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- Support text from Micro Cornucopia Magazine Issue #48
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- Micro Cornucopia
- PO Box 223
- Bend, OR 97709
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- ROBOTS THRU THE MAZE RULES PURPOSE: To promote robotics research and
- development with a fair contest of speed and intelligence.
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- CONTEST NOTICE: A Notice shall be published in advanced with the following
- information; a) Date of Contest, b) Time of Contest, c) Place of
- Contest, d) Prizes, e) Entry Deadline, f) Entry Form, g) Entry Fee,
- Description of the Maze including; h) Overall Size, i) Wall Height,
- j) Wall Thickness k) Path Width, l) Running Surface, m) Entrance and
- Exit, Description of the Contest including; n) Time Limit, o) Numbers
- of Runs, p) Penalty, q) Special Rules.
-
- DEFINITIONS Contestant: The
- robot that runs the maze. Owner: The person that owns the robot.
- Handler: The person that handles the robot in the staging area.
- Staging area: The impound area for contestants, including the maze, a
- work area with electrical outlets and a tryout area. Maze: The maze
- is a set of walls placed on the running surface. The maze has path
- width passages, formed by the walls, between the entrance and exit.
- Maze judge: The maze judge is responsible for the execution of the
- rules. The decisions of the maze judge are final. The maze judge
- shall be knowledgable in the rules and in robotics, and cannot be the
- owner of a contestant. Robot: A self governing object made or
- modified by the owner. The robot shall not pose a hazard to any
- person or property. On-deck: A one time limit period before the
- start. Start: When any part of the contestant enters the maze.
- Finish: When any part of the contestant exit the maze.
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- CONTEST PROCEDURE: 1) All contestants shall be in the staging area before the
- time of contest, and shall remain in the staging area until released
- by the maze judge. 2) The starting sequence for each run shall be
- assigned by random drawing. 3) The maze judge shall announce the
- on-deck contestant. 4) The handler shall have one time limit to
- prepare the contestant for the start. 5) The maze judge may allow
- the contestant to start before the time limit. 6) Run time starts
- when the contestant starts or one time limit after on-deck warning.
- 7) The maze judge may disqualify any contestant for rule violation.
- 8) A contestant may not move any wall to its advantage. 9) There
- shall be no human contact with the contestant while running the maze.
- 10) Run time stops when the contestant finishes or after one time
- limit of run time. 11) After the run the handler shall promptly clear
- the contestant from the maze area.
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- SCORING The prizes shall be
- awarded to owners of the contestants with the lowest maze scores,
- that complete at least one run. The maze score is the sum of the run
- scores. The run score for contestants that are disqualified is one
- time limit plus four penalties. The run score for contestants that
- do not start is one time limit plus two penalties. The run score for
- contestants that start but do not finish is one time limit plus one
- penalty. The run score for contestants that finish is the run time.
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