Rule Updates
Rule Update #2
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Notices
The Savage Soccer main event is this Saturday, here are a few reminders for teams to ensure a smooth event on Saturday.
- To set up the competition template, follow these instructions:
- Update your version of easyC to the newest version, found at http://intelitekdownloads.com. For easyC V2, it should be 2.9.3.8, for easyC Pro it should be 3.1.3.8 and for easyC V4 it should be 4.0.2.8 . This upgrade is free if you have a license for the software.
- Open easyC and create a new Competition Project by clicking on File, then New Competition Project.
- If you are using crystals, select "Crystal" in the project type dialog, then enter 15 seconds for autonomous and 254 for operator control.
- If you are using WIFI, select "VEXNet" in easyC V2 or Pro, or "Field Control Competition Project" in V4.
- Enter any code for autonomous or operator control mode into the corresponding functions in the easyC programming interface.
- Team numbers can be found on the team section of the Savage Soccer website. Per rule 3.4.3, all teams must have their team numbers displayed on two opposing sides of the robot. Robots will not pass inspection if they do not have proper team numbers.
- Per rule 3.4.4, every robot must include a drinking straw cut to six inches. The end of this straw must extend above the top of the robot. This straw will hold a coalition-identifying flag during a match. Again, if a robot does not include a flag holder, it will not pass inspection.
- Be sure that Crystals (if you are using them) are easily accessible and the lights on your robot controller are visible.
- The inspection checklist has been posted. Please use the checklist against your robot to verify you will pass inspection.
- The event schedule has been posted.
Questions
- Q: I was wondering if we were allowed to use surgical tubing on our robot for the Savage Soccer competition. We thought it might fit in to the 3.6.2.9 category of the rules [Any springs or elastic bands (must be designed to release energy no faster than it was input)], but we just thought we would ask in case it wasn't.
- A: Surgical tubing is allowable under 3.2.6.9 if and only if the tubing is used as an elastic band. for instance, using surgical tubing as a tensioner for structural purposes would be allowed under 3.2.6.9, but using surgical tubing as a makeshift pneumatic hose would not be allowed under 3.2.6.9. The rule regarding energy release is designed to limit the use of slingshots.
- Q: I am having trouble with the WPI Framework code. I can download the actual code, but some other files on the website bring up a 404 error when I attempt to download them. If I am correct, the Framework must be used as a kind of template for your code, so the field can talk to the robot while the robot executes the code logic you want it to. Also, is it possible to use EasyC for the competition? I wonder if this is the source of my troubles, but all 5 of our teams are using it (yet none of them seem concerned with the Framework code...)
- A: Please refer to the notice above
- Q: As the pinning rule (2.8.3.6) reads, you can follow the person pinning you so that they can't get more than 12\" away from you resulting in penalties for the team that tried pin you even though they are making an effort to get away from you. Is this the desired behaviour, or should this rule be changed?
- A: Pinning is defined in rule 2.8.2.1: "A robot is considered pinned when
it is being held against a field obstacle or another robot by a robot from
an opposing coalition and cannot move in any direction."
The pinned robot is only considered pinned if it cannot move in any direction; so if it moves to follow the pinning robot, it is no longer a pinned robot and 2.8.3.6 no longer applies.
Awards
The following awards will be given at the event:
- Amazing Autonomous
- Awesome Offense
- Judge's Award
- Play of the Day
- Savage Spirit
- Solidworks Design
- Terrific Teamwork
- WOW! Award
- Finalist
- Champions
Rule Update #1
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Notices
To obtain your easyC license(s) please have the head mentor who registered your team email Dan Larochelle at dlarochelle@intelitek.com and request your license(s). You will receive one license of easyC per team you have registered in the competition. The email must be sent from the same email account used to register your teams. Please list your team number(s) in the email and whether you need the PIC or Cortex license.
Team numbers have been assigned to every registered team. Please check what your number is on the Teams page and remember that it must be displayed on your robot per the rules.
Drawing Updates
There are a few minor disagreements between different drawings about certain measurements.
- There is a set of dimensions on the ground goals that conflict with each other. The longer leg of the triangle support (SS11-06-02) should be 3.375 not 3.35.
- There is a type in the annotations on SS11-01-02, the hole dimensions are indeed 1.922 which is the outer diameter of 1.5" PVC not 1" PVC. To re-state, the dimensions are correct the notes are wrong.
Rules Modifications
Rule 2.1.4 has been modified to accurately reflect the field drawings and instructions for making ladder balls:
2.1.4 Medals: The scoring elements consisting of two tennis balls separated by 6" 8" length of rope.
Last modified: Nov 09, 2011, 14:31 EST