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Robot Tour

Division: Division C – High School

Event Rules: See National Rules Manual

National Event Page: Robot Tour C

Description:

Teams design, build, program and test one robotic vehicle to navigate a track to reach a target in a set amount of time as accurately and efficiently as possible.

Materials:

Each team must bring and impound one robotic vehicle, a practice log, alignment device, robot program(s) and any additional/spare parts. Laptops, tablets or other computers used for programming cannot be impounded. The robot’s program(s) must be impounded.

Scoring:

Each team’s final score is their lowest run score plus any final score penalties. Low score wins.

Event Resources

Example Robot – this can be used to build your own robot or modify purchased robot kits

Vex Robotics
Build a Robot
Example Kit
Programming Language Assistance
Science Olympiad Kit:

Useful languages to learn and know:
Arduino, Python, C

Alternatives to Arduino IDE: Arduino WEB IDE

Some basic kits and resources:
Arduino Robot Car Kit
Robot Starter Kit
Smart Robot Car Chassis Kit