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

Bottle RoboSumoa.k.a. Robot Shove

North American ChampionshipNov 3, 2012, 2pm~6pm

Lawrence Tech

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

finals• 5:35pm closing and award ceremony

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PUT ROBOT ID on your robot, we have labels

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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

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Qualifying ConfigurationThe Bottle will be located on this virtual line during the 3 seconds“wait” period.

Center

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Back to back

Major Sponsors 2012

Sale for Team Travel

• Part of today’s merchandise sale will be used to support the travel of selected teams

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Lego Education Prize

• Two NXTs for teams travel support

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Bottle RoboSumoa.k.a. Robot Shove

North American Championship

Coach Meeting2:20pm

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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

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The Star Spangled Banner

Words by Francis Scott KeyMusic 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?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly sworeThat the havoc of war and the battle's confusionA home and a country should leave us no more?Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.No refuge could save the hireling and slaveFrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved homes and the war's desolation!Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."And the star-spangled banner forever shall waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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

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Bottle RoboSumoa.k.a. Robot Shove

Introduction, Rules, and Judging Guidelines

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CJ ChungFounder & Director of RobofestProfessor of Computer Science

Robot Game Designer

Why RoboSumo 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– …

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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 616

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

Center

North

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

Southcorner

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North

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

Northcorner

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North

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

Center

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Back to back

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

South

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Back to back

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

North

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Back to back

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.

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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.)

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Example – if Bottle is dropped off the table unintentionally…

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B

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

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B

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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)

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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.

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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.

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PUT ROBOT ID on your robot, we have labels

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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 RoboSumoa.k.a. Robot Shove

Introduction of Judges & Teams, announcements

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Teri DuboisRobofest Coordinator

Judges for two Sumo Rings

• Ring1 (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

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Recognition for everyone at the end of the program!

• Your certificate• Medal with your name on it

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Sale for Team Travel • Part of today’s merchandise sale will be used

to support the travel of selected teams

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International Robot Olympiad 2013

• Robot Shove Game Again in December• Denver, Colorado

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Wanted: RoboParade Teams

• Sat. Nov 17 at Macomb Community College• RoboParade registration fees will be waived

for today’s Bottle Sumo teams• Great opportunity to learn about robot speed

calculation!!

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Introduction of Teams

• Coaches• Teams

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Let the Games begin!