Olympic Rescue

2018 Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge

Olympic Rescue

Professional Mission created by Randy Brill
Based on original design in 2011 by WSU Engineering Council

(Intermediate and Expert Teams)

Story:

You are working support for an Olympic training event. One of the contestants has been injured. Your task will be to pick up the injured contestant and deliver him to the First Aid area for treatment. Due to the large number of observers, you will be required to travel the path of the obstacle course in order to reach your goal.

Bill of Materials:

Material	Quantity	Availability	Estimated Unit Cost	Estimated Total Cost
4' x 8' x 5mm Luan Plywood	1	Lowe's	$13.98	$13.98
2" x 4" x 96" Fir Stud	2	Lowe's	$3.27	$6.54
1" x 6" x 8' Dimensional Lumber	1	Lowe's	$4.07	$4.07
1/4" x 4' Dowel Rod	1	Lowe's	$0.78	$0.78
Semi-gloss White Paint (gallon)	1	K-Mart	$15.95	$15.94
Samples of Satin Paint (1/2 pint each) - Red, Yellow, Blue, Green	4	Lowe's	$3.48	$13.92
3/4" x 5' Velcro (rolls)	2	Lowe's	$6.97	$13.94
Total estimated cost				$69.17

Scoring Matrix:

Task	Detail	Points
	Robot starts with all wheels on platform at top of ski slopes
Robot travels down ski slope	All parts of robot clear ski slope and are on base of course	50
Robot passes Checkpoint A	Any part of robot passes over Checkpoint A	50
Robot passes Checkpoint B	Any part of robot passes over Checkpoint B	100
Robot travels around slalom poles	Robot loses 50 points for each slalom pole touched (maximum -200)	-200
Robot reaches injured skier	Any part of robot touches injured skier	100
Robot moves injured skier to Rescue Area	Any part of skier touches Rescue Area (red square)	100
Skier is left in center of Rescue Area	All parts of skier are left in white area inside red square	100
Robot travels over mogul strips	Robot touches all mogul strips	100
Robot manuevers around snow fence	Robot passes a snow fence without touching the snow fence	100
Robot manuevers around other snow fence	Robot passes the other snow fence without touching the snow fence	100
Robot returns to ski slope	Robot returns to ski slope and touches bottom of ski slope	100
Robot returns to platform at top of ski slope	All parts of robot are on platform at top of ski slope	100
	Points Possible	1000