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