NATIONAL JUNIOR ROBOTICS
COMPETITION 2010
Organised by:
Sponsored by:
CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT
RoBIOtics
Friends Of Nature
Presentation Preliminary
(30 August to 3 September)
Teams are allocated 10 mins to present
to a panel of judges:
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5 mins presentation
2 mins video presentation
3 mins Q&A
Teams will then be picked to enter the
presentation finals to vie for
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The Best Mechanical Design Award
The Best Programming Award
The Best Research Award
The Best Video Award
The Best Presentation Award
Presentation Finals
(Saturday, 4 September)
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Each team will be given 10 mins to present to
the panel of judges
(5 mins presentation, 5 mins Q&A)
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Teams will need to pitch their presentation
towards the award for which they are being
considered.
Challenge Week Preliminary
(6 September to 9 September)
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Teams will spend a full day (8am-6pm) at the
competition venue
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Each team will be assigned to a booth
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Accomplish 2 Missions
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Top 40 teams each from the Primary and
Secondary Division and the top 20 teams from
the Tertiary Division will proceed to the Grand
Finals.
Challenge Week
(6 September to 11 September)
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Best Booth Design Award
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Entrepreneur Award
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Most Bizarre Robot Design Award
Grand Finals
(11 September)
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Mission details given only in the morning
3 hours to modify robots to accomplish the
mission
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Results from the Finals Surprise Mission
will be used to determine the Best Robot
Performance Award
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MISSION I
SECONDARY/TERTIARY
DIVISION
MISSION 1: Secondary Division
The robot is required to do the following:
 Successfully light up the bulbs in sequence.
(2 31) (30 pts)
 Push Can A off the playing field (15 pts)
 Pick up Can B (the can must leave the ground of
the playing field) (15 pts)
 Pass through Zone B with Can B (10 pts)
 Robot reaches finish zone (10 pts)
 Bring Can B to finish zone (20 pts)
Can B
Can A
3
2
1
Things to note
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Run time is two and a half minutes
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Only ONE restart
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Time continues to run during the restart
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All props will be returned to its original state
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All previously accumulated scores are forfeited
MISSION 1: Tertiary Division
Robot is required to climb the two poles, get the ball
on the top of the poles and climb down the poles with
the ball
Robot gets ping pong
ball from pole A (15 pts)
Robot gets ping pong
ball from pole B (10 pts)
Robot in red
segment (15 pts)
Robot in red
segment (10 pts)
Robot in blue
segment (10 pts)
Robot in blue segment
(10 pts)
Pole A
Robot brings ping
pong ball down from
pole A (20 pts)
Pole B
Robot brings ping
pong ball down from
pole B (10 pts)
Things to note
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Robot Height restriction of 250mm
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Run time is two minutes
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Start point can be anywhere on the ground of the
playing field
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Only ONE restart
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Time continues to run during the restart
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All props will be returned to its original state
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All previously accumulated scores are forfeited
MISSION 2
Surprise Mission!!!
Announcement of Mission 2 details after lunch
2 hours to modify the robots
After two hours, robots will be quarantined
Mission 2 run 1 will proceed
After run 1, teams can take back their robot to
modify
 Get ready for run 2
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FINAL SCORE
Mission 1 = 40%
Mission 2 = 60%
SIDE EVENTS - SUMOBOT
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2 robots (each not
exceeding 1.2kg) will pit
against each other
A
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Robots will start behind the
line at position A and B
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Knockout system
B
SIDE EVENTS - SUMOBOT
Limit to 200 teams
(inclusive of all
divisions)
SIDE EVENTS – SPRINT RACE
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2 robots compete in
tracking a black line
from one end to the
other
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Knock-out system
SIDE EVENTS – SPRINT RACE
Start B
Start A
Limit to 400 teams
(inclusive of all
divisions)
End A
Sprint Race Playing Field
(Drawings not to scale)
End B
SIDE EVENTS REGISTRATION
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Registration for side events - 19 July 2010
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Closing date - 20 August 2010
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Each school is allowed a maximum of FOUR
teams for each of the side events (max of 5
members per team )
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Registration is on a first come first served basis
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Registration can be done via email to
[email protected]
OPEN CATEGORY
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Theme - Robots For Tourism
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Open to following age group
1) Primary 3 to Secondary 2
2) Secondary 3 to ITE/JC/Poly (1st yr and 2nd yr)
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Any material can be used for the construction of
the robot
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Size of robot must not exceed 1m wide X 1m long
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Registration starts on 12 July 2010 and closes on
20 August 2010
TRIAL PLAYING FIELD
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From 19 July to 27 August
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Monday to Friday
(9-11am, 11am-1pm, 1-3pm and 3-5pm)
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Max 4 hours per day, not more than 3 times per
week, per school.
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Booking can be done via email to
[email protected]
WORKSHOPS
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Teacher’s Workshop
24 July 2010, 9am to 4pm
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NXT Workshop for Students
27, 28, 30 July 2010 (2pm to 5:15pm)
3 Aug 2010 (2pm – 3:30pm)
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Please refer to the NJRC Website for more details
For any queries regarding NJRC 2010, pls send an email
to [email protected]
Please visit www.science.edu.sg/njrc for the latest
updates.