The Game - Logomotion

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In early January, teams received a challenge to design, develop and build a robot in six weeks using a common parts list. The six weeks now completed, the robot bagged and tagged! Team 1241 is in full spirit with their robot Poseidon to get into action in this year's Logomotion challenge. Speedy full-size robots, minibots, shaped tubes, and stainless-steel poles will all play a part in this year's FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC).

Like past years, the game pits two three-team alliances against each other on a rectangular field. Play is divided into an autonomous period when robots operate based on programming and sensor input, a teleoperated period during which they're controlled by human players, and a scoring finale.

During the 15-sec autonomous period, robots hang yellow doughnut-shaped "ubertubes" on a grid of 18 scoring pegs in the safe zone at the near end of the field. The tubes score two, four, or six points for placement on the lowest, middle, and highest rungs, respectively. They also receive double points for game elements scored on the same pegs later in the game.

After robots compete autonomously, student operators will guide their robots through the 2-min teleoperated period. Robots will pick up game elements from the far end of the field and hand them to other robots or place them on the scoring pegs. Game elements score three points on the highest rungs, two points in the middle, and one point on the lowest level. Robots can reposition elements from lower tiers onto higher pegs to score more points. Placing the elements in the order in which they appear in the logo — triangle-circle-square — earns double points.

Glimpses of the Build Season>>

Come see Team1241 at the 3 regional competitions they are attending this year. More than 40 high school robotics teams from the world will compete. You will easily spot us at the 3 events where you will find us in our unique orange tuques and dressed in blue and orange!

Let the games begin!