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Test Project - Mobile Robotics
Competitor Pre-Competition Information Pack
Abu Dhabi – April – 2017
Submitted by:
Name: Mohammad Al-Shamsi
THE TEST PROJEC CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING:
1
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 2
1.1
COMPETITION STRUCTURE ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.2
COMPETITION TIME TABLE ...................................................................................................................... 2
1.3
MODULE A: ............................................................................................................................................ 2
1.4
MODULE B: ............................................................................................................................................ 2
2
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMPETITOR .................................................................................................. 2
3
EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, INSTALLATIONS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED ..................................... 3
3.1
W ORLDSKILLS MOBILE ROBOTICS COLLECTION....................................................................................... 4
4
MATERIAL & EQUIPMENTS AND TOOLS PROHIBITED IN THE SKILL AREA .................................... 5
5
MARKING SCHEME ................................................................................................................................... 5
5.1
6
7
PRIMARY EVALUATION CATEGORIES: ...................................................................................................... 5
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND TASKS .............................................................................................. 6
6.1
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 6
6.2
COMPETITION COURT: ............................................................................................................................ 6
6.3
TASK DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................ 6
6.4
ROBOT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TASKS ............................................................................................ 7
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT COURT ELEMENTS .......................................................... 8
7.1
THE ASSEMBLY TABLE/ROBOT STARTING POSITION ................................................................................ 9
7.2
THE COMPETITION PRODUCT ................................................................................................................ 10
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Competition Structure
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Two independent test modules: A and B.

Each module will be one full day in duration.

Teams will have Two Test Runs each Competition Day.

Each Module will carry a value of 50 Points.
1.2 Competition Time Table
On preparation Day Competitor Teams will receive a sequence number by Lottery.
Depending on this number the team will be assigned its work place and the time
schedule for the test runs.
1.3 Module A:
Each robot has exclusive use of the court, according to the time table. There will be a
Customer Service Department. The task is to deliver the customer orders 100% in
Remote Control mode.
1.4 Module B:
Each robot has exclusive use of the court, according to the time table. There will be a
Customer Service Department. The task is to deliver the customer orders 100% in
Autonomous Control Mode.
2 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMPETITOR
 Competitors will be assigned an Exclusive Use Work Space where they will conduct
ALL of their Robot Assembly / Programming Activities.
 Competitors will be assigned an Evaluation Court and will use this court space for
ALL of their Robot Preparation Activities and for their Performance Evaluation
Experiences.
 Competitors may use Two Computers in their Work Space but they can bring ONLY
ONE computer to their assigned Evaluation Court.
 Competitors must ensure their Object Management System does NOT damage the
Product Boxes.
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 Each Evaluation Court will have a Right and Left Side “Customer Service
Department.
 Competitors MUST be prepared to have their Robot run Marked Task Evaluation
Experiences on either the Right or the Left Customer Service Department.
 The Right and Left Customer Service Department Layouts have been configured to
support NO need to alter Competitor’s Programs based on whether they are on the
Left or the Right court space.
 Competitors are expected to demonstrate True Fair Play and Co-operation at all
times but most particularly when they are sharing the court spaces during the Work
Periods.
 Competitors are responsible to bring to the competition site and to use exclusively
during the competition the Robot they have designed and Built.
 Competitors are expected to bring ALL of their Competition Equipment in a
container no larger than One Cubic Meter.
3 EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, INSTALLATIONS AND MATERIALS
REQUIRED
The infrastructure list (IL) is by definition the list of all equipment, machinery,
installations and materials provided by the organizer.
The robot competition set will be provided by competitors:

One WorldSkills Mobile Robotics Collection

Programming software LabVIEW for Robotics.

One Laptop
The WorldSkills Robot Component Collection will be required in order to participate
in the completion.
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WorldSkills Mobile Robotics Collection
3.1
This
WorldSkills
Robotics
Collection
Mobile
competition
is
the
official
collection for the WorldSkills
Mobile Robotics Competition
featuring the NI myRIO with
LabVIEW for Robotics. Teams
using this package will learn
and ready themselves for the
WorldSkills Mobile Robotics
Competition in Abu Dhabi in
2017.
The Collection comes with,

Controllers, sensors and batteries consisting the myRIO WorldSkills Competition Kit
with 3 student LabVIEW licenses, Camera, 3 axis Gyroscope, Ultrasonic Distance
Sensor, 3-Axis
Accelerometer, IR
Range
Sensor, Ambient
Light
Sensor, QTI
Sensor; 12V 3,000 mAh NiMH Battery Pack w/20 amp fuse, and 12V NiMH Smart
Charger

120 - Structural component parts consisting if anodized Aluminum channel, brackets,
clamps, shaft hubs, steel axles, gears, bar beams, spacers, bushings, set collars,
anchor blocks, couplers, rack and pinion, and Linear Slide Packs

2 x 400mm Linear Slide with Slider Guide

1 x 400mm Recirculating Ball Screw with Nut and Pillow Block

4 x 12 volt DC Gear Motors, 1 x Continuous Rotation Servo Motor, a Servo pack,
optical encoder and all the motor and encoder mounting brackets, bearings etc.

4 x 101mm Omni Wheels, Axle Shaft couplers, bushings, sprockets, shaft hubs and
chains

A vast assortment of fasteners, socket head screws, button head screws, Lock nuts
etc.
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4 MATERIAL & EQUIPMENTS AND TOOLS PROHIBITED IN THE SKILL
AREA
Competitors are expected to utilize the WorldSkills Robot Component Collection
equipment when building their robot.
Examples:
 The Primary Drive Motors included in the WSI Components Collection cannot be
replaced with more powerful motors.
 Competitors are restricted to using the sensors and other information gathering
hardware provided in the WSI Components Collection and cannot purchase / use
additional sensors / information gathering hardware.
Teams are restricted to use WorldSkills Robot Component Collection exclusively to
build their competition robots. Competitors cannot add any additional electrical
/pneumatic components, motors, sensors, gears, wheels or other performance
specific components when building their robot. Competitors may add additional
frame / structural components.
5 MARKING SCHEME
The description of the test modules includes a detailed list of assessment criterions for
each module. Each module will be awarded with a maximum 50 points such that the
complete test project will be awarded with a maximum of 100 points.
5.1 Primary Evaluation Categories:

Locate Target Objects

Take Possession of Target Objects

Deliver Target Objects to their designated area

Place Target Objects in their predefined location/position
 Total time taken to complete the Test Run.
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6 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND TASKS
6.1 Introduction
The ‘Customer Service Robot’ task requires Competitors to:
Design/Fabricate/Manage (Program) a Competitor Built Autonomous Robot capable
of compiling orders in a Customer Service Department
6.2 Competition Court:
The court is 4 x 2 m. Each robot has exclusive use of the court. The configuration will
be as follow:

The walls height is 5 cm
6.3 Task Description
Prior to coming to the competition Competitors will:

Design and Build a Mobile Robot capable of functioning in 100% Autonomous
Control Mode and 100% Remote Control mode.

The Mobile Robot size should fit in 1m cube.
NOTE:
If a Competitor’s Robot Design requires Active Robot to Laptop Communication
while a Task Evaluation Run is in progress then it will be a 100% Competitor
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Responsibility to provide and manage this process. There will be NO WIFI-support
available on the Court.
Competition will involve Evaluation Task Runs that will take place on Customer
Service Department Courts that provide the following:
 Each Court provides Two Side by Side Independent Customer Service
Departments
 The Product quantities and placement positions are the same in BOTH Customer
Service Departments
 Five to six Teams of Competitors are expected to share the pair of Customer
Service Departments in each court during ‘Work Periods’
 Teams of Competitors must be prepared to have their ‘Evaluation Task Runs’ on
either the Left or Right Side of the Customer Service Department Court on which
they conduct their Task Preparation Activities.
 There are NO Restrictions on how many Products a Competition Robot may
possess at one time. It is a Competitor Decision how often they will travel to the
Product Source Shelf/Assembly Table.
6.4 Robot Performance Evaluation Tasks
 All Evaluation Task Runs will require the Robot to assemble (Place the Requested
Product(s) on a Pallet) and deliver the Customer Order(s) to the Correct Customer
Space along the Customer Counter.
 The sequence Customer Orders are delivered to the Customer Counter is a
Competitor Decision.
Example: Deliver to Customer B first then to Customer A and Customer C or
Deliver to Customer C first then to Customer B and Customer A
 Marking will be conducted AFTER the Evaluation Task Run has been completed.
 Evaluation Task Run Marking involves two items:
Has the correct order been delivered to the correct customer?
The total marks per Task Evaluation Run will be determined based on:
 The Task Run Level (one item orders / two item orders / three item orders)
 The Number of Task Evaluation Runs at each level
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 All Task Evaluation Runs will involve serving three customers
The Single Task Evaluation Run Values will be set when the Task Evaluation Run
Schedule and the number of Task Evaluation Runs expected per team per level are
known.
The Marks Value per level will award different per Task Evaluation Run Marks for
each Task Level to reflect the escalating difficulty involved as you move from sets of
one item to two item to three item orders.
Note: An Evaluation Task Run will be considered ended when the Robot Object
Management System has moved completely clear of the Third Pallet on the
Customer Counter.
NOTE: Competitors will be provided a 15 minute Time Block to finalize their Robot
Preparation and conduct an Evaluated Task Run but Competitors can only use a
Maximum of 10 minutes for their actual Evaluated Task Run
7 THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT COURT ELEMENTS
The Customer Service Environment Floors will be the DEFAULT competition facility
floor (likely concrete).
Note: The Evaluation Environment presents Multiple Mobility and Object Management
Cues. It is a Competitor Decision to determine which Cues they will utilize when
managing their Autonomous Robot.
 Fixed Position Entities: Product Source Shelves, Pallet Stack, Order Assembly Table and Customer Counter
 Tape Lines that are Aligned with the Centre Point of the Entity they are referencing
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The Perimeter Court Wall will be
600mm Tall to enable it to extend 85
mm above the Top of a ten Product
Package on the Top Shelf of the
Product Source Shelf. This is intended
to provide a clean, consistent back
drop for the Product on the Top Shelf.
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Product Source Shelves
 Each Customer Service Environment has
its’ own Product Source Shelf
 The product on the shelves includes:
 Single boxes
 Three box packages
 Ten box packages
Note: Package Sets will be bound together
using Clear Shrink Wrap
Tape Lines on the floor point to the Center of each Single product box or Multiple box package
7.1 THE ASSEMBLY TABLE/ROBOT STARTING POSITION
 Each Customer Service
Environment has its’ own Assembly
Table
 Assembly Tables are positioned
along the Evaluation Environment’s
20cm tall Centre Divider
 Robots’ Start of the Task Position
will be set in the competition during
the 30% Change Discussions
immediately prior to the competition
 Assembly Tables have a Tape Line
aligned with the Table Centre
 Assembly Tables provide an
Optional Location for Robots to use
when assembling Customer Orders
The Customer Order Pallets
Each Customer Order Department has a
Stack of four Pallets
Note: If a floor placement for the Tape Lines
is not possible then Tape Lines will be
placed on the Front Edges of the Shelves
and Pallet Stand.
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The Customer Order Counter
Each Customer Order Department has its’ own
Customer Order Counter
Each Customer Position has a Tape Line
pointing to the Centre of the Customer Space
7.2 The Competition Product
The Competition products are in:
 Individual 50 by 50 by 250 mm Boxes weighing approximately 30 grams each
 Package sets of 3 Boxes 50 by 150 by 250 mm weighing approximately 90 grams each
 Package sets of 10 Boxes 100 by 250 by 250 mm weighing approximately 300 grams
Note: The Product Packaging does NOT look exactly as shown in these images
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