Scoring Procedure

Robot Scoring

** Robot Testing**

• 15 Points will be awarded for each lap that is completed while in compliance with all the rules.
• A time bonus will be added to robots that complete a perfect run. A perfect run is defined as one in which four laps are completed while in compliance with all the rules.
  Time Bonus = ( 120 – Time for a Perfect Run in Seconds)

Exhibit Session

• Prior to the testing of the vehicles, each team must participate in an exhibit session where they will create a booth to promote their project to judges, other students, and conference attendees. Each team will be supplied with a 6’ long table, room for tripod displays behind the table, and electrical power. The entire session is scheduled to last approximately 3 hours during the grand opening of the Exhibition Hall on Monday, June 11th.
  
  

• All participants must be present during the entire exhibit session. Teams may use posters, written documents, physical prototypes, multimedia displays, and other visual aids at their booths. In addition, each team’s robot must remain on display at their booth for the entire duration of the exhibit session. Team members may neither work on, nor test their robots during this session. The number of entries from a given school will be limited by the available space during the exhibit session.
  
  

• Students from each team are required to visit the exhibits from all other schools. A captain from each school will score each team from other schools on a scale from 0-20 (20 being best) based upon the criteria that the judges will use. Each school will designate a single captain even if that school has multiple teams. The captains’ score will be computed by deleting the highest and lowest scores from the captains and then computing the average of the remaining scores.
  
  

• Teams are encouraged to participate in an optional T-shirt exchange during this session where captains exchange one of their school T-shirts with the captain from each of the other participating schools.
  
  

• The judges will visit each booth for approximately 10 minutes depending on the number of teams competing. During this visit, team members will guide the judges through their display for the first five minutes. In the second 5 minute period, the judges will ask the team questions. Each judge will score teams on a scale of 0 to 20 (20 being best) on the first five items below. The score in each category will be computed by deleting the highest and lowest scores from the judges and then computing the average of the remaining scores.
  
  
  • Design Evolution:
    Guide the judges through the design process that your team followed from the initial ideas to the final solution. Describe your rationale for making design decisions.
    
    
  • Robot Operation:
    Discuss how your robot works.
    
    
  • Fabrication Methods:
    Explain how you fabricated your robot.
    
    
  • Design Analysis:
    Convince the judges that your design is optimal based upon its performance, cost, and environmental impact.
    
    
  • Exhibit Quality:
    Your exhibit quality will be judged on the following items: team and exhibit appearance, technical expertise displayed, communication skills, and effectiveness of visual aids.
    
    
  • Captain Scoring:
    The score from the captains will be added to the judges’scores from the five categories above.

Overall Scoring

• The overall score for a team will be equal to the sum of the scores for the Exhibition Session and the four robot testing trials. A team will be disqualified from the competition if they fail to participate in the entire Exhibition Session.

Overall Score = Sum of the Points from Robot Testing + Exhibition Session Point Total