This game activity
provides a competition ground
for robots to perform balanced
and varied actions on a beam.
This item was designed for academics,
researchers and developers to
research and develop robots and
strategies to perform highly accurate
and balanced motions.
2.
Specifications of Robots
Each robot must have
two legs.
The width of each robot’s
foot should be between 10cm and 15cm
The robots should be controlled either
by the CPU in the robot, an external
computer or a human player.
To obtain visual or sensory information,
each robot may be equipped with video
cameras or sensors, set above the beam
or in the robot body, such as in the
head or feet.
3.
Specifications of the Beam and the Ground
The size of the beam
is 30cm (w) x 200cm (length) x 30cm
(h).
The beam surface is raised
50cm off the ground
The surface (or the upper face) of
the beam is white
The other faces of the beam and the
ground underneath the beam are black.
There are two lines on the beam: a
starting line and a finish line. The
lines are 20cm apart from each beam
end.
Plywood is recommended as the beam
material.
A Black mat is recommended as the
ground material.
4.Rules of
Competition
Each robot should start by standing on
the starting line, and finish the performance
by standing on the finish line.
There will be two phases in the competition
- The qualifying phase
- The competition phase
The qualifying phase: each robot should
successfully perform the following four basic
skills on the beam in three minutes, in order
to qualify for the next phase.
- Walk forward five steps
- Turn right (or left) and walk five steps
sideways (towards the finish line)
- Turn right (or left) again and walk backwards
five steps (towards the finish line)
- Turn 180° and walk forward the rest of
the distance to the finish line.
The competition phase: each robot will have
three minutes to show their full performance.
For this phase, the participants should develop
various skills such as standing or moving
by one leg, lying down and standing up etc.
5. Scoring
To win the competition, a robot
should pass the qualifying phase and get the
best score from the competition phase
The qualifying phase will not be scored.
However the competition phase will be judged
and points awarded
Five examiners from different countries
will judge and score the competition phase.
The score for each performance will be the
average of the three scores left after excluding
the best and worst marks.
The examiners will award points for each
performance based on the following categories.
- Technical difficulty
- Creativity / Originality
- Variety of skills
- Time management i.e. Finishing on
time (three minutes)
If there are more than two winners, the
heaviest robot will win the competition
