Acadia University
Robot Programming Competition (RPC)
FIRST LEGO League Tournament (FLL)
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Before the Competition
A True Team Effort ….
 Raised $20K external funding
 Purchased and distributed 10 LEGO
MINDSTORM robots
 Ran team workshops in October
 Trained judges and referees
 Developed competition tables, arenas,
scoresheets, t-shirts, banners, programs,
and other materials
Team Goals for Nov 25
RPC:
 Champion’s Award
 Robot Design Award
 Robot Performance
Award
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Teamwork Award
Against All Odds
Award
Team Spirit Award
FLL:
 Champion’s Award
 Robot Design Award
 Robot Performance
Award
 Project Award
 Teamwork Award
 Against All Odds
Award
 Team Spirit Award
LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics
LEGO RCX
LEGO NXT
For more information see the Lego
MINDSTORMS RCX website, NXT website
Nov 25 – An Exciting Day!
Date:Saturday, November 25, 2006
 Place:Acadia War Memorial Main Gym
 Web page http://iitrl.acadiau.ca/fll2006/
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Nov 25 – An Exciting Day!
11:30am – Registration
12:00noon – Pit areas open
1:00pm
– Welcome
1:30pm
– Competition
and Judging
7:30pm
– Awards/Closing
Nov 25 – An Exciting Day!
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High School RPC
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Middle School FLL
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11 teams from 8 high schools
14 teams from 13 middle &
junior high schools
150 participants from Yarmouth to Halifax
70 volunteers:
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faculty, staff, students
and alumni of Acadia
sponsoring companies
friends of the university
Nov 25 – An Exciting Day!
FLL
RPC
12:30pm
1:30pm
2:30pm
3:30pm
4:30pm
5:30pm
6:15pm
Floor
Plan
Practice
Practice
Judging
Line Tracking
Round 1
Judging
Judging
Maze
Round 2
Judging
Judging
Object Removal
Round 2
Freestyle
Busy!
Action!
Oooops!
Festive!
Nov 25 – A Rewarding Experience
Acadia University
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Tournament
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Champions: Drumlin Heights Consolidated
Adam d'Entremont
Vickie d'Entremont
Daniel d'Entremont
Elizabeth Spinney
Brandon Frotten
Ben Scott
Coach – James Benham
Second Annual High School Robot
Programming Competition (RPC)
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Champions: Central Kings Rural High
Alex Sanford
Sarah Foote
Kristen Wigmore
Seth Armstrong
Coach- Jamie Foote
RPC / FLL 2006
70+ Volunteers
What is the FLL?
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Alliance between FIRST and LEGO
Guided by adult coaches, mentors and
imaginations
Students solve real-world engineering
challenges, develop important life skills, and
learn to make positive contributions to society
Emphasizes teamwork, problem solving,
research and learning
2005: 7,400 teams in 31 countries
2006 FLL Competition
Your team will be graded on the following:
Competition performance
 Design and Technical Knowledge
 Research Project
 Teamwork
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The Project
Identify a problem related to this years theme
“nanotechnology”
 Research the problem
 Create a solution
 Share your findings
 Present your findings in a creative way
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 Songs,
Skits, TV broadcast, etc.
The Project (cont.)
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Project Selection: Explore a current or potential application of
nanotechnology, either from the Nano Quest robot missions or from another
source. Learn what scientists are facing in improving upon the existing
application or making the potential application a reality. Design an
improvement for the existing nanotechnology, or choose a potential
application that faces a challenge and solve it. Share your findings with your
community.
NOTE: Include all three parts of the project in the presentation in order to
qualify for project awards at qualifying and championship tournaments:
1) Select a current or potential application of nanotechnology
2) Design a solution or improvement
3) Share your project with others
Its length should be no more than five minutes, including setup time
The Competition
This years theme in Nano Technology.
 There will be 9 tasks to complete
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Individual Atom Manipulation
Smell
Stain-Resistant Fabric
Atomic Force Microscopy
Self-Assembly
Smart Medicine
Nanotube Strength
Molecular Motor
Space Elevator
The Competition (cont.)
2.5 mins to complete as many tasks as
possible.
 RCX robots
will be awarded
fairness points
according to how
many tasks they
complete.
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Individual Atom Manipulation
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Move individual atoms accurately. The robot must
remove at least 1 white atom from the blue surface
without removing any red atoms. Counting atoms left
on the surface, a count of fewer than 8 red atoms is
worth no points. A count of 8 red atoms and 7 or 6
white atoms is worth 30 points. A count of 8 red atoms
and 5 or fewer white atoms is worth 40 points.
Smell
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Transfer molecules from the pizza toward the
nose. The robot must get pizza molecules
completely off the paper plate for 5 points each,
and transferred to the yellow or black areas of
the person’s head or neck for an additional 10
points each.
Stain-Resistant Fabric
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Test some stain-resistant fabric. The robot must deliver the
dirt trap to its location mark and completely dump out the
tester’s dirt dumper. The dirt trap at its mark is worth 15
points, and the dirt dumper when empty is worth 15 points.
The dirt pieces are Bonus Objects, worth 5 points each in the
dirt trap, and 3 points each everywhere else on the table.
When removing dirt for a Bonus Loss, the referee takes stray
pieces first, then pieces from the dumper, and pieces from the
trap last.
Atomic Force Microscopy
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Free the probe’s nanotip. The robot must
separate the nanotip from the material
surface. The nanotip separated from the
surface is worth 40 points.
Self-Assembly
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Start the self-alignment of atoms. The
robot must cause the angled blue
nanotube segments to align horizontally
end to end. This alignment is worth 30
points.
Smart Medicine
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Target medicine to reach only a specific
problem spot. The robot must release the
Buckyball containing medicine into the
person’s arm. The Buckyball is placed
anywhere in the red/yellow channel of the
arm bone is worth 50 points (even if it hasn’t
reached the problem spot).
Nanotube Strength
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Lift the truck by a thin cable of carbon
nanotubes. The robot must move the truck onto
the lift frame and activate the lift. The truck
completely on the frame is worth 20 points. The
truck and frame supported completely and only
by the cable is worth an additional 20 points.
Molecular Motor
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Deliver an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule to
power a molecular motor, causing it to spin and
release energy. The robot must deliver 1 of the 2 ATP
molecules through the molecular motor’s black frame
for 40 points (even if nothing else happens). The
second ATP molecule represents a second chance to
complete this mission, but points are only given for 1
delivered molecule.
Space Elevator
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Operate the space elevator. At least one
robot must cause the car with the yellow
cargo to come down. If this mission is
completed, no matter which robot or
robots worked on it, both teams get 40
points.
Additional Rules
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Points are given only if required results are still visible
on the board after the match.
Maximum number of players on a team is 10 not
including coaches.
Only two team members are allowed at the table
during competition.
The robot must complete task by itself.
Must be programmed using provided software.
For other rules see
http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default.aspx?pid=23720
More info on Missions?
For more info go to
http://http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default
.aspx?pid=23720
 All information and pictures were taken
from www.firstlegoleague.org.
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