Rug Rage was the 1993 game of the FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...

. In it, teams competed individually to score as many balls as possible in their goal. , it is the only year to see a decrease in the number of team competing.

Field

Rug Rage was played on a rectangular, carpeted field 12' wide and 40' long. The edge of the field was lined with PVC pipe. There were four scoring areas, two on each long side of the field set 6 feet from the ends. The four robots started in the corners of the field and scored in the goal in the same corner. The goals had horizontal cross bars at their entrances creating an 11" opening. This allowed the small balls to roll in easily but kept out the 13" balls.

Gameplay

Four robots played individually in each 2-minute match. In the center of the field were five 13" diameter red balls worth 5 points and twenty 6" diameter water-filled blue balls worth 1 point. The goal was to ferry balls into a team's respective goal and earn the most points. As the large balls couldn't fit under the goals' cross bar, they had to be lifted over. In the event of a tie, the team with the most large balls scored in its goal won.

Robots

Robots had to fit within a 3x3x3ft cube and weigh no more than 50 lbs. Unlike the previous year, robots were powered by an on-board battery and not an umbilical. Robots were controlled by an on-board Motorola micro controller. Commands were sent by the drivers through an 8 position joystick and a Termiflex keypad controller.

Awards

The following awards were presented at the competition:

• Chairman's Award
• Most Creative Design
• Best Offensive Round
• Outstanding Defense
• Best Play of the Day
• Best Team Spirit Display
• Best Sportsmanship
• Number One Seed