1st Ottawa Robotics Enthusiasts

Robo-Magellan Contest
April 29, 2007
1:00 PM
Location:
Parking lot of 349 Terry Fox Drive
Ottawa, Ontario,

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Rules

• Waypoints and path will be chosen prior to the start of the contest at the contest location.
• Prior to the contest, contestants will have the opportunity to load waypoint and path data to their robots using techniques of their choosing.
• Contestants may make any changes as they see fit between runs.
• Contestants may not touch or interfere with the operation of their robot once a run has started. If this happens, the scoring for that run will be halted.
• Robots may use GPS, compasses, and any self-contained sensors or apparatus. This excludes the use of differential GPS.
• If there is any inadvertent interference with the robot (such as by a spectator, stray animal or unforeseen circumstance), then the contestant will be allowed to re-start the run with no penalty.
• The robot must stop at the completion of the run.
• Waypoints will probably be spaced about 15 - 30m apart.
• There will be a maximum of 10 points in a path.

Scoring

• Each time a robot navigates to a waypoint, and stops within the 3-meter radius from the waypoint, 1 point will be added to the score for that run.
• Each robot will be run 3 times. The highest score of the 3 runs will be taken as the contest score. The highest score wins.
• Robot runs will take place in a round-robin fashion, i.e. Robot # 1 Run #1, Robot # 2 Run #1, Robot # 1 Run #2, Robot # 2 Run #2, etc.

Sample Path
Waypoints will be given as #0, #1, #2, #3.
The path will be given as 0-1-2-3-0-2-1-0-3-2-0

2--------3
|        |
|        |
|        |
1--------0

#0: N45-21.125' W075-54.813'
#1: N45-21.113' W075-54.797'
#2: N45-21.097' W075-54.822'
#3: N45-21.109' W075-54.837'