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RoboCupJunior Rescue A Rules 2013
RoboCupJunior Rescue - Technical Committee 2013 • Tiago Docilio Caldeira (Portugal), CHAIR, docilio@gmail.com • Naomi Chikuma (Japan) mymama_8888@yahoo.co.jp • Roberto Bonilla Gonzalez (Mexico) robertobonill@hotmail.com • Greig Tardiani (Australia) gtardiani@tpg.com.au • Fredrik Lofgren (Sweden) fredrik@eaproduktion.se • Elizabeth Mabrey(USA)emabrey@stormingrobots.com Changes from 2012 rules are in red. Preface The mission can be seen as a real-word disaster, such as an avalanche, where the rescue personnel in place need robotic assistance in dangerous areas. The robot has to be fully autonomous and carry out the mission with no help. This means that it must handle rough terrain (speed bumps) without getting stuck and cross snowstorms (gap in theline) where you can't see the road you're trying to follow. The robot also has to have the ability to climb mountains (the ramp). When the robot finally finds the victim (a soda can) they have to carefully transport it to a safe area (evacuation point) where humans can take over.

1. Arena


 


 

1.1 Description:
1.1.1 The arena is modular. Each module can be thought of as a roomin a building. Rooms may be placed adjacent to each other (on the same level horizontally) or may be stacked vertically. Rooms on the same level are connected by level hallways. Rooms on different levels are connected by a sloping hallway or ramp. A ramp will not exceed an incline of 25 degrees from the horizontal, and must have walls at least 10 cm high. The Ramp area (hereafter known as theRamp) consists of the ramp itself and the top and bottom platforms that connect it to the other rooms. Building plans are linked here - Suggested building instruction can be found at the official RCJ website under Rescue rules.

1.2 Dimensions:
1.2.1 Each room is approximately 120 cm by 90 cm, with walls that are at least 10 cm high. 1.2.2 Hallways and the Ramp should also have walls at least 10 cmhigh, and approximately 30 cm wide. 1.2.3 Each room will have one or two doorways. Robots may enter and exit through the same doorway if intersections are used. Doorways are 25 cm x 25 cm in size. 1.2.4 The First room in the arena may or may not have an entrance doorway. The Final room in the arena does not have an exit door.

1.3 Floor:
1.3.1 The floor of each room is light colour (white, orclose to white). The floor may be either smooth or textured (like linoleum or carpet), and may have steps of up to 3 mm height at joins between rooms. 1.3.2 The arena should be placed in the way that the floors are leveled.

1.4 Line:
1.4.1 The floor of each room is composed of 30 cm x 30 cm tiles with a black line for a robot to follow.. The black line, 1-2 cm wide, may be made with standardelectrical (insulating) tape or printed onto paper or other materials. The black line forms a path on the floor. (The grid lines indicated in the drawings are for reference only.) 1.4.2 The line is always at least 10 cm from the nearest wall. 1.4.3 Where the black line is used, it will enter and exit each room through the standard doorways. Straight sections of the black line may have gaps with atleast 5 cm of straight line before each gap. The gap is 20 cm at most. If a gap is running along a wall, it is 30cm at most. 1.4.4 The arrangement of the tiles within each room may vary between rounds. 1.4.5 Due to the nature of the tiles, there may be a step and/or gap in the construction of the arena. These are not intentional and will be minimized as much as possible by the organizers.

1.5Debris and Obstacles:
1.5.1 Debris may consist of speed bumps (made from a 10 mm plastic pipe or wooden dowel painted white) or wooden sticks less than 3 mm in diameter (e.g. cocktail sticks or kebab skewers). Robots may drive over or push aside debris as needed. 1.5.2 Debris may be attached to the walls. 1.5.3 Obstacles may consist of bricks, blocks, weights and other large, heavy items....