Hot Shot! Explained

Game Title:Hot Shot!
Year:2009-2010
Number Qual Tournaments:12[1]
Number Champ Tournaments:46
Championship Location:Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Inspire Winner: Rock ‘n Roll Robots - 25
Innovate Winner: Euler’s Number Pi the Speed of Light - 3595
Motivate Winner: Team Tiki - 2859
Connect Winner: Team Unlimited - 1
Design Winner: Roberts Creek Xtreme Robotic Minds - 245
Champions: Smoke and Mirrors - 2868
Under the Son - 2843
GForce - 3864[2]
Homepage:http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc
Prevseason:Face Off
Nextseason:Get Over It!

Hot Shot! is the robotics competition event in the 2009-2010 FIRST Tech Challenge. Two teams compete to score points by depositing whiffle balls into designated areas.

Game Overview

Field Description

Hot Shot! is played by four robots on a 12 foot by 12 foot field. Robots are paired together to form red and blue alliances[3] of two teams each. Each alliance starts on a different side of the field, in spots designated by red and blue taped off squares.There are 3 goal areas, the low goal, the high goal, and the off field goal. The low goal and the high goal are centered on the field. The high goal has a pivot bar that allows it to be spun by a robot contacting the spin bar. The off field goal is four feet from the field.There are ball dispensers made out of PVC pipe, full of balls, at each corner of the field. There is a wooden deflector beneath each of the dispensers, angled toward the center of the field that makes the balls roll in different directions. The balls are released from the chutes by a pivoting trigger.[4]

Round Timing

Each round lasts two and a half minutes. The first 30 seconds are composed of an autonomous period, where the robots are controlled completely by a program on the NXT.[5] The next 2 minutes are a "Teleop," or remote controlled period where the robots are controlled remotely through the Bluetooth on the NXT. The last 30 seconds of the teleop period are known as the end game.

Scoring

The off field goal can only be scored in during the end game.The following points are awarded for normal white balls in each of the corresponding goals:

GoalPoints
Low Goal1
High Goal5
Off Field Goal10
Yellow curve balls double the score in the goal that they are scored in. They can be released by the team captain during the end game.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What Events And Teams Are In My Area? . FIRST . 5 June 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606155324/http://www.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon.aspx . 6 June 2011 .
  2. Web site: 2009-2010 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Awards. FIRST. 30 May 2011.
  3. Web site: SC State Prepares for the 5th Annual FIRST Tech Robotics Competition: "Hot Shot". South Carolina State University. 26 December 2011. 5 December 2009.
  4. Web site: Hot Shot game description. FIRST. 5 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606161603/http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FTC/FTC_Documents_and_Updates/2009_Hot_Shots/2009_Game_Desc-1pg_%20final.pdf. 6 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Finding the Top Bot: High School Students (and Their Robots) Take the Prize at Tech Challenge. Scientific American. 2010-03-17.