Body Forward Explained

Challenge Number:	13
Released In:	2010
Champions:	1. 3663 - The Sentinels 2. 13300 - SAP g33k$ 3. 4129 - Hammerheads^[1]
Missions:	14^[2]
Teams:	16762^[3]
Tournaments:	200^[4]
Championship Tournaments:	44

Body Forward is the 2010-11 FIRST Lego League competition. The project and missions revolve around biomedical engineering.^[5]

Project

Teams were tasked with identifying a problem that can occur in the human body and creating an inventive solution. Then teams shared their project with the community and with judges at competition.^[6]

Gameplay

The table performance portion of Body Forward is played on a 4 ft by 8 ft field rimmed by wood boards. At competition, two of these fields are placed together to form an 8 ft square. In each -minute match, a team competes on each field with their robot to earn up to 400 points manipulating the mission models.

One of the mission models, the Mechanical Arm Patent, straddles both fields in the center. This model can earn points for either team, or both in the rare circumstance of simultaneous triggering.^[2]

The touch penalty objects are red blood cell models.^[2] All 11 are worth 5 points each anywhere on the field, but are removed every time the robot is touched outside of base.

Missions

All of the Body Forward missions related to various medical fields and practices. They are:^[2]

• Common Bone Repair - 25 points
• Special Bone Repair - up to 25 points
• Rapid Blood Screening - up to 40 points
• Bad Cell Destruction - up to 25 points
• Mechanical Arm Patent - 25 points
• Cardiac Patch - 20 points
• Pacemaker - 25 points
• Nerve Mapping - 15 points
• Object Control Through Thought - 20 points
• Medicine Auto-Dispensing - up to 30 points
• Robotic Sensitivity - 25 points
• Professional Teamwork - 25 points
• Bionic Eyes - 20 points
• Stent - 25 points
• Red Blood Cells - up to 55 points

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011 FIRST® Championship . FIRST . 4 . 9 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141126110536/http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/About_Us/Media_Center/Press_Releases_and_FIRST_News/2011/FIRSTCMP_FINALlongversion.pdf . 26 November 2014 .
2. Web site: 2010 FLL CHALLENGE: robot game — Missions . FIRST . 9 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622053857/http://firstlegoleague.org/uploadedFiles/Challenge_Specific/Body_Forward/Body%20Forward%20-%20Missions.pdf . 22 June 2011 .
3. Web site: The Challenge. FIRST. 19 July 2011. 17 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617041650/http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/thechallenge. dead.
4. Web site: What Events And Teams Are In My Area? . FIRST . 1 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606155324/http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon.aspx . 6 June 2011 .
5. Web site: Body Forward theme announced at FIRST LEGO League 2010 launch. University of Kent. 17 November 2011. 24 September 2010.
6. Web site: 2010 FLL CHALLENGE: The Project . FIRST . 9 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622053826/http://firstlegoleague.org/uploadedFiles/Challenge_Specific/Body_Forward/FLL%202010%20Body%20Forward%20Project%20-%20FINAL.pdf . 22 June 2011 .