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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away”

Description & Overview

-SWEPT AWAY-

Swept Away is a head-to-head robotics competition designed and scaled to be run in a classroom

environment by a single teacher. This game provides a challenge for designers of all experience levels,

and should result in exciting match play regardless of competitor skill.

The game is played on an 8 ft x 8 ft field which is divided in half by a 12” tall wall. At the center of this

wall are two 18” tall trapezoidal shaped goals, one on each side of the wall. There are also two 4” tall

slots along the base of the wall.

One robot is placed on each side of the field with twelve small foam soccer balls and six foam footballs.

Robots can dump footballs over the 12” tall wall. They can also roll soccer balls through the slots, dump

them over the 12” wall or dump them into the 18” tall goals.

The object of the game is simple: get as many balls onto your opponent’s side of the field as possible

during a two minute match. At the end of the match referees will count the total balls on each side of the

field. You get points based on what is on the opponent’s side. (It doesn’t matter if the balls started the

match on that side, they still count!)

Every soccer ball on the opponent’s side of the

field is worth 1 point. Soccer balls placed in the

18” tall goal on the opponent’s side of the field are

worth 3 points. Footballs on the opponent’s side

of the field are worth 3 points.

If all the balls in play end up on one side of the

field, the match immediately ends.

The team with all the balls on their side has been “SWEPT AWAY” and loses the match.

Summary of content (15 pages)

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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” -SWEPT AWAYDescription & Overview Swept Away is a head-to-head robotics competition designed and scaled to be run in a classroom environment by a single teacher. This game provides a challenge for designers of all experience levels, and should result in exciting match play regardless of competitor skill. The game is played on an 8 ft x 8 ft field which is divided in half by a 12” tall wall.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Game Rules Field Setup 1. Matches are played on an 8 ft x 8 ft field which is divided in half by a 12” tall wall. 2. One robot is placed on each side of the divider wall at the start of every match. a. Robots may be placed anywhere, as long as they are ENTIRELY on their side of the field, and NOT touching any balls. b. At the start of the match no robot may be more than twelve inches (12”) tall. 3.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Match Play 1. Two teams compete in each one vs. one match (each team will field one robot). 2. Matches are two minutes (2:00) long. 3. Robots are “Operator Controlled” the entire match; there is no Autonomous Robot Operation. 4. Any balls that exit the playing field will be returned to play as fast as possible by field personnel; these will be placed in about the same location they exited the field. 5.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Robot Construction 1. Robot construction is limited to the Robot Components from the VEX kits listed below. a. The packaging, manuals, balls and other “non-robot” components from this kit are NOT allowed. b. Teams can utilize the individual sub-components from these kits so long as they do not use more parts than are available on the list below or parts not found in any of the kits on the list.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Tournament Play 1. Teams will be ranked using a series of qualifying matches. a. Ideally these matches will be played as a round-robin tournament where each team plays every other team at least once; otherwise matchups should be randomly chosen. 2. Teams are ranked based on their number of wins. a. If more than one team has the same number of wins, these teams are ranked based on their number of ties. b.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Swept Away Field Swept Away is played on an 8 ft x 8 ft field which is divided in half by a 12” tall wall. At the center of this wall are two 18” tall trapezoidal shaped goals, one on each side of the wall. There are also two 4” tall slots along the base of the wall. There are twelve (12) orange foam footballs and twenty-four (24) green foam 4” soccer balls in play on the field. The VEX Classroom Competition Field Kit (278-1004) available at VEXrobotics.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Critical Field Specifications Perimeter Dimensions The field is surrounded by a 5.59 inch tall sheet metal perimeter. This perimeter is constructed of (8) brackets in a square configuration. The inside of the field measures 92.94” x 92.94”. The outside of the field measures 96” x 96” so it can be mounted on two 4 ft x 8 ft pieces of plywood if desired. Page 7 Copyright 2009 VEX Robotics, Inc.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Critical Field Specifications cont. Wall & Goal Dimensions The center wall dividing the field is 12.18” tall, and stretches across the entire field (92.94”) directly down the center. There are two 20” wide x 4.16” tall slots in the wall for soccer balls to roll through. In the center of the wall there are two 18” tall goals. These goals are 10.5” wide at the wall, 4.31” wide at the tip, and project out from the wall 5.35”.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Critical Field Specifications cont. Ball Dimensions Green Soccer Balls: Size – approximately 4.0” in diameter Weight – approximately 0.125 lbs Orange Footballs: Width – approximately 5.25” wide Length – approximately 9.0” long Weight – approximately 0.4 lbs Unofficial Field Construction The official field is NOT needed to play Swept Away. There are a number of methods to build a “close enough” field to play the game.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Field Assembly Instructions The official Swept Away Field consists of four different types of metal pieces: 1. The first step to assembling the field is to connect a SIDE piece with a CORNER piece as shown. Insert all four (4) hooks on the SIDE into the slots on the CORNER. Then, slide the SIDE down over the CORNER such that all four hooks are seated at the bottom of their slots. Note: This is the standard method of connection and will be reused at all field joints.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Field Assembly Instructions cont. 3. Connect two (2) of the assemblies together as shown below. They should hook together in the same manner described in Step 1. The SIDE piece of one assembly should connect to the CORNER piece of the other assembly. 4. Repeat Step 3 5. Connect the assemblies from Step 3 & Step 4 together to complete the field perimeter. Page 11 Copyright 2009 VEX Robotics, Inc.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Field Assembly Instructions cont. 6. Attach the two (2) WALL pieces together as shown. Note, each WALL piece has two (2) hooks to engage in two (2) slots on the other wall piece. Ensure that all four (4) hooks are fully engaged. 7. Install the wall assembly from Step 6 onto the field perimeter assembly from Step 5 as shown. The wall assembly has four hooks on each end which will grab onto matching slots on the field perimeter.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Field Assembly Instructions cont. 8. Attach the two (2) GOAL pieces onto the wall assembly as shown. Place the goals such that if you are looking at the center wall, the goal on your side of the wall is toward the right. Ensure that all six (6) hooks on each GOAL piece engage fully into their mounting slots. 9. Place twelve (12) Orange Footballs and (24) Green Soccer Balls on the field as shown. Page 13 Copyright 2009 VEX Robotics, Inc.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Additional Field Options Although the VEX Classroom Competition field perimeter snaps together as a tool-less assembly there are 0.205” diameter holes in all of the pieces. If a user plans on leaving the field assembled for an extended period of time, standard VEX screws and nuts (#8-32) can be used to bolt the field components together. The field is also designed to fit on top of two (2) 4 ft x 8 ft pieces of plywood laid side by side.
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VEX Classroom Competition “Swept Away” Swept Away Score Cards Page 15 Copyright 2009 VEX Robotics, Inc.