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The FRC Games

An Overview of the Games

The FIRST Robotics Competition stages short games played by robots. Play is divided into an autonomous period when there is no human control and a period of human-controlled robots. The robots are designed and built in 6 weeks (out of a common set of basic parts) by a team of 15 to 25 high-school-aged young people and a handful of engineers and mentors.The students pilot the robots on the field.

Every year, FRC unveils a new game that has a notably different purpose. games typically involve multiple ways of scoring as well as a game item that is unique.

2008 Game: Overdrive

Each team is composed of drivers, a coach, and a new posistion this year the Robo coach. A 6 foot tall lane divider runs down the middle of the playing and the center is spanned by an overpass which is 6 1/2 feet tall.These structures define this years finish line! Our game piece this year are trackballs, which are 40 inch diameter ball. There will be 2 trackballs for each allience. The object of the game is to move the trackballs as quicky as possible getting points each time one of the trackballs cross over thier own finish line. Bonus points are earned when the team passes the trackball over the overpass. The team can win an additional 12 bonus points by placing the trackball on top of the overpass at the end of the 2 minute round, of cource the trackball has to stay on top till the end of the round.

FRC Games and McKenzie Robotics

Playing each FRC game requires an immense amount of robotic innovation and ingenuity. The McKenzie Robotics Kil-A-Bytes pride themselves in coming up with creative and effective robots to play the game every year. The team begins every build season with an afternoon of brainstorming, followed by an intense series of prototyping and testing.

The McKenzie Robotics Team follows up the first few days with an intense timetable for the next 6 weeks, with the ultimate goal being the same as every other FIRST Robotics Competition Team - building a robot that will win the game.

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