Robotics
2009 IT-Olympics Venue Document
Each venue has three components that the teams will be judged on as described
in the venue document: community service; the primary competition; the real-time competition. Please read them for full details.
The goals of the competition are to promote interest and exploration of information technology through a fun, unrestricted learning environment that encourages collaboration and experiential learning.
The culmination of the year-long work done by students in the robotics track is the IT-Olympics robotics competition. This venue allows a team of three to ten students an opportunity to apply their knowledge about robotics in Lego Mindstorms NXT Sumo competition, as well as in the real-time events. A team will bring their Sumo robot to the event. They can bring a laptop computer if they have been using the Lego Mindstorms NXT software on it. Additionally, all teams will be provided with a machine that has Windows XP and the Lego software on it.
Student teams are allowed physical access to Hilton at 10 a.m. on Monday of the competition at which time they may finish any configuration or installation necessary. The opening ceremonies will be at noon and competition begins after that.
Some selected rules of the Robotics Venue include:
- The robots must be built using only the components sent to the IT-Adventures club and must come from kits 979797 and/or 979648. No other components are allowed to be purchased and added in.
- The robot cannot exceed two pounds and must fit in a 1’ x 1’ frame.
- Documentation about design choice for the sumo robot must be included for judging. This should include pictures.
- Code for the program running during the competition should be documented and
submitted to the judges. It will be a .rbt file.
The teams will be scored in the primary competiton on mechanical design, results of their bouts, code, code documentation and design documentation.
Additional information about the primary challenge can be found in the IT-Olympics Venue Document.
Also, each team must submit a poster and do an oral presentation in the competitive poster session which describes their community service project which was completed prior to the IT-Olympics. The poster and its oral presentation will be judged with this score being added to the overall robotics competition score. Details on the judging for community service are also found in the IT-Olympics Venue Document.
