From honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!psinntp!iat.holonet.net!bsmall Fri Aug 27 14:33:20 EDT 1993 Article: 6801 of comp.robotics Xref: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.robotics:6801 Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!psinntp!iat.holonet.net!bsmall From: bsmall@iat.holonet.net (Brad Smallridge) Subject: San Francisco Robot Competition Message-ID: Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access System: 510-704-1058/modem Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 16:14:56 GMT Lines: 62 Official Rules for the 8th Annual SFRSA Robot Competition Event Sunday September 12 at the Exploratorium Trial Runs at 10AM, Contests start at Noon, Awards at 4PM Three Major Contests this year, Rope Climbing, Maze, and Potato Peeling. Due to space problems the Slalom will not be done this year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROPE CLIMBING CONTEST: Your robot climbs a 1/4 inch #8 braided nylon rope to the ceiling of the Exploratorium. The ceiling is 11 meters high. Scoring: 100 points if your robot makes it to the top. 100 points if your robot comes down by itself. 100 points if your robot uses a hand over hand latching mechanism. 100 points if your robot can be placed at least two feet from the dangling free end of rope and can appoach and engage the rope on its own. Up to 200 points calculated as 200 seconds minus the time to climb up and down (and engage the rope if your robot does that). This is a contest for mechanically inclined people. Computer and electronics are optional. No rockets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAZE CONTEST: The maze will be more complex than last year. The aisle are 3 feet or wider and the walls aprx. 10 1/2 inch high. Scoring: Up to 200 points caluculated as 200 seconds minus time to escape from maze then divide by these autonomy factors: 1 Autonomous with Sensors 2 Dead Reckoning or Bump-Run 3 Manual (Human control by radio or wire) Extra 100 points If your robot can plug into the electrical outlet in the maze. Extra 100 points If your robot can find a full closed coke can randomly placed on the floor of the maze and move it (by any means) out of the maze. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POTATO PEELING: Your robot arm takes an inexpensive peeler and deskins a potato. The potato can be staged into any desirable position before the arm goes into action. Scoring: 100 points if any peel what-so-ever is produced. 100 points if the potato is at least 50% peeled. 100 points if the potato is not turned or indexed to get the peeling. 100 points if the arm can do more than one potato. 100 points if the arm picks potatos out of a pile before peeling. This event introduces the idea of arms into the hobby robot world. As far as we know, no one has ever done this yet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call Brad Smallridge 415-550-0588 or send email to bsmall@holonet.net if you have any questions about the rules.