National Junior Robotics Competition 2016 Challenge Announcement 14 May 2016 Organised by: Sponsored by: Supported by:
What s Happening? Overview of NJRC Objectives Theme Competition Schedule Video and Presentation Finals Format and Awards Challenge Week Mission Gameplay and Scoring
Objectives The NJRC is an initiative to promote learning, creativity, innovation, and excellence through robotics. NJRC is an excellent opportunity for students to interact with their peers, teachers and judges during the course of the competition. NJRC is about celebrating the process of learning through interactive and meaningful experiences.
NJRC Category CAT A: Primary Division (Participants <12 years old at the competition year) CAT B: Secondary Division (Participants 13 to 16 years old)* CAT C: Tertiary Division (Participants 17 to 19 years old) CAT ARC: Advance Robotics Category (Participants 17 25 years old) *Winning teams with members at the age of 16 in the competition year will not be eligible to compete in the WRO Junior High category. The next best ranking team with the appropriate age requirements will qualify.
Theme Waste Management Over 6 billion people live on planet Earth today, generating an estimated 1.9 billion tons of domestic, industrial, medical, electronic, radioactive, toxic and hazardous waste every year. Experts believe that the waste generated will double by 2025. That is in just 10 years from now! We have to find ways to reduce, manage and recycle waste and solutions to not generate waste in the first place or we may be surrounded by mountains of waste. Or find ourselves sitting on top of one!
Competition Format
Competition Format Videos and Presentation: Teams are expected to conduct research on the theme and present their findings to a panel of judges. Teams will be assessed for a number of awards. Challenge Week: Teams are to construct and program a robot (using LEGO MINDSTORMS) to take on the challenge during the NJRC event to overcome a specially designed and challenging course called the playing field Removal of marketing booths Team limit is now 3 participants per team
Competition Schedule Video Submission 1 29 July 2016 Presentation Finals 31 August 2016 Challenge Week 5 September 2016 Preliminaries (Pri) 6 September 2016 Preliminaries (Pri) 7 September 2016 Preliminaries (Sec) 8 September 2016 Preliminaries (Sec & Ter) 9 September 2016 ARC Challenge & Open Category 10 September 2016 Challenge Finals (Pri/Sec/Ter)
Videos and Presentation Each team will have to submit 2 video presentations in CD/USB. Video 1 (Research) - This will be used to judge Best Research and Presentation. The research topic should focus on waste management methods and how Singapore manages waste. Video 2 (Technical) - This will be used to judge Best Mechanical Design and Programming. Video should have a clip of the team s robot in action. Explanation of the relevant parts of the program should also be included. Each video should be a maximum of 5 minutes long. There should not be any animation production or post production edits on the main presentation. (Opening/End Credits are allowed) Submissions from 1 st July to 29 th July 2016
Presentation Finals (31 Aug) Shortlisted teams based on the video presentations will vie for the following prizes The Best Mechanical Design Award The Best Programming Award The Best Research Award The Best Presentation Award Teams will have to replicate their video performance and present it to a panel of judges. Teams will need to pitch their presentation towards the award for which they are being considered. 5 mins presentation, 5 mins Q&A
Challenge Preliminary (5 8 Sep) Teams will spend a full day at the competition venue. Accomplish 1 mission Get the best score in 3 runs Best time decides tie-breaker Competition hall will be divided into 2 sections: Quarantine area Public Area & Side Events
Challenge Grand Finals (10 Sep) Top 40 teams each from the Primary and Secondary Division and the top 20 teams from the Tertiary Division will proceed to the Grand Finals. Surprise Mission details will be given in the morning Up to 3 hours to modify robots to accomplish mission Results from the Final Mission will be used to determine Best Robot Performance Award
Other Awards Judges Award Spring s Standards Award SPRING Singapore is collaborating with Science Centre Board to bring you the first ever Standards Award for the National Junior Robotics Competition. The winning team will walk away with cash prizes. Stay tuned for details on the assessment criteria!
Primary Division Mission Start in Green and end in Red 7 markers on field (4 red, 3 blue) Robot will start with 4 blue markers loaded Replace the red markers with blue markers Collect the red markers at the yellow zone Mission time: 2 mins
Primary Division Mission Scoring Criteria Remove red blocks completely out of the circles Blue blocks placed completely inside circles where a red block was positioned initially Points allocated 5 points per block Maximum 20 points 10 points per block Maximum 40 points Red blocks deposited completely in waste disposal area. No blue blocks in this area Original Blue blocks left undisturbed within their circles Robot ends completely in finish area. PENALTY: Robot displaces barriers from its marked position alongside the start or finish area. 5 points per block Maximum 20 points 5 points per block Maximum 15 points 5 points -5 points per barrier Maximum -10 points Total 100 points
Primary Division Mission
Secondary Division Mission Start and End in Green Place the specified coloured block onto a coloured tiled Block has to match colour of the wall around coloured tile Size will depend on the colour of the tile (tile same colour as wall, place the big block. If different, place small block) Mission Time: 2 mins
Secondary Division Mission Scoring Criteria Placing blocks on coloured tiles: Correct colour and size Correct colour, but wrong size Wrong colour Placing the correct blocks on the coloured tiles, while leaving the white tiles empty 4 unused blocks left in their waste location area of the matching colour Robot ends completely in finish area PENALTY: Robot displaces or breaks wall from its marked position Total Points allocated 20 points per block 5 points per block 1 point per block Maximum 80 points 5 points 10 points 5 points -5 points per wall Maximum -20 points 100 points
Secondary Division Mission
Tertiary Division Mission Start in Green, End in Red Remove waste from container Place waste into correct coloured tank Return containers into correct colour area Position of tanks and containers will be random Mission Time: 2 mins
Tertiary Division Mission Scoring Criteria Removing waste from recycling containers Placing the waste block into the recycling tanks Placed into the correct coloured tank Placed into the wrong coloured tank If tanks are damaged by robot Returning the recycling containers to their respective area Studs facing up Any other direction If containers are damaged by robot Robot ends in robot maintenance area Completely inside In contact with red polygon Total Points allocated 20 points per block Maximum 80 points 40 points per tank 20 points per tank 0 point per tank Maximum 160 points 10 points per container 5 points per container 0 point per container Maximum 40 points 20 points 5 points Maximum 20 points 300 points
Tertiary Division Mission
Advanced Robotics Challenge Mission
Advanced Robotics Challenge Mission Robot to start and end at base Each mission has 3 rounds, consisting of 2, 2, and 5 frames respectively. The duration of each frame is 4 minutes First Preliminary Round Consists of 2 frames, every team will play one frame and after that all teams go to the next frame as in ordinary bowling. Pin configuration will follow configuration 1 and is determined before the start of each frame. The pin locations are the same for all teams in a frame. Second preliminary Round Consists of 2 frames, every team will play one frame and after that all teams go to the next frame as in ordinary bowling. Pin configuration will follow configuration 2 and is determined before the start of each frame. The pin locations are the same for all teams in a frame. Final Round Consists of 5 frames, every team will play one frame and after that all teams go to the next frame as in ordinary bowling. Pin configuration will follow configuration 3 and is determined before the start of each frame. The pin locations are the same for all teams in a frame.
Advanced Robotics Challenge Mission Configuration 1 Configuration 2 Configuration 3
Advanced Robotics Challenge Mission Criteria Points Max in a frame White pin knocked down 1 points per 30 points pin Green pin knocked down. 5 points per 15 points pin First red ball picked up from 5 points the ball rack and positioned on the robot without touching the lane. Robot ends completely in base area (wheels touching the lane is stopped). The robot must have rolled all its balls: Three balls in case of strike or spare Two balls if no strike neither spare is obtained. 5 points Criteria Points Max in a frame Other balls get completely out -5 points of the ball rack box before a ball is rolled. The third ball is rolled without -5 points having obtained neither a spare nor strike with the first two balls rolled. The robot does not wait for 15-10 points seconds before rolling the next ball. Obstacle pin knocked down. -5 point per obstacle pin -45 points
Advanced Robotics Challenge Mission