The Field 2010 "Hot Shot"
Teams of up to 10 students are to a make robot to accomplish to the game’s goals. The robot can not exceed 18″ x 18″ x 18″ before the match, and can only be made from a limited set of materials.
Each match consists of a 30 seconds autonomous mode, in which the robot controls itself entirely and the team has no control. The last 2 minutes of the game are Tele-Operated. During this portion robots are controlled by two drivers on the team, through game-controllers.
This year’s FTC game consists of getting wiffle balls into three different goals. There is a low goal, with a 1″ lip off the ground, in the center of the field, worth 1 point. Directly above that is a high goal where each ball is worth 5 points. 4 feet off the field is an outside goal, worth 10 points each. The outer goal can only be scored into in the last 30 seconds of TeleOp mode.