The 2nd International Robot Olympiad Game Rules Group Category Regular Category Elementary Robot Race Robot Shooting Robot Line Tracing Middle Legged Robot Robot Adventure Robot Line Tracing High Robot Soccer Open Category Dancing Robot Contest Animal Robot Contest 1. General Rules 2. Division of Competition 3. Game Categories 4. Playing Field Rules 5. Robot Rules 6. Rules for Each Game 7. Open Categories 8. Ranking Provision Chapter1. General Rules Article 1(Title) This provision is called Robot Olympiad Game Rule. Article 2(Purpose) This provision is to provide several game items to manage the Regular or Free robot tournament effectively that are held by International Robot Olympiad Committee. Article 3 (Application) This provision is applied to the staff participating in International Robot Olympiad held by International Robot Olympiad Committee and participants and members of Robot Olympiad Article 4 (The Others) If some situation that is not stated in this provision happens, judge committee belonging to International Robot Olympiad Committee will judge and decide. Chapter2. Division of Competition Article 5 (National Competition) 1) It is called National Competition consist of domestic participants held by 2001 Hong Kong Robot Olympiad Committee. 2) The Hong Kong competitions were held on May 26 (Primary & Secondary) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 10 (Secondary), & July 11 (Primary) at Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi). Article 6 (International Competition) 1) It is called International Competition consist of international, domestic participants held by International Robot Olympiad Committee. 2) International Robot Olympiad competition is held once a year. 2001 International competition will be held in Hong Kong on 3 November at the University of Science and Technology. Chapter3. Game Categories Article 7 (Change of Game Categories) International Robot Olympiad game categories are divided into regular category and free category. Each category of competition can be changed to new category every year. Article 8 (Game Categories) 1) Regular Category a. Elementary (Primary) School Group ? Robot Race, Robot Shooting, Robot Line Tracing b. Middle (Secondary) School Group ? Legged Robot, Robot Adventure, Robot Line Tracing 2) Free Category a. Dancing Robot b. Animal Robot Contest This category is to make real robot based on scientific creativity using LEGO Dacta and other materials. This category is judged and awarded which is to be held separately from regular category. The teams who are participating regular category can also participate for free category. Chapter4. Playing Field Rules Article 9 (Basic Rule) 1) Playing field is made of wood and colored characteristics of each game. 2) Organization committee can change the standard and quality of playing field every year. Article 10 (Rules in each category) 1) Elementary (Primary) School Group   1.1) Playing Field of Robot Race The width of racetrack is 50 cm and the Length is 250cm excluding start/finish and turning zone. The turning post is around 16cm in diameter, 10cm high and placed in the middle of black turning line. Playing field is designed to play two robots at the same time and has under 10cm high walls in the middle and around. The color of board is white. Start/finish and turning zones are marked under 2.5 cm wide black lines. Start zone which is also finish zone and turning zone are 50cm in length. (The width is 50cm) 1.2) Playing Field of Robot Shooting The playing field is rectangle of width 120cm * length 220cm. The color of board is green and start line is black and next is green, white, black, and white again in sequence. The basket is 13cm in diameter at a height of 23cm. 1.3) Playing Field of Robot Line Tracing The dimension and shape of playing field is 200 cm (L) * 160 cm (w). The Route is in black color, the floor will be white and the width will be 2.5 cm.   2) Middle (Secondary) School Group   2.1) Playing field of Legged Robot. The distance of robot race is over 200cm long and 50cm wide. Playing field is designed to play two robots at the same time and has 10cm high walls in the middle and around. The color of board is white and start zones are marked under 2.5 cm black lines. There are several turning lines at regular intervals of 30cm long in the field. 2.2) Playing field of Robot Line Tracing The dimension of playing field is 210cm × 180cm. The space between the lines is around 18cm, and the line is 2.5cm in width. The color of board is white, and line color is black. The T-course area is blue. 2.3) Playing field of Robot Adventure The size of playing field is square of length 150cm. The width of racing passage is 25cm. The slope of pivoted ramp is under 45°. The kinds of obstacle are pivot, ramp, etc. There is a starting zone each at the upper left and lower right corner of the playing field. The dimension of the starting zone is a 25 cm square. Chapter5. Robot Rules Article 11 (Basic Condition of Robot) 1) Every team in Elementary (Primary) and Middle (Secondary) school group should build their robot using only one LEGO Dacta Team Challenge Set. 2) Approval of committee is needed when other building parts are needed. 3) Committee will offer additional necessary parts. 4) Every team in elementary and middle school group should build their robot using LEGO Dacta Robolab software. 5) Organizing committee will decide items and specification of robot and software every year. Article 12(Rule of robot in each match) 1) Elementary (Primary) School Group   1.1) Robot Race The number of motors used for each robot is limited to two. The robot should small enough to fit in the start zone. Every robot should use only light sensor. 1.2) Robot Shooting This game allows using additional elastic string besides the standard robot kit. The length of shooting robot, including its stretched arms must be in 40cm. 1.3) Robot Line Tracing The number of motors and light sensors is limited to maximum 2 each. The maximum size of the robot is 18cm (length) x 15cm (width) 2) Middle (Secondary) School Group 2.1) Legged Robot The robot should walk with leg, not wheels. No rotational motion is allowed. The size of robot is limited to 30cm ×50cm Light sensor and touch sensor are available and the number of sensors used are limited to maximum of 2 in all. 2.2) Robot Line Tracing The maximum size of the robot is 18cm (length) x 15cm (width) The number of motors and light sensors is limited to maximum 2 each. 2.3) Robot Adventure The size of robot should small enough to fit in the start zone. (Max. 25cm x 25cm) The sensor is limited to touch sensor (maximum 2). Chapter6. Game Rules in each game Article 13(General Rules) 1) Two of three games are to be selected in regular category. 2) The selection of games is to be decided by judges committee organized by IROC. 3) Announcement of game item is to be open on the beginning day of competition. 4) In the first preliminary round, each team’s robot will have three trials and the referee will count it’s best score. The best 8 teams will progress through to the second round. 5) The second and subsequent rounds will be decided through a knock out competition. 6) The team that wins 2 out of 3 trials can progress to the next round. 7) The re-match may be held by the decision of referees if neither robot can complete the course due to an outside interference nor the malfunction caused by the playing field condition. 8) Referees have the ultimate authority during the competition; all participants must obey their ruling. 9) If there are some objections in the decision of referee only team leader can request the objection to the committee. 10) Any objection should be raised before the next match begins, otherwise it will not be entertained. 11) None of the participants will be allowed in the playing field except team leader. 12) None of the participants will be allowed to move or touch the robot once the game starts, otherwise it will lead to disqualification. 13) There will be a maximum of 2 time-outs of 1 minute each for each team. 14) All the game rules of International Robot Olympiad is subject to change by referee committee. 15) Changed rules should be announced to all the participants before the game starts. Article 14(Game rules in each game) 1) Elementary (Primary) School Group   1.1) Robot Race Racing time is measured from the time the robot starts from the start zone and turns the turning post to its front part of body gets in the start line. Robot cannot go over the start line when it starts. Two robots will be competed in the game field. Robots that do not turn the turning post will be disqualified. 1.2) Robot Shooting The robot body cannot go over the start line when it starts. Once started, the robot should move to the black-shooting zone for shooting (any part of the robot stay on that zone will do). Score will not be counted if shooted from any other region. The ball used in the game is usual ping-pong ball, after the robot tries one shot, it should go back completely beyond the starting line and start the next shooting. Only team leader is allowed to place the ball on the robot beyond the starting line. Each robot is given 2 minutes during this game, and the team that put in most balls shall be the winner. One goal receives one point. 1.3) Robot Line Tracing u Racing time is measured from the time the robot starts from the start zone till its front part of body gets in the finish line. The robot will be disqualified if it totally leaves the black line. The robot will be disqualified if it interrupts another robot during the course of competition.   2) Middle (Secondary) School Group   2.1) Legged Robot u Racing time is measured from the time the robot starts from the start zone and turns the turning line to its front part of body gets in the start line. There are several turning lines in the field and robot should turn designated turning line. Designated turning line will be released at the day of competition. Robot cannot go over the start line when it starts. The whole robot has to walk past the designated turning line completely before it can make a turn and return. 2.2) Robot Line Tracing Racing time is measured from the time the robot starts from the start zone to its front part of body gets in the finish line. The robot will be disqualified if it totally leaves the black line. The robot will be disqualified if it interrupts another robot during the course of competition. When the robot encounter the crossing at the T-course area, it has to turn left and move towards the top of the “T” and then move backward to the crossing and continue the course until reaching the finish line. 2.3) Robot Adventure Racing around the courses with obstacle and arriving at the finish zone. The robot cannot go over the start line when it starts. Chapter7. Open Categories Both Elementary (Primary) and Middle (Secondary) schools can compete in the open categories, but they will be competing among their groups only. Each team shall have 4 students (they can come from different grades) and one coach. The team can be the same team competing in the regular category, or it can be a different team. Each robot shall be designed using LEGO Dacta materials and junk material or arts and crafts materials can be used to decorate the robot. All models can be completed at school. A presentation board (+/- A3 size) with a brief report in English format should be presented on the day of competition. It must be around 150 words and graphics will be appreciated if included. 1. Dancing Robot Each team shall design a robot that can play music and dance (free style movements) within 2 minutes. Robots from each group can have a chance to win the following awards: A. The Best Dancing Robot (with the following judging criteria) l Dancing 50% l Design 20% l Structure 20% l Presentation Board 10% B. The Best Outlook Design Robot (with the following judging criteria) l Design 40% l Structure 30% l Decoration 20% l Presentation Board 10% C. The Best Performance Robot (with the following judging criteria) l Music 25% l Movement 25% l Design 20% l Structure 20% l Presentation Board 10% 2. Animal Robot Design a robot that imitates an animal. The following picture will be an example of animal robot. Robots from each group can have a chance to win the following awards: A. The Best Looking Robot (with the following judging criteria) l Structure 30% l Aesthetics 30% l Decoration 30% l Presentation Board 10% B. The Most Creative Robot (with the following judging criteria) l Creativity 50% l Design 20% l Structure 20% l Presentation Board 10% C. The Best Movement Robot (with the following judging criteria) l Imitation 35% l Agility 35% l Structure 20% l Presentation Board 10% There will also be a Best Of The Best Robot award. It will be competed by all participating open category teams and it is voted by all committees, participating team members and audiences. Chapter8. Ranking Provision Total ranking of Robot Olympiad is decided by total score added up each item score. Ranking is decided in each item. First rank is 100 point, second rank is 80 point, third rank is 60 point, and forth rank is 40 point. Total score is come out from the adding score of two items. If total score is the same the second play score will have preference.