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The robot must start from the start box and then move 3 types of waste at 3 different spots one by one, to the designated recycle boxes within 120 seconds.

Playing Field Specifications

• The size of the competition field is 1220mm x 2440mm. The base of the field is white with black lines of 25mm-30mm width. (For detail, see photo)
• The size of the start box is 300mm x 300mm.
• The size of recycle box is 150mm x 150mm.
• The size of the waste box is 100mm x100mm.
• There are 3 types of waste for the 3 recycle boxes:
  • Paper for the Blue Recycle Box
  • Aluminium for the Brown Recycle Box
  • Glass for the Orange Recycle Box

Components of the wastes

Rules and Regulations

• Each match will last for 120 seconds.
• The robot must start from the start box. Any part of the robot is not allowed to exceed the start box before it starts.
• The 3 missions for the robot are to place 3 different types of waste into 3 different recycle boxes in the correct order.
• The location of the 3 types of waste will be announced before quarantine starts.
• The robot is not allowed to take more than 1 type of waste at a time.
• The robot has to restart each time it is touched by the operator and each restart must be from the start box.
• The operator needs to stop the timer when all wastes are inside the 3 designated recycle boxes.
• The robot does not have to return to the start box at the end of the game.
• The game is considered over if the robot is unable to finish the game or when time is up and the operator must power down the robot immediately for the judge to calculate the points.

Scoring

• The points to be awarded are “Mission points”, “Time points”, and “Bonus points “. The contestant has the option to choose whether to gain more mission points by completing more missions or to gain more time points by stopping after at least one mission.
  • Mission Points are awarded as follows:
    • If the robot places each type of waste inside the correct recycle box = 50 points
    • If the robot successfully places all the waste inside the 3 designated recycle boxes in the correct order, it will score an extra 100 points.
  • Time points are awarded if the following conditions are fulfilled:
    • At least 1 mission is completed and the operator informs the timekeeper to stop the stopwatch.
    • The operator informs the timekeeper to stop the stopwatch when all the waste is inside the recycle boxes.
    • The team finishes the match under 120 seconds.
      Time points are calculated as follows:
      Time points = (120 sec – Total time taken to complete missions)
      
      Example:
      The robots took 60.5 sec to complete the missions,
      Time points = 120 sec- 60.5 sec = 59.5 points.
      
      However, points will not be deducted if the time taken to complete the missions exceeds 120 seconds.
  • Bonus points.
    Before the match starts, each team will be given 10 chips worth 10 points each. Each time the operator touches the robot, 1 chip will be taken away. At the end of the match, the remaining chips will be counted as bonus points to be added to the total.
• Penalty points are calculated as follows:
  25 points will be deducted when the waste is dumped outside the recycle box.
• The total score for the game is the sum of the mission points, time points and bonus points.
• Ranking is based on the higher score of the 2 matches.
• In the event of a tie (when two or more teams have same total score), then the ranking will be based on the robot’s weight. The lightest robot (including the batteries) will be the winner.

The term “incomplete game” is defined as follows,

• An ‘incomplete game’ happens when the robot is unable to complete all the missions within 120 seconds. However, the robot can get mission points for its completed missions.
• If the robot cannot finish any single mission, then it gets 0 point.

Robot Recycling scores (example)

Ranking : Team A (Winner) : Team E (1st Runner-up)