Who is Woodie Flowers?
This is a resource for clarifying 2021 INFINITE RECHARGE Game Manual, 2021 At Home Challenge Manual.
What is FIRST Q&A portal?
Only this path must be followed for the drive challenges to markers.
What is the"relative" path given for the drive challenges to markers? also accept "What is NOT the exact path?" or "How exact must the given paths for drive challenges be followed?"
We plan to use this year's game ELEMENT. This is the name of the award given.
What is the concept award?
Teams demonstrate what their ROBOTS and drivers can do in this competition...this is inspired by the INFINITE RECHARGE game.
Scores are posted on the FRC Events Page, and teams virtually compete against each other.
What is the skills competition?
The number of minutes the video is allowed to be for the skills competition.
This award celebrates the team that has demonstrated consistent, reliable, high-performance robot operation during autonomously managed actions. Evaluation is based on the ROBOT’s ability to sense its surroundings, position itself or onboard mechanisms appropriately, and execute tasks.
Celebrates the team that demonstrates a professional approach to the design process.
What is the excellence in Engineering Award?
Celebrates the team that demonstrates industrial design principles, striking a balance between form, function, and aesthetics.
What is the Industrial Design Award?
In order to be eligible, teams must upload their submission in English through the frcathome.org portal.
What is At Home Challenge submission process?
What is 10 ft?
This is the strongly recommended playing space (in feet) that is strongly recommended for the robot.
What is 30x10 ft.?
Submission portal/opt-in opens on Feb 4th at NOON ET and closes on March 4th at 3:00 PM ET
What are the at home challenges?
- Game Design Challenge
- INFINITE RECHARGE SM at Home (Judged Award component)
- FIRST Innovation Challenge presented by Qualcomm
Celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication.
What is the quality award?
This is who's responsible for inspecting at competition.
What is the team? (Not the inspector.)
A team cannot participate in the Skills Competition without participating in this component?
What is the judged awards component of INFINITE RECHARGE at Home ?
This competition requires submission of the Judged Awards component. Teams that opt into the this competition are asked to provide scores and video proof of completion for each challenge. This closes on March 4th.
What are the skills competition requirements?
FIRST recommends no more than 5 team members. AND at least one adult mentor must attend.
What is the recommended of team members for the interview?
This is the number of Tele-Operated courses that must be completed in the Hyperdrive challenge.
What is 4?
The FRC Game manual states. No doing this during the match in regard to their team area.
What explains NO wandering. Match, drivers, coaches and human players may not contact anything outside their designated ares during the match?
DRIVE TEAMS must wear this while in the ARENA.
What is wearing your team identification?
This person's role is to help the team prepare the ROBOT so it can perform at its full potential during a MATCH. This is NOT an additional COACH, DRIVER, or HUMAN PLAYER.
What is the technician's role?
Teams may not modify these in any way. Temporary deformation to pre-load a ROBOT is an exception to this rule.
What is modify power cells?