rial,

then

the

y w

ill h

ave

1 m

inut

e to

get

thei

r R

obot

in th

e ar

ena

and

star

ted

on i

ts t

rial.

Ther

e w

ill b

e a

spec

ial

cloc

k at

eac

h ar

ena

whi

ch t

he j

udge

s w

ill s

tart

whe

n th

ey c

all

for

the

next

con

test

ants

to

get

read

y. T

heir

Rob

ot m

ust b

egin

its

trial

bef

ore

that

clo

ck r

each

es 1

min

ute.

A

ny R

obot

that

is n

ot r

eady

to r

un a

fter

1 m

inut

e w

ill f

orfe

it its

cha

nce

at

that

tria

l. It

may

still

com

pete

in a

ny o

ther

tria

ls th

at a

re le

ft. O

nce

assi

gned

, th

e or

der o

f run

ning

will

not

be

chan

ged.

If y

ou a

re n

ot re

ady,

then

you

’ve

mis

sed

your

turn

. The

tim

e be

twee

n tu

rns

is u

ndet

erm

ined

and

is c

ontro

lled

by h

ow lo

ng th

e ot

her c

ompe

titor

s tak

e to

com

plet

e th

eir t

rials

. O

nce

the

Rob

ot i

s re

ady,

the

loc

atio

n of

the

can

dle

and

any

furn

iture

, if

nece

ssar

y, s

hall

be d

eter

min

ed a

nd th

e ca

ndle

and

the

furn

iture

sha

ll be

put

in

the

prop

er lo

catio

ns.

The

cont

esta

nts

will

sho

w a

jud

ge h

ow t

o ac

tuat

e th

e R

obot

and

then

the

judg

e w

ill a

ctua

lly p

ress

wha

teve

r but

tons

nec

essa

ry to

star

t the

Rob

ot.

16. T

IME

LIM

ITS

In o

rder

to a

chie

ve th

e co

ntes

t obj

ectiv

e of

bui

ldin

g a

Rob

ot th

at c

an f

ind

and

extin

guis

h a

fire

in a

hou

se, f

indi

ng th

e fir

e w

ithin

a re

ason

able

per

iod

of ti

me

is v

ery

impo

rtant

. The

max

imum

tim

e lim

it fo

r a

Rob

ot to

fin

d th

e ca

ndle

will

be

5 m

inut

es.

Afte

r 5

min

utes

the

tria

l w

ill b

e st

oppe

d. T

he

max

imum

tim

e fo

r the

Rob

ot to

retu

rn to

the

Hom

e ci

rcle

in th

e R

etur

n Tr

ip

mod

e w

ill b

e 2

min

utes

. If

in a

ny t

rail,

a R

obot

get

s st

uck

in a

loo

p an

d pe

rfor

ms

the

sam

e m

ovem

ent

5 tim

es in

a r

ow, t

hat t

rial w

ill b

e st

oppe

d.

Any

tim

e th

e R

obot

doe

s no

t mov

e at

all

for

30 s

econ

ds, t

he tr

ial w

ill b

e st

oppe

d. S

topp

ing

a tri

al r

un f

or a

ny o

f th

e ab

ove

reas

ons

will

hav

e no

im

pact

on

any

of th

e ot

her t

wo

trial

runs

that

the

Rob

ot h

as.

17. S

CO

RIN

G

The

Rob

ot w

ith th

e lo

wes

t Fin

al S

core

(FS)

is th

e w

inne

r. Th

e Fi

nal S

core

is

cal

cula

ted

from

a n

umbe

r of d

iffer

ent f

acto

rs, w

hich

are

exp

lain

ed b

elow

. Th

e sc

orin

g pr

oces

s is

real

ly n

ot a

s co

mpl

icat

ed a

s it

mig

ht s

eem

at f

irst.

It is

inte

nded

to m

ake

the

cont

est a

s rea

listic

and

as f

air a

s pos

sibl

e.

18

18. O

PER

AT

ING

MO

DE

S Fo

r an

y tri

al, t

he lo

wer

the

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore

(OS)

, the

bet

ter.

The

sim

ples

t m

etho

d of

runn

ing

a R

obot

is in

the

Stan

dard

Ope

ratio

n m

ode.

The

re a

re 5

di

ffer

ent O

pera

ting

Mod

es (

OM

) w

hich

con

test

ants

can

cho

ose

to a

pply

to

thei

r R

obot

eith

er i

ndiv

idua

lly o

r in

com

bina

tion

to c

hang

e th

e O

pera

ting

Scor

e fo

r th

at t

rial.

Thes

e O

pera

ting

Mod

es a

re t

he T

ethe

red,

Sou

nd

Act

ivat

ion,

Ret

urn

Trip

, Fur

nitu

re, a

nd U

neve

n Fl

oor.

STA

ND

AR

D O

PER

ATI

ON

In

thi

s m

ode

ther

e ar

e no

wire

s co

nnec

ting

the

Rob

ot t

o an

ythi

ng.

The

deci

ding

fac

tor

in d

eter

min

ing

this

mod

e is

whe

ther

or

not t

here

is a

teth

er

conn

ecte

d to

the

Rob

ot. T

he M

ode

Fact

or fo

r run

ning

in th

e St

anda

rd M

ode

is 1

.0 (M

F= 1

.0)

TETH

ER

ED

In

thi

s m

ode,

the

Rob

ot h

as a

wire

con

nect

ing

it to

eith

er a

n ex

tern

al

com

pute

r or

pow

er s

uppl

y. T

his

Mod

e Fa

ctor

is

actu

ally

a p

enal

ty a

nd

incr

ease

s th

e O

pera

ting

Scor

e. I

f th

e R

obot

has

its

ow

n on

-boa

rd p

ower

su

pply

and

is c

ontro

lled

by e

ither

an

on-b

oard

com

pute

r or

via

a w

irele

ss

link

to a

noth

er c

ompu

ter

then

it w

ill n

ot b

e in

this

mod

e an

d w

ill n

ot h

ave

an in

crea

sed

scor

e. T

he M

ode

Fact

or f

or r

unni

ng in

the

Teth

ered

mod

e is

1.

2 (M

F =

1.2)

. SO

UN

D A

CTI

VA

TIO

N

Inst

ead

of b

eing

man

ually

act

ivat

ed b

y th

e pr

ess o

f the

but

tons

on

the

Rob

ot

or o

n th

e ke

yboa

rd, t

he R

obot

act

ivat

es it

self

whe

n it

dete

cts

a so

und

sign

al

like

that

of

a sm

oke

alar

m o

f be

twee

n 3.

0 kH

z an

d 4.

0 kH

z. T

his

is t

he

freq

uenc

y co

mm

only

use

d in

sm

oke

dete

ctor

s an

d is

cre

ated

by

piez

o-el

ectri

c de

vice

s av

aila

ble

at R

adio

Sha

ck a

nd m

any

othe

r so

urce

s. O

nce

turn

ed o

n, t

he R

obot

can

not

sta

rt to

mov

e un

til t

he s

ound

sig

nal

is

activ

ated

. If

the

Rob

ot s

tarts

to m

ove

befo

re th

e so

und

sign

al is

act

ivat

ed,

for

exam

ple

beca

use

it m

ista

kenl

y de

tect

ed a

mbi

ent

room

noi

se (

even

the

soun

d of

ano

ther

Rob

ot b

eing

act

ivat

ed in

a d

iffer

ent a

rena

), th

en th

e tri

al

can

still

cou

nt, b

ut th

e R

obot

will

not

get

cre

dit f

or o

pera

ting

in th

e So

und

Mod

e. If

the

Rob

ot d

oes

not s

tart

to m

ove

in re

spon

se to

the

soun

d si

gnal

it

will

not

be

give

n a

seco

nd c

hanc

e (i.

e. a

noth

er p

ress

of t

he s

ound

but

ton)

to

run

in th

e so

und

mod

e fo

r tha

t tria

l. Th

e so

und

sign

al d

evic

e ca

n be

hel

d at

19

any

dist

ance

from

the

Rob

ot th

at th

e co

ntes

tant

s w

ant a

nd c

an c

ontin

ue fo

r up

to 5

sec

onds

. The

tim

e fo

r th

e tri

al w

ill b

egin

whe

n th

e so

und

sign

al is

cr

eate

d an

d no

t whe

n th

e R

obot

act

ually

sta

rts to

mov

e in

res

pons

e to

that

si

gnal

. Th

ere

will

be

an o

ffic

ial

soun

d si

gnal

dev

ice

at t

he c

onte

st,

but

cont

esta

nts

can

brin

g an

d us

e th

eir o

wn

soun

d de

vice

s op

erat

ing

with

in th

e pr

oper

freq

uenc

y ra

nge

if th

ey w

ant.

Ther

e w

ill b

e a

5% re

duct

ion

in s

core

fo

r a R

obot

ope

ratin

g in

this

mod

e. T

he O

pera

ting

Mod

e fa

ctor

for r

unni

ng

in th

e So

und

Act

ivat

ion

mod

e is

0.9

5 (O

M =

0.9

5).

RE

TUR

N T

RIP

A

fter

extin

guis

hing

the

can

dle,

the

Rob

ot r

etur

ns t

o th

e H

ome

Circ

le.

It do

es n

ot h

ave

to r

etra

ce i

ts p

ath

in r

etur

ning

to

the

Hom

e C

ircle

or

even

ta

ke th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

rou

te, i

t jus

t mus

t get

bac

k, b

ut w

ithou

t goi

ng in

to

any

othe

r ro

oms

alon

g th

e w

ay.

In o

ther

wor

ds,

once

it

has

put

out

the

cand

le,

it m

ust

leav

e th

at r

oom

and

ret

urn

to t

he H

ome

Circ

le w

ithou

t en

terin

g an

y ot

her r

oom

s. Th

e R

obot

will

be

cons

ider

ed t

o ha

ve r

etur

ned

to t

he H

ome

Circ

le i

f th

e R

obot

sto

ps w

ith a

ny p

art

of t

he R

obot

with

in t

he 3

0 cm

whi

te H

ome

Circ

le. T

he R

obot

doe

s no

t hav

e to

be

in th

e sa

me

posi

tion

that

it w

as w

hen

it st

arte

d th

e co

ntes

t. If

a R

obot

is

ente

red

to r

un i

n th

e R

etur

n Tr

ip m

ode

and

finds

and

ex

tingu

ishe

s th

e ca

ndle

, but

doe

sn’t

retu

rn t

o th

e H

ome

Circ

le, t

he R

obot

w

ould

not

be

disq

ualif

ied.

Ins

tead

the

Rob

ot w

ould

dro

p ba

ck i

nto

the

Stan

dard

Ope

ratio

n M

ode

and

it w

ould

jus

t re

ceiv

e th

e O

pera

ting

Scor

e w

ith n

o R

etur

n Tr

ip m

ode

fact

or re

duct

ion.

Th

e A

ctua

l Tim

e (A

T) s

core

will

incl

ude

just

the

time

the

Rob

ot ta

kes

to

find

and

extin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

. It w

ill n

ot in

clud

e th

e tim

e fo

r th

e R

obot

's re

turn

trip

to th

e H

ome

Circ

le. O

pera

ting

in th

is m

ode

will

resu

lt in

a 2

0%

redu

ctio

n in

the

scor

e. T

he O

pera

ting

Mod

e fa

ctor

for r

unni

ng in

the

Ret

urn

Trip

mod

e is

0.8

(OM

= 0

.8).

20

19. S

TA

RT

ING

TH

E R

OB

OT

MA

NU

AL

LY

If

the

Rob

ot i

s no

t be

ing

run

in t

he S

ound

Mod

e th

en i

t m

ust

be s

tarte

d m

anua

lly, t

hat i

s, by

hav

ing

a co

ntes

t off

icia

l pre

ss th

e in

dica

ted

butto

ns.

EX

TER

NA

L C

OM

PUTE

R

If th

e R

obot

is u

sing

a te

ther

con

nect

ing

it to

an

exte

rnal

com

pute

r the

n th

e on

ly k

ey th

at c

an b

e pr

esse

d to

sta

rt th

e R

obot

is th

e "E

nter

" or

"R

etur

n"

key

on t

he c

ompu

ter

keyb

oard

. A c

onte

st o

ffic

ial w

ill p

ress

the

key

. Any

pr

ogra

m t

hat

need

s to

be

run

mus

t be

loa

ded

and

read

y to

go

befo

re t

he

Rob

ot is

put

in th

e ar

ena.

Onc

e th

e R

obot

is in

pla

ce a

nd th

e ca

ndle

put

into

po

sitio

n, o

nly

the

"Ent

er"

or "

Ret

urn"

key

can

be

pres

sed

to s

tart

the

Rob

ot.

If fo

r any

reas

on th

e R

obot

doe

s not

star

t, th

en th

at tr

ial i

s ove

r. O

N-B

OA

RD

CO

MPU

TER

If

the

Rob

ot is

usi

ng a

n in

tern

al c

ompu

ter,

then

ther

e ca

n be

one

and

onl

y on

e bu

tton

that

can

be

pres

sed

to s

tart

the

Rob

ot.

This

but

ton

mus

t be

po

sitio

ned

som

e pl

ace

easy

to

see

and

get

to o

n th

e R

obot

and

mus

t be

la

bele

d as

suc

h, i.

e., "

STA

RT"

. "R

UN

", "

GO

", et

c. A

ny p

rogr

am n

eces

sary

m

ust b

e do

wnl

oade

d to

the

Rob

ot b

efor

e it

is p

ut in

to th

e ar

ena.

Onc

e th

at is

do

ne t

hen

the

spec

ific

"sta

rt bu

tton"

and

onl

y th

at "

star

t bu

tton"

can

be

pres

sed

to a

ctua

lly s

tart

the

Rob

ot.

If f

or a

ny r

easo

n th

e R

obot

doe

s no

t st

art,

then

that

tria

l is o

ver.

20. P

EN

AL

TIE

S Th

e go

al o

f thi

s con

test

is to

be

as re

al w

orld

real

istic

as p

ossi

ble.

The

refo

re

ther

e ar

e tw

o ac

tions

whi

le n

ot i

llega

l, ar

e no

t w

hat

wou

ld b

e a

good

op

erat

ing

proc

edur

es in

the

real

wor

ld. T

hus

ther

e ar

e Pe

nalty

Poi

nts

(PP)

ad

ded

to th

e A

ctua

l Tim

e (A

T) o

f any

Rob

ot w

hich

doe

s the

m. Y

ou c

an st

ill

do th

ese

thin

gs, b

ut y

ou w

ill g

et p

oint

s ad

ded

to y

our T

ime

Scor

e if

you

do.

Don

’t le

t the

se p

enal

ties

scar

e yo

u to

o m

uch.

The

se p

enal

ties

are

gene

rally

a

smal

l pr

ice

to p

ay f

or a

Rob

ot t

hat

actu

ally

man

ages

to

acco

mpl

ish

the

task

. To

uchi

ng a

wal

l A

ny R

obot

tha

t to

uche

s a

wal

l w

ith a

ny p

art

of i

ts b

ody

or f

eele

r, ei

ther

de

liber

atel

y or

acc

iden

tally

will

hav

e 5

poin

ts a

dded

to

its A

ctua

l Ti

me

scor

e fo

r ea

ch t

ime

it to

uche

d a

wal

l. A

ny R

obot

tha

t sl

ides

alo

ng a

wal

l w

ill h

ave

an a

dditi

onal

1 p

oint

add

ed to

its

time

scor

e fo

r eac

h 2

cm o

f wal

l

21

it to

uche

d as

it w

as s

lidin

g al

ong.

A R

obot

can

stil

l tou

ch a

wal

l to

orie

nt

itsel

f, bu

t it w

ill b

e pe

naliz

ed fo

r doi

ng s

o. (P

P =

5 pe

r hit

and

PP =

1 p

er 2

cm

of s

lidin

g)

Ther

e ar

e no

pen

altie

s co

unte

d fo

r hitt

ing

the

wal

l on

the

Ret

urn

Trip

bac

k to

the

Hom

e C

ircle

afte

r ext

ingu

ishi

ng th

e ca

ndle

. To

uchi

ng th

e ca

ndle

A

ny R

obot

that

touc

hes

the

cand

le o

r its

bas

e w

ith a

ny p

art o

f its

bod

y or

fe

eler

, eith

er d

elib

erat

ely

or a

ccid

enta

lly w

hile

the

cand

le is

lit,

will

hav

e 50

po

ints

add

ed t

o its

Act

ual

Tim

e sc

ore.

If

the

touc

h oc

curs

as

part

of t

he

actu

al e

xtin

guis

hing

pro

cess

(i.e

. sm

othe

ring

the

flam

e w

ith a

wet

spo

nge)

or

afte

r the

can

dle

is e

xtin

guis

hed,

ther

e is

no

pena

lty. T

his

touc

hing

refe

rs

only

to a

par

t of

the

Rob

ot’s

bod

y an

d do

es n

ot in

clud

e an

y w

ater

, air

or

othe

r mat

eria

l tha

t the

Rob

ot m

ight

use

to e

xtin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

. (PP

= 5

0)

21. R

OO

M F

AC

TO

R

In o

rder

to m

ake

the

cont

est r

ealis

tic a

nd to

enc

oura

ge th

e cr

eatio

n of

sm

art

Rob

ots,

we

have

del

iber

atel

y ad

ded

unce

rtain

ty in

to th

e co

ntes

t. Th

e R

obot

do

es n

ot k

now

in

whi

ch o

f 4

room

s th

e ca

ndle

is

in. S

omet

imes

a R

obot

ge

ts lu

cky

and

the

cand

le is

in th

e fir

st r

oom

it s

earc

hes

and

som

etim

es a

R

obot

is u

nluc

ky a

nd th

e ca

ndle

is in

the

4th

room

sea

rche

d. T

he u

nfai

rnes

s of

this

is th

at fi

ndin

g th

e ca

ndle

in th

e 4t

h ro

om y

ou lo

ok in

is a

lot h

arde

r an

d ta

kes

long

er th

an f

indi

ng it

in th

e 1s

t roo

m y

ou s

earc

h. T

o re

duce

the

impa

ct o

f "lu

ck"

and

give

som

e cr

edit

to th

e m

ore

soph

istic

ated

Rob

ots

that

ca

n se

arch

mul

tiple

roo

ms

succ

essf

ully

, th

ere

will

be

a R

oom

Fac

tor

invo

lved

in th

e sc

orin

g th

at w

ill b

e m

ultip

lied

by th

e Ti

me

Scor

e to

get

the

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore.

The

mor

e ro

oms

a R

obot

has

to s

earc

h be

fore

it fi

nds

the

cand

le, t

he lo

wer

the

Roo

m F

acto

r and

thus

the

bette

r the

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore.

If

the

cand

le is

in th

e 1s

t roo

m se

arch

ed, t

he R

oom

Fac

tor w

ill b

e 1.

0 If

the

cand

le is

in th

e 2n

d ro

om se

arch

ed, t

he R

oom

Fac

tor w

ill b

e 0.

85

If th

e ca

ndle

is in

the

3rd

room

sear

ched

, the

Roo

m F

acto

r will

be

0.50

If

the

cand

le is

in th

e 4t

h ro

om se

arch

ed, t

he R

oom

Fac

tor w

ill b

e 0.

35

22

It do

es n

ot m

atte

r in

whi

ch o

rder

the

Rob

ot s

earc

hes

the

room

s. Th

e on

ly

thin

g th

at m

atte

rs is

how

man

y ro

oms

the

Rob

ot h

as s

earc

hed

befo

re it

find

s th

e ca

ndle

. So

me

Rob

ots

have

ext

rem

ely

sens

itive

sen

sors

and

can

tell

if th

e ca

ndle

is

in th

e ro

om b

y m

erel

y lo

okin

g in

the

door

way

as

it pa

sses

by.

The

Rob

ot

does

not

hav

e to

hav

e en

tere

d a

room

to b

e co

nsid

ered

as

havi

ng s

earc

hed

it. A

ny R

obot

goi

ng p

ast a

doo

rway

that

it h

as n

ot g

one

past

bef

ore

will

be

cons

ider

ed to

hav

e se

arch

ed th

at ro

om. I

f the

Rob

ot h

as a

lread

y se

arch

ed a

ro

om a

nd th

en g

oes

past

the

door

way

aga

in o

n its

way

to a

diff

eren

t roo

m,

that

room

will

not

be

coun

ted

twic

e.

22. R

EL

IAB

ILIT

Y F

AC

TO

R

Sinc

e it

is im

porta

nt th

at a

ny F

ire-F

ight

ing

Rob

ot b

e re

liabl

e as

wel

l as

fast

, an

y R

obot

tha

t ex

tingu

ishe

s th

e ca

ndle

in

all

thre

e of

its

tria

ls w

ill g

et a

10

% r

educ

tion

in i

ts F

inal

Sco

re (

The

sum

of

its t

wo

best

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ores

.) Fo

r ex

ampl

e, R

obot

A h

as O

pera

ting

Scor

es o

f 25

and

24,

but

fa

iled

to e

xtin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

in

its t

hird

tria

l. R

obot

B h

as O

pera

ting

Scor

es o

f 28

, 24

& 4

7. T

he tw

o be

st O

pera

ting

Scor

es f

or R

obot

A a

dded

to

geth

er g

ive

Rob

ot A

a f

inal

sco

re o

f 49

. The

two

best

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ores

fo

r R

obot

B to

tal 5

2, b

ut s

ince

it e

xtin

guis

hed

the

cand

le in

all

3 tri

als,

it ge

ts a

10%

redu

ctio

n in

the

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore

tota

l. Th

eref

ore

its F

inal

Sco

re

wou

ld b

e 46

.8 a

nd R

obot

B w

ould

bea

t R

obot

A.

For

extin

guis

hing

the

ca

ndle

in a

ll 3

trial

s Rel

iabi

lity

Fact

or (R

F) =

0.9

, oth

erw

ise

RF

= 1.

0 23

. SC

OR

ING

PR

OC

ED

UR

E

A.

Mul

tiply

the

Ope

ratin

g M

odes

tog

ethe

r to

get

the

Mod

e Fa

ctor

(M

F)

(Tet

here

d=1.

2, S

ound

= 0

.95,

Ret

urn=

0.8,

(If n

one

of th

e O

pera

ting

Mod

es

are

used

and

the

Rob

ot is

runn

ing

in th

e St

anda

rd O

pera

tion

then

MF=

1.0

B

. Rec

ord

the

Act

ual T

ime

(AT)

in se

cond

s nee

ded

to p

ut o

ut th

e ca

ndle

C

. Add

all

the

Pena

lty P

oint

s (P

P) to

geth

er h

ittin

g a

wal

l = 5

poi

nts

per h

it sl

idin

g al

ong

wal

l = 1

poi

nt p

er 2

cm

touc

hing

the

cand

le o

r bas

e w

hile

the

cand

le is

lit =

50

poin

ts

23

D.

Rec

ord

the

Roo

m F

acto

r (R

F) 1

st r

oom

= 1

.0,

2nd

room

= 0

.85,

3rd

ro

om =

0.5

0, 4

th ro

om =

0.3

5 E

. Add

the

Act

ual T

ime

to th

e Pe

nalty

Poi

nts t

o ge

t the

Tim

e Sc

ore

(TS)

TS

= A

T +

PP

F . M

ultip

ly th

e Ti

me

Scor

e, R

oom

Fac

tor a

nd M

ode

Fact

or to

geth

er to

get

th

e O

pera

ting

Scor

e (O

S) fo

r tha

t tria

l. O

S =

TS x

RF

x M

F G

. Afte

r 3

trial

s, ad

d th

e tw

o lo

wes

t Ope

ratin

g Sc

ores

toge

ther

to g

et th

e Su

m o

f Bes

t 2 T

rials

(SB

2T)

H.

If t

he R

obot

had

2 s

ucce

ssfu

l tri

als

(the

cand

le w

as e

xtin

guis

hed)

the

R

elia

bilit

y Fa

ctor

(R

F) i

s 1.

0 If

the

Rob

ot h

ad 3

suc

cess

ful

trial

s, th

e R

elia

bilit

y Fa

ctor

is 0

.9

I . M

ultip

ly th

e Su

m o

f B

est 2

Tria

ls ti

mes

the

Rel

iabi

lity

Fact

or to

get

the

Fina

l Sco

re (F

S)

FS =

SB

2T x

RF

J . T

he R

obot

with

the

low

est F

inal

Sco

re is

the

win

ner.

24. S

CO

RIN

G E

XA

MPL

ES

1st T

rial

: If

a R

obot

runs

its

first

tria

l in

the

Stan

dard

, Sou

nd a

nd R

etur

n m

odes

, tak

es

1 m

inut

e an

d 23

sec

onds

to

extin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

in

the

2nd

room

whi

le

hitti

ng th

e w

all 3

tim

es, i

ts O

pera

ting

Scor

e fo

r tha

t tria

l wou

ld b

e:

A.

Mul

tiply

the

Ope

ratin

g M

odes

tog

ethe

r to

get

the

Mod

e Fa

ctor

(M

F)

(Sta

ndar

d=1.

0, S

ound

= 0

.95

and

Ret

urn=

0.8)

MF

= St

d x

Snd

x R

tn =

1.0

x

0.95

x 0

.8 =

0.7

6 B

. Rec

ord

the

Act

ual T

ime

(AT)

in se

cond

s nee

ded

to p

ut o

ut th

e ca

ndle

A

T =

83

C. A

dd a

ll th

e Pe

nalty

Poi

nts (

PP) t

oget

her (

hitti

ng a

wal

l = 5

poi

nts/

hit)

PP =

15

24

D. R

ecor

d th

e R

oom

Fac

tor (

RF)

(2nd

room

= 0

.85)

R

F =

0.85

E

. Add

the

Act

ual T

ime

to th

e Pe

nalty

Poi

nts t

o ge

t the

Tim

e Sc

ore

(TS)

TS

= A

T +

PP =

83

+ 15

= 9

8 F .

Mul

tiply

the

Tim

e Sc

ore,

Roo

m F

acto

r and

Mod

e Fa

ctor

toge

ther

to g

et

the

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore

(OS)

OS

= TS

x R

F x

MF

= 98

x 0

.85

x 0.

76 =

63.

31

2nd

Tria

l:

If t

he R

obot

run

s its

sec

ond

trail

in t

he S

tand

ard,

Sou

nd,

Ret

urn

mod

es,

take

s 1

min

ute

and

41 s

econ

ds to

ext

ingu

ish

the

cand

le in

the

four

th r

oom

se

arch

ed w

hile

acc

iden

tally

bum

ping

into

the

cand

le, i

t Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore

for

that

tria

l wou

ld b

e :

A. M

ultip

ly th

e O

pera

ting

Mod

es to

geth

er to

get

the

Mod

e Fa

ctor

(MF)

(S

tand

ard=

1.0,

Sou

nd =

0.9

5, a

nd R

etur

n=0.

8) M

F =

Std

x Sn

d x

Rtn

= 1

.0

x 0.

95 x

0.8

= 0

.76

B. R

ecor

d th

e A

ctua

l Tim

e (A

T) in

seco

nds n

eede

d to

put

out

the

cand

le

AT

= 10

1 C

. Add

all

the

Pena

lty P

oint

s (PP

) tog

ethe

r (hi

tting

can

dle

= 50

poi

nts)

PP

= 5

0 D

. Rec

ord

the

Roo

m F

acto

r (R

F) (4

th ro

om =

0.3

5)

RF

= 0.

35

E. A

dd th

e A

ctua

l Tim

e to

the

Pena

lty P

oint

s to

get t

he T

ime

Scor

e (T

S)

TS =

AT

+ PP

= 1

01 +

50

= 15

1 F.

Mul

tiply

the

Tim

e Sc

ore,

Roo

m F

acto

r and

Mod

e Fa

ctor

toge

ther

to g

et

the

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ore

(OS)

OS

= TS

x R

F x

MF

= 15

1 x

0.35

x 0

.76

= 40

.166

25

3rd

Tria

l:

In th

e th

ird tr

ial t

he R

obot

trie

d to

run

in th

e St

anda

rd, S

ound

, and

Ret

urn

mod

es.

It ex

tingu

ishe

d th

e ca

ndle

in

the

first

roo

m i

n 1

min

ute

and

10

seco

nds,

but i

t did

not

mak

e it

back

to th

e H

ome

Circ

le.

A. M

ultip

ly th

e O

pera

ting

Mod

es to

geth

er to

get

the

Mod

e Fa

ctor

(MF)

The

R

obot

did

not

mak

e it

back

to th

e H

ome

Circ

le s

o it

lose

s th

e R

etur

n m

ode

redu

ctio

n.

(Sta

ndar

d=1.

0, a

nd S

ound

= 0

.95)

M

F =

Std

x Sn

d x

Frn

= 1.

0 x

0.95

= 0

.95

B. R

ecor

d th

e A

ctua

l Tim

e (A

T) in

seco

nds n

eede

d to

put

out

the

cand

le

AT

= 70

C

. Add

all

the

Pena

lty P

oint

s (PP

) tog

ethe

r PP

= 0

D

. Rec

ord

the

Roo

m F

acto

r (R

F) (1

st ro

om =

1.0

) R

F =

1.0

E. A

dd th

e A

ctua

l Tim

e to

the

Pena

lty P

oint

s to

get t

he T

ime

Scor

e (T

S)

TS =

AT

+ PP

= 7

0 +

0 =

70

F . M

ultip

ly th

e Ti

me

Scor

e, R

oom

Fac

tor a

nd M

ode

Fact

or to

geth

er to

get

th

e O

pera

ting

Scor

e (O

S)

OS

= TS

x R

F x

MF

= 70

x 1

.0 x

0.9

5 =

66.5

F

inal

Cal

cula

tions

: N

ow th

e R

obot

is d

one

with

its 3

tria

ls.

A. A

fter

3 tri

als

add

the

two

low

est

Ope

ratin

g Sc

ores

tog

ethe

r to

get

the

Su

m o

f Bes

t 2 T

rials

(SB

2T)

SB2T

= 6

3.31

+ 4

0.16

6 =

103.

376

B. S

ince

the

Rob

ot h

ad 3

suc

cess

ful t

rials

(the

can

dle

was

ext

ingu

ishe

d) th

e R

elia

bilit

y Fa

ctor

(RF)

is 0

.9

RF

= 0.

9

26

C. M

ultip

ly th

e Su

m o

f Bes

t 2 T

rials

tim

es th

e R

elia

bilit

y Fa

ctor

to g

et th

e Fi

nal S

core

(FS)

FS

= S

B2T

x R

F =

103.

376

x 0.

9 =

93.0

384

D. T

he R

obot

's fin

al sc

ore

wou

ld b

e 93

.038

4 Th

is s

corin

g pr

oced

ure

is d

esig

ned

to t

ry t

o al

low

Rob

ot e

ntrie

s of

all

diff

eren

t le

vels

of

soph

istic

atio

n to

com

pete

in

the

sam

e co

ntes

t. A

nyon

e ca

n w

in.

Each

Rob

ot w

ill h

ave

3 ch

ance

s to

fin

d an

d ex

tingu

ish

the

cand

le.

The

Rob

ot c

an o

pera

te u

nder

diff

eren

t m

odes

dur

ing

each

tria

l. Th

e ca

ndle

, if

nece

ssar

y, w

ill b

e m

oved

to

diff

eren

t lo

catio

ns f

or e

ach

trial

. The

low

est

tota

l of

the

two

best

sco

res

from

the

thre

e tri

als

shal

l be

used

to d

eter

min

e th

e w

inne

r. 25

. EX

PER

T D

IVIS

ION

Th

e Ex

pert

Div

isio

n w

as e

stab

lishe

d in

200

1 to

cha

lleng

e th

e m

ost

expe

rienc

ed f

ire-f

ight

ing

Rob

ot d

esig

ners

and

to

clea

rly i

dent

ify t

he b

est

Rob

ots

in th

e co

ntes

t. Ea

ch y

ear t

he E

xper

t Div

isio

n ha

s pr

esen

ted

new

and

m

ore

chal

leng

ing

task

s. In

200

1 an

d 20

02,

Expe

rt D

ivis

ion

Rob

ots

wer

e re

quire

d to

ope

rate

with

in t

he s

tand

ard

maz

e us

ing

all

of t

he d

educ

tions

(a

udio

sta

rt, a

rbitr

ary

star

t, fu

rnitu

re, e

tc.)

In 2

003,

the

cont

est a

dded

a n

ew

chal

leng

e, a

larg

er m

aze

who

se g

eom

etry

cha

nged

from

run

to ru

n.

For

2005

, we

have

incr

ease

d th

e ch

alle

nge

by in

clud

ing

both

fire

-fig

htin

g an

d se

arch

-and

-res

cue

task

s. In

200

5, E

xper

t Div

isio

n R

obot

s w

ill c

arry

out

th

e ta

sks

of a

fire

dep

artm

ent s

cout

Rob

ot th

at s

earc

hes

for a

bab

y in

a tw

o-st

ory

hous

e, m

arks

the

baby

’s lo

catio

n, a

nd p

uts

out f

ires.

(see

the

Expe

rt D

ivis

ion

Are

na in

Atta

chm

ent 2

) The

firs

t flo

or o

f the

hou

se c

onsi

sts

of th

e 3m

x 3

m a

rena

whi

le th

e se

cond

floo

r mea

sure

s 2m

x 2

m. R

obot

s w

ill re

ach

the

seco

nd fl

oor v

ia a

ram

p.

Ther

e w

ill b

e tw

o be

droo

ms

on th

e se

cond

floo

r. A

sim

ulat

ed b

aby

loca

ted

in o

ne o

f th

ese

upst

airs

bed

room

s m

ust b

e fo

und

and

mar

ked

so th

at a

fire

27

depa

rtmen

t res

cue

robo

t can

sav

e th

e ba

by. R

escu

ing

the

baby

is N

OT

part

of th

e 20

05 c

ompe

titio

n. I

n ad

ditio

n, th

e sc

out R

obot

mus

t ext

ingu

ish

two

cand

les.

Can

dles

can

be

loca

ted

in a

ny ro

om o

n ei

ther

floo

r. TH

E E

XPE

RT

DIV

ISIO

N T

ASK

S Th

e FF

Rob

ot sc

out’s

goa

l is t

o co

mpl

ete

the

four

task

s bel

ow. T

he ta

sks

can

be c

ompl

eted

in a

ny o

rder

. 1.

Pu

t out

can

dle

1 2.

Pu

t out

can

dle

2 3.

Fi

nd a

nd m

ark

the

baby

by

plac

ing

an a

udib

le b

eepe

r (se

e sp

ecifi

catio

ns b

elow

) with

in 2

0 cm

of t

he b

aby.

4.

G

o up

and

dow

n th

e ra

mp

at le

ast o

nce.

Thi

s mus

t be

acco

mpl

ishe

d in

a c

ontro

lled

fash

ion.

N

ote:

R

UL

ES

FOR

TH

E E

XPE

RT

DIV

ISIO

N

The

pen

altie

s for

the

Exp

ert d

ivis

ion

will

be

the

sam

e as

for

the

othe

r di

visi

ons.

Diff

eren

ces b

etw

een

the

Exp

ert d

ivis

ion

and

the

othe

r di

visi

ons a

re li

sted

bel

ow.

A. T

he fi

rst f

loor

1.

Th

e fir

st fl

oor w

ill m

easu

re 3

met

ers b

y 3

met

ers s

quar

e.

2.

The

oute

r wal

ls w

ill b

e st

atio

nary

, but

the

inne

r wal

ls th

at d

efin

e th

e ha

llway

s and

room

s will

be

mov

eabl

e an

d w

ill, i

n fa

ct, b

e m

oved

bet

wee

n ea

ch tr

ail.

3.

Wal

l hei

ght w

ill b

e ap

prox

imat

ely

equa

l to

that

of t

he st

anda

rd

maz

e.

4.

Ther

e w

ill b

e 2

to 5

room

s in

any

trial

and

thei

r pos

ition

, siz

e an

d do

orw

ay lo

catio

n w

ill c

hang

e fr

om o

ne tr

ial t

o an

othe

r. 5.

A

room

will

onl

y ha

ve o

ne d

oorw

ay a

nd th

at d

oorw

ay w

ill b

e co

nnec

ted

to th

e ha

llway

and

not

to a

noth

er ro

om.

6.

Hal

lway

s may

lead

to d

ead

ends

. 7.

Th

e ha

llway

s and

doo

rway

s will

be

appr

oxim

atel

y 48

cm

wid

e.

28

B. T

he S

econ

d F

loor

1.

Th

e se

cond

floo

r will

mea

sure

app

roxi

mat

ely

2 m

eter

s by

2 m

eter

s sq

uare

. 2.

W

all h

eigh

t will

be

appr

oxim

atel

y eq

ual t

o th

at o

f the

stan

dard

m

aze.

3.

Th

e ou

ter w

alls

will

be

stat

iona

ry, b

ut th

e in

ner w

alls

that

def

ine

the

hallw

ays a

nd ro

oms m

ay b

e m

ovea

ble

and

may

be

mov

ed fr

om

run

to ru

n.

4.

Ther

e w

ill b

e 2

bedr

oom

s on

the

seco

nd fl

oor w

ith c

onne

ctin

g ha

llway

(s).

5.

A ro

om w

ill o

nly

have

one

doo

rway

and

that

doo

rway

will

be

conn

ecte

d to

the

hallw

ay a

nd n

ot to

ano

ther

room

. 6.

H

allw

ays m

ay le

ad to

dea

d en

ds.

7.

The

hallw

ays a

nd d

oorw

ays w

ill b

e ap

prox

imat

ely

48 c

m w

ide.

C

. Sta

irca

se (R

amp)

1.

Th

e fir

st a

nd se

cond

floo

rs a

re c

onne

cted

via

a ra

mp.

2.

Th

e ra

mp

will

con

nect

to th

e fir

st a

nd se

cond

floo

rs a

t the

ir ed

ges.

3.

The

entra

nce

to th

e ra

mp

is n

ot m

arke

d in

any

way

. 4.

Th

e ra

mp

angl

e w

ill n

ot e

xcee

d 15

deg

rees

. 5.

Th

e w

idth

of t

he ra

mp

will

be

appr

oxim

atel

y 48

cm

. 6.

Th

e ra

mp

will

hav

e w

alls

sim

ilar t

o th

e w

alls

of t

he m

aze.

Wal

l he

ight

will

be

appr

oxim

atel

y eq

ual t

o th

at o

f the

stan

dard

maz

e.

7.

Som

e or

all

of th

e ra

mp’

s wal

ls m

ay b

e m

ade

of a

tran

spar

ent

plas

tic m

ater

ial,

for p

urpo

ses o

f obs

erva

tion.

D

. Bab

y 1.

Th

e ba

by is

a to

y do

ll w

hose

leng

th is

scal

ed in

pro

porti

on to

the

room

size

. 2.

Th

e ba

by e

mits

infr

ared

sign

als t

hat s

imul

ate

body

hea

t, th

roug

h a

belt

wor

n by

the

baby

. The

nom

inal

IR w

avel

engt

h w

ill b

e 88

0 nm

. 3.

Th

e IR

em

itted

by

the

belt

is m

odul

ated

at 2

.5 k

Hz

± 10

%.

4.

The

belt

cont

ains

8-1

0 IR

em

itter

dio

des

to a

chie

ve a

wid

e ra

diat

ion

patte

rn.

How

ever

, w

e do

not

spe

cify

or

guar

ante

e an

y ra

diat

ion

patte

rn.

29

5.

A re

d LE

D w

ill in

dica

te w

hen

the

baby

’s IR

tran

smitt

er is

ON

. E

- Th

e be

eper

dro

pped

by

the

robo

t mus

t em

it a

1 kH

z to

ne p

ulse

d tw

ice

per s

econ

d. T

he b

eepe

r mus

t ope

rate

for a

t lea

st o

ne m

inut

e an

d be

loud

en

ough

to b

e he

ard

by th

e ju

dges

at a

dis

tanc

e of

at l

east

3 m

eter

s. F

- Th

e ro

bots

in th

is d

ivis

ion

mus

t be

un-te

ther

ed a

nd u

sing

eith

er o

n-bo

ard

com

pute

rs o

r an

exte

rnal

des

ktop

com

pute

r with

an

RF

link.

The

re

cann

ot b

e an

y w

ires f

rom

the

exte

rnal

com

pute

r to

the

Rob

ot.

G -

Expe

rt D

ivis

ion

robo

ts m

ust o

pera

te in

the

Soun

d, U

neve

n Fl

oor a

nd

Furn

iture

mod

es.

H -T

he S

ound

mod

e is

man

dato

ry a

nd a

failu

re to

star

t pro

perly

in S

ound

m

ode

will

nul

lify

the

run

(zer

o ta

sks,

6 m

inut

es a

djus

ted

time—

see

Scor

ing

belo

w).

I - T

here

will

NO

T be

a w

hite

line

in th

e do

orw

ay to

a ro

om.

J -

Even

thou

gh s

ome

part

of th

e R

obot

mus

t stil

l com

e w

ithin

30

cm o

f a

cand

le b

efor

e it

atte

mpt

s to

ext

ingu

ish

the

cand

le,

ther

e w

ill N

OT

be a

ca

ndle

circ

le to

indi

cate

that

the

Rob

ot is

with

in th

e co

rrec

t dis

tanc

e. T

hus

the

Rob

ot w

ill s

omeh

ow h

ave

to m

ake

sure

tha

t it

is c

lose

eno

ugh

to t

he

cand

le b

efor

e it

star

ts th

e ex

tingu

ishi

ng p

roce

ss.

K -

The

flo

or in

the

room

s m

ay n

ot b

e un

iform

ly b

lack

or

even

sm

ooth

ly

flat.

Som

e ro

oms

may

con

tain

mor

e re

al-w

orld

typ

e flo

ors

mad

e of

suc

h m

ater

ials

as

linol

eum

, tile

, or

even

thin

rug

s. If

use

d, th

e ru

gs w

ill b

e ve

ry

thin

(les

s tha

n 5

mm

) and

def

inite

ly N

OT

shag

rugs

. L

- Th

e w

alls

in th

e Ex

pert

divi

sion

may

not

be

unifo

rmly

whi

te o

r ev

en

smoo

thly

flat

. The

re c

ould

be

pict

ures

or o

ther

mat

eria

ls h

ung

on th

e w

alls

w

hich

cha

nge

the

colo

r, te

xtur

e or

ref

lect

ivity

. In

any

cas

e, n

othi

ng w

ill

exte

nd m

ore

than

5 m

m fr

om th

e w

all s

urfa

ce.

M -

Qua

lific

atio

n: T

o qu

alify

for

the

fin

al c

ompe

titio

n, a

rob

ot m

ust

com

plet

e at

leas

t tw

o ta

sks i

n on

e ru

n w

ithin

six

min

utes

.

30

N -

Hom

e C

ircle

. The

re w

ill b

e a

30 c

m (

diam

eter

) w

hite

hom

e ci

rcle

for

th

e ro

bot t

o st

art i

n. I

f th

e ro

bot c

ompl

etes

at l

east

one

task

and

ret

urns

to

the

hom

e ci

rcle

with

in th

e m

axim

um s

ix m

inut

es, i

t will

rece

ive

a 10

% ti

me

redu

ctio

n fo

r tha

t run

. The

hom

e ci

rcle

can

be

anyw

here

in th

e fir

st fl

oor o

f th

e ar

ena,

eve

n in

a r

oom

. The

rob

ot m

ust n

ot e

nter

any

roo

ms

on it

s w

ay

back

to th

e ho

me

circ

le (m

ust s

tay

in h

allw

ays)

, but

it d

oes

not h

ave

to ta

ke

the

mos

t dire

ct ro

ute

back

. Thi

s R

etur

n M

ode

will

be

optio

nal a

nd a

failu

re

to re

turn

will

NO

T ca

ncel

the

trial

. O

- A

ll ha

llway

s, w

alls

and

inte

rsec

tions

will

be

at ri

ght a

ngle

s. Th

ere

will

N

OT

be a

ny d

iago

nal h

allw

ays o

r wal

ls.

P - A

ll ro

oms w

ill b

e at

leas

t 2x2

grid

s in

size

(a g

rid is

app

roxi

mat

ely

48

cm o

n a

side

). R

oom

s do

not h

ave

to b

e sq

uare

or e

ven

rect

angu

lar.

Q -

The

cand

le w

ill N

OT

be in

a h

allw

ay.

R -

The

Roo

m F

acto

r dis

coun

t (Se

ctio

n #

21) w

ill N

OT

be a

pplie

d to

the

Expe

rt di

visi

on.

S - T

he o

rient

atio

n of

the

Rob

ots o

n th

e H

ome

circ

le w

ill b

e de

term

ined

by

the

judg

es a

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f a tr

ial.

26. E

XPE

RT

DIV

ISIO

N S

CO

RIN

G

A. E

ach

robo

t is a

llow

ed th

ree

runs

B

. The

max

imum

run

time

for e

ach

run

is 6

min

utes

. Thi

s tim

e w

ill b

e re

cord

ed fo

r run

s tha

t are

not

fully

com

plet

ed.

C. F

or e

ach

run,

judg

es c

ount

the

num

ber o

f tas

ks c

ompl

eted

, mea

sure

the

raw

tim

e, a

nd p

enal

ties.

D. A

n ad

just

ed ti

me

is c

ompu

ted

by a

ddin

g pe

nalty

tim

e to

raw

tim

e.

E. R

obot

scor

e is

then

take

n as

follo

ws:

1.

A

dd u

p to

tal n

umbe

r of c

ompl

eted

task

s for

the

thre

e ru

ns

2.

Add

up

the

tota

l adj

uste

d ru

n tim

es fo

r the

thre

e ru

ns

3.

Fini

shin

g ra

nk is

com

pute

d by

the

tota

l num

ber o

f tas

ks c

ompl

eted

us

ing

time

as th

e tie

brea

ker.

31

EX

PER

T D

IVIS

ION

SC

OR

ING

EX

AM

PLE

R

obot

A h

as th

e fo

llow

ing

runs

: R

un 1

: Fi

nds a

can

dle

on th

e fir

st fl

oor a

nd p

uts i

t out

. Goe

s up

the

ram

p. F

inds

and

m

arks

the

baby

. Fai

ls to

go

dow

n ra

mp

(doe

s not

retu

rn to

firs

t flo

or in

co

ntro

lled

fash

ion)

. Dur

ing

the

run,

the

robo

t hits

the

wal

l tw

ice.

Tw

o ta

sks c

ompl

eted

. R

aw ti

me

= 6

min

utes

(did

not

com

plet

e fo

ur ta

sks)

A

djus

ted

time

= 6:

10 (p

enal

ty ti

mes

add

ed fo

r the

two

wal

l hits

) R

un 2

: H

its w

all a

nd st

ops.

Zero

task

s, 6:

05.

Run

3:

Com

plet

es a

ll fo

ur ta

sks,

2:56

. Sc

ore:

6

task

s, to

tal t

ime

= 15

:11.

R

obot

B h

as fo

llow

ing

runs

: R

un 1

: Ex

tingu

ishe

s one

can

dle,

6 m

inut

es.

Run

2:

Extin

guis

hes t

wo

cand

les (

both

on

first

floo

r), 6

min

utes

. R

un 3

: C

ompl

etes

all

four

task

s in

5:24

and

retu

rns h

ome,

rece

ivin

g a

30 se

cond

de

duct

ion.

Adj

uste

d tim

e =

4:56

. Sc

ore:

7

task

s, to

tal t

ime

= 16

:56.

32

Rob

ot B

’s fi

nal r

anki

ng is

hig

her.

It c

ompl

eted

mor

e ta

sks e

ven

thou

gh

its to

tal r

un ti

me

is h

ighe

r.

See

a sa

mpl

e of

Exp

ert D

ivis

ion

Scor

e Sh

eet i

n A

ttach

men

t 2, w

hich

will

he

lp y

ou u

nder

stan

d th

e sc

orin

g pr

oced

ures

. (W

e ar

e un

der

no i

llusi

ons

that

the

se n

ew E

xper

t D

ivis

ion

rule

s ar

e pe

rfec

t dev

elop

ed a

nd in

clud

e ea

ch a

nd e

very

pos

sibl

e ci

rcum

stan

ce o

r co

nditi

on.

The

refo

re,

ther

e w

ill b

e a

30 d

ay c

omm

ent

peri

od e

ndin

g Ja

nuar

y 1,

whe

re w

e en

cour

age

you

to a

sk q

uest

ions

abo

ut th

e ru

les

so

that

the

y ca

n be

cla

rifie

d ea

rly

in t

he p

roce

ss.

Plea

se s

end

all

your

co

mm

ents

and

que

stio

ns to

the

deve

lope

r of

the

Exp

ert D

ivis

ion.

) 27

. DIV

ISIO

N D

EC

ISIO

NS

Whe

n re

gist

erin

g fo

r th

e co

ntes

t, co

ntes

tant

s w

ill b

e as

ked

to s

elec

t a

divi

sion

to ru

n in

and

no

divi

sion

cha

nges

will

be

allo

wed

afte

r reg

istra

tion.

N

o si

ngle

Rob

ot c

an b

e en

tere

d in

tw

o di

ffer

ent

divi

sion

s. If

a c

onte

stan

t w

ants

to

oper

ate

in t

wo

divi

sion

s, th

en t

hey

mus

t en

ter

two

diff

eren

t R

obot

s. 28

. CH

AL

LE

NG

ES

OF

JUD

GE

S' R

UL

ING

S Th

e C

onte

st M

aste

r is

the

FIN

AL

AN

D A

BSO

LUTE

aut

horit

y on

the

in

terp

reta

tion

of a

ll ru

les

and

deci

sion

s. A

ny c

onte

stan

t w

ho w

ishe

s to

ch

alle

nge

any

rulin

g or

sco

ring

of th

e A

rena

Jud

ges

to th

e C

onte

st M

aste

r, m

ust

do s

o B

EFO

RE

they

lea

ve t

he a

rena

are

a. I

f a

cont

esta

nt h

as a

pr

oble

m o

r qu

estio

n ab

out a

ny d

ecis

ion

the

Are

na J

udge

s ha

ve m

ade,

they

si

mpl

y ha

ve to

say

that

they

wis

h to

app

eal t

his

to th

e C

onte

st M

aste

r. Th

e C

onte

st M

aste

r w

ill t

hen

be c

alle

d in

to

arbi

trate

the

mat

ter.

Onc

e th

e co

ntes

tant

s ha

ve le

ft th

e ar

ena,

they

can

not

app

eal a

ny d

ecis

ion

or s

corin

g of

the

Are

na Ju

dges

. 29

. PR

IZE

S Th

ere

will

be

priz

es fo

r the

Win

ner,

Run

ner-

up, t

he b

est I

nnov

atio

n R

obot

, th

e m

ost

Econ

omic

al R

obot

and

oth

er p

rizes

will

be

deci

ded

late

r by

the

C

omm

ittee

.

33

30. Q

UA

LIF

ICA

TIO

N T

RIA

LS

On

Frid

ay, a

t the

ir di

scre

tion,

the

com

petit

ors

will

nee

d to

qua

lify

to p

rove

th

at th

ey c

an in

deed

func

tion

in th

e ar

enas

. Eac

h R

obot

will

hav

e 3

chan

ces

to fi

nd a

nd e

xtin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

, sub

ject

to th

e fo

llow

ing:

A

. The

3 Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

ls d

o no

t hav

e to

be

run

cons

ecut

ivel

y. A

Rob

ot

can

com

e ba

ck a

fter a

djus

tmen

ts to

try

agai

n.

B.

Onc

e a

Rob

ot h

as s

ucce

ssfu

lly q

ualif

ied

by f

indi

ng a

nd e

xtin

guis

hing

th

e ca

ndle

, it d

oes

not h

ave

to c

ompl

ete

any

furth

er tr

ials

. A R

obot

onl

y ha

s to

find

the

cand

le o

nce

to b

e qu

alifi

ed fo

r the

con

test

on

Satu

rday

. C

. If

the

Rob

ot c

an n

ot f

ind

and

extin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

onc

e du

ring

its 3

Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

ls, t

hen

it ha

s not

qua

lifie

d fo

r the

con

test

on

Satu

rday

. D

. The

con

test

ants

can

pla

ce th

e ca

ndle

whe

re e

ver t

hey

wan

t. F

. The

act

ual t

ime

to c

ompl

ete

a Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

l will

not

mat

ter,

but t

he

Rob

ot m

ust s

ucce

ssfu

lly fi

nd a

nd e

xtin

guis

h th

e ca

ndle

with

in th

e 5

min

ute

limit.

G

. The

rul

es c

once

rnin

g no

t m

ovin

g fo

r 30

sec

onds

or

repe

atin

g th

e sa

me

mov

emen

t 5 ti

mes

will

app

ly.

H. W

hen

you

are

read

y to

mak

e a

Qua

lific

atio

n Tr

ial,

you

will

not

ify th

e Q

ualif

icat

ion

Judg

es a

nd th

ey w

ill g

ive

you

a tri

al p

ositi

on. (

For

exam

ple:

"T

here

are

3 R

obot

s ah

ead

of y

ou in

line

and

whe

n th

ey a

re d

one

then

you

go

.")

I. W

hen

it is

you

r tim

e to

mak

e yo

ur Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

l yo

u w

ill h

ave

1 m

inut

e to

get

set

up

and

begi

n. I

f yo

u ca

n't b

egin

with

in th

e 1

min

ute

then

th

at p

artic

ular

Qua

lific

atio

n Tr

ial i

s ove

r. J.

The

Qua

lific

atio

n pe

riod

will

be

end

at 1

0 pm

on

Frid

ay. A

ny R

obot

s tha

t ha

ve n

ot q

ualif

ied

by th

at ti

me

FOR

AN

Y R

EA

SON

will

not

be

qual

ified

fo

r th

e co

ntes

t on

Satu

rday

. It i

s yo

ur r

espo

nsib

ility

to Q

ualif

y be

fore

the

Qua

lific

atio

n pe

riod

ends

.

34

K. T

he Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

ls w

ill o

nly

take

pla

ce o

n Fr

iday

. The

re w

ill b

e a

shor

t pra

ctic

e se

ssio

n on

Sat

urda

y, b

ut th

ere

will

NO

T be

any

Qua

lific

atio

n Tr

ials

on

Satu

rday

. L.

Rob

ots

do n

ot h

ave

to q

ualif

y in

the

sam

e op

erat

ing

mod

es th

at th

ey w

ill

run

in o

n Sa

turd

ay.

31. P

RA

CT

ICE

TIM

E

The

Rob

ot s

houl

d be

bui

lt, p

rogr

amm

ed a

nd r

eady

to r

un o

n ar

rival

at t

he

cont

est s

ite. P

ract

ice

time

in th

e ar

enas

will

be

limite

d du

e to

the

num

ber o

f pa

rtici

pant

s an

d be

caus

e so

me

of th

e ar

enas

will

be

used

all

day

Frid

ay fo

r Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

ls.

Prac

tice

time

is i

nten

ded

to b

e us

ed f

or c

alib

ratin

g se

nsor

s to

the

con

ditio

ns i

n th

e gy

m a

nd t

roub

le s

hoot

ing

last

min

ute

prob

lem

s. D

on't

expe

ct t

o be

abl

e to

do

exte

nsiv

e co

de d

evel

opm

ent

and

test

ing.

32

. ASS

IGN

ED

AR

EN

AS

Ther

e w

ill b

e ar

enas

set

asi

de f

or t

he Q

ualif

icat

ion

Tria

ls o

n Fr

iday

. The

ot

her

aren

as w

ill b

e av

aila

ble

for

com

petit

ors

to p

ract

ice

in. H

owev

er o

n Sa

turd

ay m

orni

ng b

efor

e th

e co

ntes

t, th

e qu

alify

ing

com

petit

ors

will

be

told

w

hich

are

nas

they

will

act

ually

com

pete

in f

or w

hich

tria

l. Th

ey w

ill h

ave

som

e lim

ited

time

befo

re th

e ac

tual

star

t of t

he c

onte

st o

n Sa

turd

ay in

whi

ch

to m

ake

any

final

adj

ustm

ents

to th

eir R

obot

s in

this

are

na. W

e w

ill st

rive

to

mak

e th

e lig

htin

g an

d ot

her

fact

ors

the

sam

e fo

r ea

ch a

rena

, but

ther

e w

ill

be s

ome

varia

tions

. You

r Rob

ot s

houl

d be

abl

e to

han

dle

them

. The

Rob

ots

shou

ld b

e pr

epar

ed to

run

in a

ny a

rena

for a

ny tr

ial.

33

. SA

FET

Y

The

cont

est

judg

es m

ay s

top

any

Rob

ot a

t an

y tim

e if

they

fee

l th

at i

t is

pe

rfor

min

g, o

r is

abo

ut t

o pe

rfor

m,

any

actio

n th

at i

s da

nger

ous

or

haza

rdou

s to

peo

ple

or e

quip

men

t. N

o R

obot

is

allo

wed

to

use

any

flam

mab

le o

r com

bust

ible

pro

cess

es.

34. "

SPIR

IT O

F A

N IN

VE

NT

OR

" PR

IZE

In

199

9 a

wal

king

Rob

ot w

as e

nter

ed i

n th

e co

ntes

t. It

was

an

incr

edib

le

devi

ce t

hat

coul

d ac

tual

ly w

alk

on 2

leg

s an

d fin

d an

d ex

tingu

ish

the

35

cand

le.

Even

tho

ugh

it ha

d ab

solu

tely

no

chan

ce o

f w

inni

ng t

he c

onte

st

beca

use

it w

as so

slow

, the

inve

ntor

ent

ered

it a

nyw

ay b

ecau

se it

was

such

a

good

ide

a. W

e w

ere

so i

mpr

esse

d w

ith t

his

attit

ude

that

the

re w

ill b

e a

spec

ial p

rize

for

the

mos

t uni

que

Rob

ot th

at d

oes

not w

in th

e co

ntes

t, bu

t sh

ows

the

grea

test

cre

ativ

ity, i

ngen

uity

and

a tr

ue "

Spiri

t of a

n In

vent

or."

A

Rob

ot d

oes

not h

ave

to c

onfo

rm to

all

the

rule

s in

ord

er to

be

elig

ible

for

th

is p

rize.

35

. "C

OST

-EFF

EC

TIV

E"

PRIZ

E

Rob

otic

s do

es

not

have

to

be

ex

pens

ive.

Sp

endi

ng m

oney

doe

s no

t gu

aran

tee

succ

ess,

in fa

ct, s

ome

of th

e ve

ry b

est R

obot

s ha

ve b

een

som

e of

th

e ch

eape

st. T

o aw

ard

finan

cial

eff

icie

ncy,

ther

e w

ill b

e a

spec

ial p

rize

for

the

best

per

form

ing

Rob

ot b

uilt

with

the

sm

alle

st a

mou

nt o

f m

oney

in

mat

eria

l cos

t. If

you

put

in $

50,0

00 in

labo

r an

d de

stro

yed

$5,0

00 in

par

ts

final

ly g

ettin

g it

to w

ork,

but

you

r fin

al R

obot

has

less

than

$20

0 in

act

ual

parts

in it

, the

n it

is a

goo

d co

nten

der f

or th

is p

rize.

It d

oes

not m

atte

r wha

t yo

u pa

id f

or t

he p

arts

, bu

t on

ly w

hat

they

are

wor

th.

A m

otor

whi

ch

orig

inal

ly c

ost $

50, b

ut is

now

for s

ale

in a

sur

plus

cat

alog

for $

5 is

now

a

$5 m

otor

. How

ever

, if

you

got a

$50

mot

or f

or f

ree

from

a fr

iend

, the

n it'

s st

ill a

$50

mot

or r

egar

dles

s of

the

fac

t th

at y

ou g

ot i

t fo

r fr

ee. I

f, on

the

ot

her h

and

you

dest

roye

d th

ree

$50

mot

ors

in b

uild

ing

the

Rob

ot, y

ou o

nly

have

to a

ccou

nt fo

r the

one

mot

or th

at is

act

ually

on

the

Rob

ot. O

ur e

xper

t of

ficia

ls w

ill d

eter

min

e w

hich

Rob

ot in

thei

r opi

nion

doe

s th

e m

ost w

ith th

e le

ast.

36. I

NT

ER

PRE

TIN

G T

HE

RU

LE

S In

all

mat

ters

of i

nter

pret

ing

thes

e ru

les

befo

re a

nd d

urin

g th

e co

ntes

t and

in

any

issu

es n

ot c

over

ed b

y th

ese

rule

s, th

e de

cisi

ons

of th

e C

onte

st J

udgi

ng

Com

mitt

ee w

ill b

e fin

al.

37. W

HO

CA

N E

NT

ER

M

axim

um 3

(thre

e) T

eam

fro

m th

e sa

me

Uni

vers

ity, o

r 2(

two)

rob

ot in

the

sam

e di

visi

on,

can

ente

r th

e co

ntes

t as

far

as

they

pas

s th

e se

lect

ion

proc

esse

s car

ried

out b

y th

e C

omm

ittee

36

38. R

EG

IST

RA

TIO

N P

RO

CE

SS

1.

Go

to th

e re

gist

ratio

n fo

rm a

nd f

ill in

ALL

the

info

rmat

ion.

If

you

don'

t ha

ve s

ome

piec

e of

inf

orm

atio

n th

at i

s as

ked

for,

then

wai

t un

til y

ou d

o ha

ve a

ll th

e in

form

atio

n be

fore

you

fill

out t

he fo

rm.

2.

Afte

r the

form

is fi

lled

out c

ompl

etel

y, th

en p

rint i

t out

TW

ICE

on

your

prin

ter.

3.

Get

eve

ryon

e on

the

Rob

ot t

eam

to

sign

one

of

the

regi

stra

tion

form

s w

hich

giv

es u

s th

e rig

ht t

o us

e ph

otog

raph

s ta

ken

at t

he

cont

est.

4.

Mai

l 4(

four

) co

pies

of

the

sign

ed r

egis

tratio

n fo

rm t

o K

RC

I-20

05

Com

mitt

ee

5.

Kee

p th

e ot

her p

rinte

d re

gist

ratio

n fo

rm s

o yo

u w

ill k

now

wha

t you

se

nt u

s. 6.

A

fter

we

get

your

reg

istra

tion

form

in

the

mai

l w

e w

ill p

ost

your

re

gist

ratio

n in

form

atio

n on

the

Off

icia

lly R

egis

tere

d R

obot

s pag

e. It

m

ay t

ake

at l

east

a w

eek

or m

ore

to g

et y

our

lette

r an

d th

en t

o up

date

our

site

. 39

. RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

DE

AD

LIN

E

Reg

istra

tions

will

be

clos

ed o

n Ja

nuar

i 15,

200

5 40

. LO

CA

TIO

N, D

AT

E &

SC

HE

DU

LE

Th

e co

ntes

t will

be

held

at U

nive

rsita

s Ind

ones

ia, J

akar

ta o

n Sa

turd

ay &

Su

nday

, M

ay 1

4 &

15,

200

5. A

s m

ore

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

abou

t th

e co

ntes

t sch

edul

e is

fina

lized

, it w

ill b

e po

sted

on

the

web

site

. 41

. UPD

AT

ED

INFO

RM

AT

ION

A

s up

date

d in

form

atio

n is

dev

elop

ed i

t w

ill b

e po

sted

on

the

web

site

so

chec

k it

ofte

n fo

r the

late

st in

form

atio

n.

42. C

ON

STR

UC

TIO

N S

CH

ED

UL

E

Con

test

ants

are

sup

pose

d to

hav

e bu

ilt th

eir

Rob

ots

at th

eir

labo

rato

ry a

nd

then

mer

ely

brin

g th

em t

o th

e co

ntes

t to

run

. Thi

s is

NO

T a

cons

truct

ion

cont

est w

here

the

devi

ces

are

built

at t

he e

vent

. C

onte

stan

ts s

houl

d al

so tr

y to

brin

g an

y an

d al

l mat

eria

ls a

nd e

quip

men

t tha

t the

y m

ight

nee

d.

37

43.

RE

GIS

TR

AT

ION

FO

RM

Th

is fo

rm m

ust b

e fil

led

out a

nd th

en p

rint

ed o

ut a

nd s

igne

d by

AL

L th

e pe

ople

on

the

team

for e

ach

Rob

ot b

eing

ent

ered

bef

ore

it m

aile

d.

44. P

ER

SON

AL

CO

NT

AC

T

The

best

way

to

cont

act

the

Con

test

Coo

rdin

ator

,Mul

jow

idod

o, i

s by

E-

Mai

l or F

ax.

Fax.

021

-573

2468

or 0

22-2

5128

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Web

site

: ht

tp://

ww

w.k

ri.or

.id,

http

://w

ww

.dik

ti.or

g E-

mai

l :

mul

jo@

bdg.

cent

rin.n

et.id

or p

3m@

dikt

i.org

A

ny c

orre

ctio

ns to

its

cont

ents

or

ques

tions

reg

ardi

ng th

e ru

les

or u

pdat

ed

info

rmat

ion

shou

ld b

e ad

dres

sed

to h

im.

This

web

site

was

last

upd

ated

on

Janu

ary

1, 2

005.

G

ood

luck

with

you

r R

obot

and

we'

ll se

e yo

u at

the

cont

est!

38

Lam

pira

n 2

G

amba

r/D

enah

Lap

anga

n

Form

Pen

ilaia

n D

ivis

i Exp

ert

39

Den

ah L

apan

gan

Div

isi S

enio

r W

heel

ed R

obot

& L

egge

d R

obot

40

Den

ah L

apan

gan

Lan

tai A

tas D

ivis

i Exp

ert

41

D

enah

Lap

anga

n L

anta

i Baw

ah D

ivis

i Exp

ert

42

Pa

ndan

gan

Ata

s Lap

anga

n D

ivis

i Exp

ert

43

Pa

ndan

gan

Sam

ping

Lap

anga

n D

ivis

i Exp

ert

44

45

L

ampi

ran

3

Form

ulir

Pen

gaju

an

( A

pplic

atio

n Fo

rm )

46

T

he In

done

sian

Inte

llige

nt R

obot

Con

test

200

5

Inte

llige

nt F

ire

Fig

htin

g R

obot

App

licat

ion

Form

1.

Max

imum

5

Tea

ms

are

allo

wed

to

ap

ply

from

th

e sa

me

inst

itute

, add

ition

al T

eam

s will

be

igno

red.

2.

A

pplic

atio

n fo

rm m

ust

be s

ent

to t

he I

IRC

Com

mitt

ee b

y Ja

nuar

y 15

th 2

005

to :

In

done

sian

Inte

llige

nt R

obot

Con

test

(IIR

C) C

omm

ittee

D

irekt

orat

Pe

mbi

naan

Pe

nelit

ian

dan

Peng

abdi

an

kepa

da

Mas

yara

kat (

Ditb

inlit

abm

as )

Dire

ktor

at Je

nder

al P

endi

dika

n Ti

nggi

D

epar

tem

en P

endi

dika

n N

asio

nal

Jala

n R

aya

Jend

eral

Sud

irman

Pin

tu I,

Sen

ayan

Ja

karta

100

02

Telp

. :

021-

5700

049,

573

1251

, 573

1956

(hun

ting)

ext

. 185

5 Fa

x.

: 02

1-57

3246

8 e-

Mai

l : p

3m@

dikt

i.org

3.

The

pro

posa

l sho

uld

be m

ade

in 2

(tw

o) p

arts

, bon

d se

para

tely

. T

he f

irst

par

t sh

ould

con

tain

all

info

rmat

ion

abou

t T

eam

M

embe

r, I

nstit

utio

n, F

ull A

ddre

ss, P

hone

Num

bers

, e-M

ail a

nd

Con

tact

Per

son.

T

he s

econ

d pa

rt s

houl

d co

ntai

n al

l det

aile

d de

scri

ptio

ns o

f th

e R

obot

, inc

ludi

ng t

he d

esig

n, d

raw

ings

, str

ateg

y an

d al

gori

thm

of

the

cont

rol s

yste

m. T

his

seco

nd p

art S

houl

d N

ot c

onta

in a

ny

indi

catio

n of

the

Tea

m M

embe

rs a

s wel

l as t

he In

stitu

tions

.

4.

IIR

C C

omm

ittee

will

sel

ect

the

Qua

lifie

d T

eam

acc

ordi

ng t

o cr

iteri

a as

alr

eady

men

tione

d in

thi

s bo

ok,

to p

artic

ipat

e in

“I

ndon

esia

n In

telli

gent

Rob

ot C

onte

st 2

005”

and

will

ann

ounc

e th

e re

sults

in J

anua

ry 2

005.

47

PAR

T O

NE

: D

ET

AIL

INFO

RM

AT

ION

OF

TH

E T

EA

M

A. A

pplic

atio

n F

orm

for S

tude

nt

1.

T

eam

Te

am N

ame

( 15

Lette

rs M

ax.)

Nam

e of

Tea

m L

eade

r ( S

tude

nt

Nam

e )

Nam

e of

Inst

ruct

or (

Con

tact

Per

son

)

2.

In

stitu

tion

Full

Nam

e of

Pol

ytec

hnic

/ In

stitu

te/U

nive

rsity

Nam

e of

Dep

artm

ent/F

acul

ty

Add

ress

( C

onta

ct A

ddre

ss )

Tele

phon

e N

umbe

r :

Fax

Num

ber :

e-M

ail a

ddre

ss :

3.

Con

tact

Per

son

Full

Add

ress

, Pho

ne &

e-M

ail

4.

R

obot

Div

isio

n

Whe

eled

Rob

ot

Le

gged

Rob

ot

Ex

pert

Ti

ck a

pplic

able

div

isio

n

48

B. A

pplic

atio

n F

orm

for N

on-S

tude

nt (E

xper

t Div

isio

n O

nly)

1.

Tea

m

Team

Nam

e ( 1

5 Le

tters

Max

.) N

ame

of T

eam

Lea

der

Nam

e of

Tea

m M

embe

rs

1.

2.

2.

In

stitu

tion

Full

Nam

e of

Com

pany

/Spo

nsor

/Tea

m L

eade

r A

ddre

ss (

Con

tact

Add

ress

) Te

leph

one

Num

ber :

Fa

x N

umbe

r :

e-

Mai

l add

ress

:

3. C

onta

ct P

erso

n Fu

ll A

ddre

ss, P

hone

& e

-Mai

l N

ame

Add

ress

( C

onta

ct A

ddre

ss )

Tele

phon

e N

umbe

r :

Fax

Num

ber :

e-M

ail a

ddre

ss :

49

PAR

T T

WO

: D

ET

AIL

INFO

RM

AT

ION

OF

RO

BO

T

1.

T

eam

Nam

e O

nly

( sh

ould

not

con

tain

any

inf

orm

atio

n of

the

in

stitu

tion

or th

e na

me

of te

am m

embe

rs )

2.

Rob

ot D

esig

n Ex

plai

n ab

out y

our r

obot

in g

ener

al, t

he a

ppro

xim

ate

dim

ensi

on,

the

Sket

ch o

r/and

Mec

hani

cal D

raw

ing,

the

Mat

eria

ls.

3.

Con

trol

Sys

tem

Ex

plai

n ab

out y

our r

obot

con

trol s

yste

m, t

he p

roce

ssor

, mot

or d

rive

unit,

mot

ion

cont

rolle

r, el

ectro

nic

circ

uits

. 4.

Se

nsor

& In

terf

ace

Expl

ain

abou

t the

sen

sors

of

your

rob

ot, t

he in

terf

ace

circ

uits

, for

de

tect

ing

the

wal

l, th

e lin

es a

s wel

l as f

or fi

ndin

g th

e fir

e.

Expl

ain

abou

t IR

sen

sor

for

dete

ctin

g th

e ba

by fo

r Exp

ert D

ivis

ion

only

. 5.

A

lgor

ithm

Ex

plai

n yo

ur ro

bot m

ovem

ent s

trate

gy, g

ener

al A

lgor

ithm

of y

our

robo

t sof

twar

e.

To

tal p

ages

of y

our p

ropo

sal m

ust n

ot m

ore

than

25

page

s , in

clud

ing

the

draw

ings

.

50