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Matt Westberry, Engineer, MBUSI, September 17, 2015

• Maintenance Engineer in Body Shop
• Head Referee and Compliance
Check-in
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Rules:
• Game Specific Rules (may supersede Generic Game rules)
• BEST Generic Game Rules
• On-line Q&A System - Bestinc.org website
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Answers can supersede the written rules!
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Recent pictures: Brand Design System https://bds.mercedes-benz.com
(Design Guidelines > On-Screen > Presentations > Presentation slides > Related Downloads & Orders)

Field Layout
• Each team has own Ground level, Sub level 1, and Sub level
2.
• Sub level 3 is shared by all teams
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Including any items left there!
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• Coal Cute (Sub Level 1,
Commodity)
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Robots may not touch the Tray, or touch the Coal before the Tray drops
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Support beam acts as Tiebreaker
 Don’t want to damage field
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• Broken Pipe Platform (Sub Level
2, Repair)
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Each pipe has an electrical tape border on the top edge. This border must be completely covered for the Replacement
Pipe (Repair Task) to be scored. (See
Rules Appendix C, p.30)
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• Core Sampler (And Sub Level 3)
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Can only be touched by robots of same color in starting position (See
Rules, Appendix B)
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Will be marked with color of team/shaft they belong to
• Sub level 3
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Anything that is on Sublevel 3 and is NOT in a robot‘s Possession is FAIR
GAME for all teams
 including any commodities from other levels!
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Limestone Aggregate (Sublevel 1)
• Represented by toilet paper wrapped in a layer of duct tape
Core Samples (Sublevel 3)
• To interfere with another team’s Core Samples while they are in starting position is a 20-second penalty that begins AFTER the offending robot has returned to its own Sublevel 2
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Scoring/Gameplay Definitions
• Clearly defines what can score/not score
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Appendices add pictures to definitions
• Detachable Sub-Assembly
• Contained
• Supported
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Describes the math and defines the scores
• Scoring the Replacement Air Filter (RAF, Sublevel 2)
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In order to count as installed, the RAF must be completely inside the slot in the
Filtration System such that it does not break the vertical plane of the front of the
Filtration System at the end of the match (See Appendix C)
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Driver/Spotter/Robot Activities
• Spotter Allowed Activities
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The spotter may move Commodities between the Robot Starting Box, the Spotter Box, and the
Scoring Bins. Commodities that the Spotter is allowed to interact with must be Contained by the Robot Starting Box and not be in contact with the Robot
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Spotters are allowed to touch/pick up a Detached Sub-Assembly, if it is Supported by the
Robot Starting Box, the Spotter Box, and/or one or more of the Scoring Bins.
• MOST IMPORTANT RULE:
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Spotters and Drivers are allowed to dance during the match as long as they stay out of the referees’ way and inside their respective areas, and ESPECIALLY if the song that is currently playing is their “jam”.
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Recent pictures: Brand Design System https://bds.mercedes-benz.com
(Design Guidelines > On-Screen > Presentations > Presentation slides > Related Downloads & Orders)
Gymnasium

VEX Controller
• VEXNET 2.0 Keys (White)
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Firmware Update to fix issue
• BEST Default Program
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Available as Simulink, EasyC, RobotC
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D1g4it
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Bestinc.org
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