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BEST Kickoff 2017

September 23, 2017

Important Dates

• Glenn Allen Award Nominee Deadline- Oct. 27, 11:59pm
• Website Award Deadline- Oct. 27, 11:59pm
• Scrimmage- Oct. 28, Home Depot, L’ville Hwy, Decatur, GA
• Engineering Notebook Submittal Deadline- Oct. 31, 11:59pm
• Game Day- Nov. 4, South Forsyth High School
• *South’s BEST- Dec. 2-3, Auburn, AL

*only for qualifying teams

New This Season!

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Meet the Planning Committee!

Shirts!

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T-Shirts Hoodie Sweatshirts

Front (Chest) Back

KOP Update

KOP Components

• Today you will receive

○ Returnable Kit ○ Consumable Kit ○ Instructions to Download Software

• You may also use

○ Team Custom Parts ○ Optional Team Provided Parts

Consumables

Returning items (from 2016 eliminations):

• 3⁄4” PVC pipe and fittings
• Bicycle inner tube
• Bicycle brake cable

Items removed (2017 eliminations):

• 1⁄4” polypropylene sheet
• 1⁄2” diameter aluminum rod
• Flat angle bracket

Swapped:

• Changed 1⁄2” PVC pipe & fittings to 1⁄2” EMT conduit

Other Changes

• No specific callout for plywood grade, recommend hubs use BC or luan grade

Returnables

New item additions:

• (2) shaft couplers for 1⁄4” rod, steel, with set screws

Generic Rules Changes

Added 1.3.1.3 item 6

• 6. No package materials may be used (materials that come with kit items to protect
• r store them before use). Examples: The plastic film that covers the adhesive

portion on the hook and loop strip; cardboard roll at the center of a tape roll. Modified 3.6 item 3

• 3. No external devices may be connected to the joystick during match play unless

specifically provided by BEST competition personnel (things such as an auxiliary power supply or a channel shifting dongle).

Kit Liability Forms

• Only advisors/adult mentors

can sign for kits

• Advisor/adult mentor must

sign form before you get a kit

• Please do not put a student’s

email/phone number on form

Kit Photo Guide

• 5 page kit photo guide

in returnable kit

• Aid to identify what the

parts look like

Awards and Judging

Awards and Judging Policies

• Judge Advisor- Mike Foley
• Full policies are distributed to teams in kickoff folders
• Questions- email georgiabestrobotics@gmail.com

BEST Awards for 2017

• BEST Award - Intent to compete due end of kickoff
• Robotics Award (Game Award)
• Most Robust Machine
• Founders Award for Creative Design
• Software Design & Simulation

Georgia BEST Awards for 2017

• Al George Electronics Design Award
• Glenn Allen Outstanding Mentor Award
• Tom Collins Creative Use of Materials Award
• Top Gun Award
• Website Award
• Most Elegant Robot Award
• CAD Award
• Highest Performing Rookie Award

Scoresheets

• Packets include score sheets covering 4 categories of the

BEST Award ○ Project Engineering Notebook, ○ Marketing Presentation, ○ Team Exhibit and Interviews, and ○ Spirit and Sportsmanship

• And the 4 standard (mandatory) awards

○ Founders Award for Creative Design Award, ○ Most Robust Machine Award, ○ Software Design and Simulation Award, and ○ Simulink Design Award (awarded by South’s BEST)

Team Demographics Form

• Copy can be found in kickoff folders
• Fill it out TWICE (once before kickoff,
• nce for Game Day)
• Must submit at robot compliance on

Game Day in order to compete

Engineering Notebook (ENB)

• Must be received by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, October 31
• Submitted as an electronic PDF file attachment
• Send to georgiabestrobotics@gmail.com

○ NO last-minute hand-carrying of a physical document ○ NO extra credit for a great binder ○ If we cannot read (a valid PDF), we cannot judge

• Review score sheet for evaluation criteria

○ Requirements are given in the policies document

• No longer includes team demographics
• Could be your ticket to the wildcard round
• Required for everyone to compete on Game Day!

Al George Award

• Submit an electrical schematic of robot

○ Must include a wiring diagram ○ May include mechanical CAD drawing showing unique routing of wiring

• Must include an electrical schematic in Engineering Notebook

○ single page or multiple pages ○ count toward the total of 40 pages of additional information

• Judges will examine the team’s robot and compare the schematic with the final

execution of the robot’s wiring

• Key points of examination will include

○ elegance of design ○ simplicity and neatness of the wiring ○ creative use of the kit components

Glenn Allen Award

• Recognizes a mentor who makes a difference in

the lives of a team

• Nominations are an essay (or essays) by team

member(s) explaining why they feel their mentor should be chosen

• All essays must be submitted by 11:59pm on

Friday, October 27, via e-mail to

georgiabestrobotics@gmail.com.

Tom Collins Creative Use of Material Award

• new and innovative way to use the materials given

in the kits

• use should be innovative and intentional
• explain how the material use contributed to their

team’s success on the field

Marketing Presentation

• Presentations will be made in private sessions to judges
• 4-8 students make the presentation
• No adult participation (observers TBD)
• No assumptions about A/V equipment
• 5-minute setup, 12-minute presentation, 5-minute Q&A,

3-minute breakdown

○ Teams not requiring set-up or break-down time may utilize that time for their presentation (for a total presentation time of up to 20 minutes)

• Storyboard and Practice, Practice, Practice!

Team Exhibits and Interviews

• Judges will visit team exhibits in morning and

early afternoon

• Do not underestimate the impact of a creative

exhibit and a knowledgeable student staff

• Review score sheet for evaluation criteria

Spirit and Sportsmanship

• Judges will discreetly visit each team booth and pit
• Judges will observe competition
• This IS NOT a competition for the loudest team or

spectators

• This IS the place where adult participation with the

robot is penalized

• These are points that you have, until you lose them
• Review score sheet for evaluation criteria

Simulink Design Award

• Awarded to one team in each of the 4 BEST regions

○ Team that best applies the Simulink Support Package for VEX based on the specified judging criteria and their robot’s performance in the competition ○ Any team using MathWorks MATLAB/Simulink to design their software (i.e., robot program) is eligible

• Make your submission directly to BEST, following their rules

http://www.bestinc.org/simulink_award/form.php

• Team does not have to advance to be eligible

Game Walkthrough

Field

Scoring

Robot Compliance

• Robots MAY be reconfigured
• All extra parts and the robot must collectively meet the size

and weight requirements at inspection and before each match

• May not reconfigure any electronics on the robot
• MUST GO THROUGH ROBOT COMPLIANCE WHEN YOU

CHANGE YOUR ROBOT

• If you don’t go back through compliance, you will not play

Game Password

Flam30ut

Q and A

Game Password: Flam30ut Have follow-up questions? Email georgiabestrobotics@gmail.com

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