Eurobot 2003
Heads or Tails
The goal of the competing robots is to flip as many pucks as possible the correct side up within 90 seconds. The playing field is traditionally 2.1x3m, this time with a checkerboard pattern. The robots no longer start from dedicated areas at the ends of the playing fields – instead they start in opposing corners. The robots can build towers of pucks, which score more points. Above each side of the field there are two special pucks painted from both sides with the same color. These can be shot down by table tennis balls. The competition will take place in La-Ferté Bernard, France from 30th of May to 1st of June.
Robots participating in the competition must be fully autonomous and must
comply with certain limitations. During the whole span of a match their
circumference must not exceed 120cm (the exact rule talks about a convex
hull after a vertical projection on the playfield), and must not be higher
than 40cm. Each robot has to be equipped with a surface at the height of
40cm, where the opponent team may place their beacon.
The beacon on the opponent's robot, as well as the checkerboard pattern on the
table is intended to ease the control and navigation of the robots.
Furthermore it is possible to put four additional beacons (all are limited in
dimension by a cube of 8cm side length) above the opponent side of the
playing on pre-installed beacon supports.
The checkerboard pattern is made of 10 by 7 squares, each 30 x 30
centimeters. At the beginning of each match 12 two-coloured pucks are
distributed into the corners of these squares. The distribution is centrally
(anti)symmetric, so that no robot gets an advantage.
The pucks are painted red and green on their outer sides, black and white on
the inside. In a height of 40 centimeters above the playing field on its far
sides are placed single colored pucks, which can be shot down by table
tennis balls. Each robot can carry up to five balls and can collect them
during the match. These pucks are intended to fall down onto the playing
field after being hit by a ball. The exact mechanism is not described in the
published rules yet, and most likely an addendum will be released with the
description before the competition.
At the beginning of a match all pucks are placed vertically. The goal of
each robot is to turn the pucks 'their' side up – the robot starting on a
black field is trying to turn all the pucks facing up the green color, the
robot starting on a white field is turning all the pucks red up.
The pucks can be built into columns and only the color of the top puck is
checked. A single puck scores 1 point, two pucks 3 points and for three
pucks in a column the robot gets 5 points. For more than 3 pucks there is no
points for the robot. During a match a robot must not carry more than four
pucks lest it be penalized.
A match duration is 90 seconds. After this time the winner is
declared. The winner gets four extra points (in additions to those scored in
a match) to the global score. In case of a draw, both sides get two points.
The complete set of rules including exact dimensions and blueprints are
available in
English,
French and
German on
the organizer's web site.
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