Tagisang Robotics: Design, Build and Play is a competition made for the Filipino
youth who have the skills, knowledge, and interest in the field of Cybernetics.
It’s not just a contest in making a robot. It is a test of intellect,
creativity, understanding, teamwork, and determination.
This contest aims to help the participants harness their skills by working with others.It encourages students to think broader and come up with solutions on whatever challenges presented before them and allow them to be able to put their ideas into action.
Thirty (30) teams from different Science and Technology- Oriented high schools will participate in this contest. Each ready and determined to win.
This page contains everything about the competition.
I. ROBOT INSPECTION
Robot dimension should fit
inside a 2x2x2 ft. box.
1. There is an official
inspection team to ensure all robots are safely constructed and fall within the
required parameters. The robot dimension is limited to 2x2x2 feet at a
stationary position. A 6 inches robot extension (all dimension) is allowed only
if the extension part is “padded” at all sides. The weight limit of a robot is
20 kg. The inspection team is located at the Pit Administrator section all day
on the Practice Game until the last day of the event.
2. All robots must be inspected
before and after the practice games; before match games and every change the
team makes with the robot.
3. Inspectors will use an
official Inspection sheet for checking robots. Inspectors check off items on an
Inspection Sheet as the team passes those portions of the process.
4. Student team members must
accompany their robot at all times during the inspection and be prepared to
answer Inspectors' questions on their robot.
5. Correct items and return for
inspection until your robot passes. A sticker shall be placed on the robot as a
seal once the robot passes inspection. A team will be disqualified if the seal
is broken.
6. A documentation of the
additional parts incorporated in the building of the robots, cost of each
additional part should be submitted to Tagisang Robotics Secretariat.
II. QUARANTINE
1. All robots must be placed under quarantine after practice games
after Elimination Rounds, and after the Final Rounds.
2. No one from the team is allowed to make adjustments with their robot after it has been
quarantined. Failure to do so will result to disqualification.
3. The robot will be released to the teams before the start of Elimination Rounds, and after the Awarding Ceremonies.
III. SCHEDULES AND MATCHES
1. Schedule of practice games will be officially announced. The announcement will be posted on the Tagisang Robotics Facebook Fanpage or can be downloaded on the Tagisang Robotics Website
2. Schedule of matches for the Elimination Round will be officially announced after the
Practice Game on Nov. 27, 2012. The announcement will be posted on the Tagisang
Robotics Facebook Fanpage or can be downloaded from
the Tagisang Robotics Website.
3. A team who fails to send in their robot and two human players to an assigned match will be
considered as a default. Any match won, where the team’s robot, captain, drivers and
shooters are present, will be credited to their team.
4. Playing teams for the next round should be in the assigned alliance waiting area one game
before their assigned match. Failure to do so would be considered as a default for their
team.
5. Teams would be seeded according to their win-loss-draw card. In case of a tie, quotient
system will be implemented to determine the actual rank of each team.
6. A quotient is determined by the sum of the scores of the team divided by the total number
of matches they played. The higher the quotient, the higher is the rank of the team.
7. The top four ranking teams automatically play in the semi-finals. Each of the four top ranking teams shall choose two more teams from the lower ranking teams for the semi-finals, excluding the other three top ranking teams.
8.From this, four alliances will be formed and shall play in the semi-finals. The alliance of the highest ranking team will be matched with the alliance of the fourth ranking team. The second ranking team’s alliance will be matched with the alliance of the third ranking team.
9. There will be three matches for each pairing in the semi-final round. The alliance that gets two wins shall compete in the final round. There will be three matches in the Final round. The alliance that gets two wins shall be declared the winner.
V. SCORING
1. Alliances score in a match by shooting buko, milon and pakwan balls into the opponent’s goal. Buko balls can only be touched and scored at the 1 minute mark. Failure to do so will result to a deduction of one (1) point to the Alliance’s total score. Alliances could only score milon balls that correspond to the color of their alliance. Shooting the opponent’s milon ball to the alliance’s own goal will be credited to the opponent alliance’s score.
2. An alliance can bring an opponent’s milon ball to their own shooter’s area to exchange for a pakwan ball. The pakwan ball can only be exchanged and scored during the last 30 seconds of the present match. Touching and scoring the pakwan ball before the last 30 seconds of the present match will be penalized by a deduction of ten (10) points to the alliance’s total score. Each pakwan ball is worth 10 points. Each alliance is only allowed to shoot two pakwan balls in a match. Shooting the opponent’s pakwan ball to the alliance’s own goal will be credited to the opponent alliance’s score.
3. At the end of each match, the winning alliance shall be decided on the basis of the number of milons and pakwans in the goal minus the corresponding deductions due to committed violations. In case of a tie, a draw is declared.
4. Final score of the match and current team standing will be shown at the screen at the end of each match.
VI. AWARDS
1. The Best Team to be awarded is the team with the highest seed after the championship. Teams will be seeded according to their win-loss card. In case of a tie, a quotient system will be implemented to determine the actual rank of each team. A quotient is determined by the sum of the scores of the team divided by the total number of matches they played. The higher the quotient, the higher is the rank of the team.
2. The Best Alliance is the winning team alliance after the championship. After the qualifying matches, the top four ranking teams automatically plays in the semi-finals. Each of the four top ranking teams shall choose two more teams from the lower ranking teams for the semi-finals, excluding the other three top ranking teams. From this, four alliances will be formed and shall play in the semi-finals. The alliance of the highest ranking team will be matched with the alliance of the fourth ranking team. The second ranking team’s alliance will be matched with the alliance of the third ranking team. Three matches will be played for each pairing in the semi-final round. The alliance that gets two wins shall compete in the final round. The alliance that gets two wins shall be declared the winner.
3. The Rookie of the Year Award is the team among the 10 new schools that has the best win-loss record after the elimination round.
4. The Most Popular Team award is the team who have the most “Facebook Likes” in the Tagisang Robotics Facebook Fanpage. Teams are to submit their official team picture to the Tagisang Robotics Secretariat to be posted on the said Fanpage.
5. The Most Popular Robot Award is the team who have the most “Facebook Likes” in the Tagisang Robotics Facebook Fanpage. Teams are to submit their official team robot picture to the Tagisang Robotics Secretariat to be posted on the said Fanpage.
6. The Best Blog Award is the team that has the most creative,well written and managed blogsite. Teams are to create their own blogspot containing their experiences, developments and achievement during the robot building period.
7. The Engineering Design Award will be awarded to the team with the best design in terms of the robots mechanical and electronic aspects. The winning team should be able to optimize the Kit of Parts given in coming up with a formidable robot with an engineering design that exudes ingenuity and innovation.
Before a match:
1. A match is played by two alliances, with each alliance consisting of three teams. Each alliance consists of six human players (one commander, two shooters and three drivers). A playing team must have a driver for his team’s robot. The commander and the two shooters can come from any of the playing teams in the alliance.
2. Before a match, each team in the alliance will be given either a red or blue marker to be attached to their robots. A team's identification marker might change from game to game.
3. At the beginning of the game, twelve (12) milon balls per alliance are placed in their respective areas. Each robot should be at the pre-assigned area of the alliance.
4. Each shooter is placed at a corner of the playing field with five buko balls each.
5. Three drivers and one commander per alliance will be given an assigned place outside the playing field.
During the game:
6. Each match shall last for two minutes without interruptions. Game time is actual time played.
7. Pins would be given to distinguish the commander, drivers and shooters. Only student-members of the team are allowed to play in the match.
8. Only one of the three robots in an alliance can be the goalkeeper at any time during a match. A robot within its own goal area shall be considered the "goalkeeper". The goalkeeper robot is allowed to stay in the goal area for the duration of the match. Alliances who choose to change their goal keeper in the middle of a match may do so by switching places.
9. Each robot must be remote controlled with powering and motoring mechanisms self-contained. Only wireless communication shall be allowed for all kinds of interactions between the driver and the robot.
10. Drivers are only allowed to control their respective robots at the sound of the horn. This signals the start of the match.
11. The commander shall coach the three drivers according to their alliance’s game strategy. Commanders are not allowed to serve as drivers nor shooters and vice versa.
12. Alliances score in a match by shooting buko, milon and pakwan balls into the opponent’s goal. Buko balls can only be touched and scored at the 1 minute mark. Failure to do so will result to a deduction of one (1) point to the Alliance’s total score. Alliances could only score milon balls that correspond to the color of their alliance. Shooting the opponent’s milon ball to the alliance’s own goal will be credited to the opponent alliance’s score.
13. Any alliance can bring an opponent’s milon ball to their own shooter’s area to exchange for a pakwan ball. The pakwan ball can only be exchanged and scored during the last 30 seconds of the present match. Touching and scoring the pakwan ball before the last 30 seconds of the present match will be penalized by a deduction of ten (10) points to the alliance’s total score. Each pakwan ball is worth 10 points. Each alliance is only allowed to shoot two pakwan balls in a match. Shooting the opponent’s pakwan ball to the alliance’s own goal will be credited to the opponent alliance’s score.
14. Human shooters can only shoot buko and pakwan balls.
15. At the end of each match, the winning alliance shall be decided on the basis of the number of buko, milons and pakwans in the goal minus the corresponding deductions due to committed violations. In case of a tie, a draw is declared.
16. Buzzer Beater - a shooter releases the ball, "beating" the buzzer, so that it sounds while the ball is in mid-air, the shot still counts if it goes in.
After the game:
17. After each game, a volunteer team member from each alliance should arrange the balls to the original positions and clean up the playing field.
18. Teams would be seeded according to their win-loss-draw card. In case of a tie, quotient system will be implemented to determine the actual rank of each team.
19. A quotient is determined by the sum of the scores of the team divided by the total number of matches they played. The higher the quotient, the higher is the rank of the team.
20. The top four ranking teams automatically plays in the semi-finals. Each of the four top ranking teams shall choose two more teams from the lower ranking teams for the semi-finals, excluding the other three top ranking teams.
21. From this, four alliances will be formed and shall play in the semi-finals. The alliance of the highest ranking team will be matched with the alliance of the fourth ranking team. The second ranking team’s alliance will be matched with the alliance of the third ranking team.
22. There will be three matches for each pairing in the semi-final round. The alliance that gets two wins shall compete in final round. There will be three matches in the Final round. The alliance that gets two wins shall be declared the winner.
Fouls:
23. No two robots of the same alliance can occupy the goalee area for more than ten (10) seconds. An alliance that violates this rule will be penalized by deducting two (2) points from their total score. If an alliance intentionally places their robot inside their goal, the game is announced over and the alliance’s opponent wins by default.
24. Collision – when an alliance’s robot collides “head-on” to the opponent’s goal keeper and pushes the goal keeper to its own goal, no foul shall be called if the goal keeper cannot move outside the goal or shuts down inside the goal. But if an alliance robot collides with a goal keeper at a “sideway” position and results to the same scenario abovementioned, the game is announced over and the alliance’s opponent wins by default.
25. A team who fails to send in their robot and driver in an assigned match will be considered in default. Any match where the team’s driver and robot are present will be credited to their team.
26. No robot can stay inside the pre-assigned area for more than ten (10) seconds. A deduction of five (5) points to the alliance’s total score will be given to an alliance who fails to move their robots outside the pre-assigned area within the allotted time.
27. Playing teams should be in the assigned alliance waiting area one game before their assigned match. Failure to do so would be considered a default for the team.
28. Proper decorum is expected from all team members. Any misbehavior may cause a demerit of five (5) points in the final score of the team.
29. There will be four officials for each playing field. Two (2) referees and two (2) watchers shall be assigned in each of the alliance’s area. All referees will be designated by the organizers.
30. Robot’s ball possesion during last 30 secs. Of the match – If the robot has a secure possesion of the ball and is in a shooting attempt, the human shooter is not allowed to reach for the ball to steal from the robot. Otherwise, a fould shall be called by the referee. An aliance who violates this rule will be penalized by deducting two (2) points from their total score.
Source: http://www.tagisangrobotics.ph
