Battle

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Battle BotRules Strategies

• Mr. Zushma
• Livingston High School
• Technology Design for Science Engineering

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RULES
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The contestants may NOT damage or destroy the
power/control wires connected to the robot.
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Other Rules

• Robot must be less than 24oz 36oz for
  heavyweight.
• Matches last 2 minutes each.
• A match will end in the event that a robot
  travels out of bounds or is declared immobile.
• Contestants have 2 minutes to connect their
  robots and be sure they are mobile.
• Delay of match may result in point deductions
  and/or disqualification.

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How to score points
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• Ping-Pong Balls
• 10 balls on table 1 point each
• Last robot to touch the ping-pong ball receives
  the points.

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• Muscle
• Push opponent out of bounds 10 points (8 points
  for heavyweight)
• Robot is out of bounds when any part of the
  robot TOUCHES the red boundary line.
• Once a robot goes out of bounds the contest is
  over.

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• Immobility / Knock Out
• Robot is declared immobile by the judge after 10
  Seconds of non-movement. 15 points (when caused
  by opponent)
• Competitors may declare their own robot immobile
  at any time during the event. NO POINTS for
  either team
• Once a robot is declared immobile, it may not
  re-enter the match.
• When immobility is declared on or by a
  contestant, the controls must be placed on the
  table and no longer touched.
• The opposing robot has 30 seconds from the time
  immobility is declared to complete whatever
  action it feels is necessary.
• Remove ping-pong balls
• Push opponent out of ring
• Destroy opponent

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The Arena
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Pros Cons of Design
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Pros Cons of Design
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Pros Cons of Design
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Pros Cons of Design
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Pros Cons of Design
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Bots in Action
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Bots in Action
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Bots in Action
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Bots in Action
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The winning bots have one thing in
common.They can move forward and backward
consistently.