FRC Terminology And Definitions

[Dancin103]

There are so many things to cover and trying to keep it concise is difficult. Our team used to do this and I think it is a great idea!

Another good break down would be the game, how it's played, the scoring system, and the game pieces.

[EricH]

A good place to start might be with Section 1.5, the official game summary. Without the pictures and the scoring summary, it reads:

LOGO MOTION is played by two competing alliances on a flat 27’ x 54’ foot field. Each alliance consists of three robots. They compete to hang as many inflated plastic shapes (triangles, circles, and squares) on their grids as they can during a 2 minute and 15 second match. The higher the teams hang their game pieces on their scoring grid, the more points their alliance receives.
The match begins with one 15-second Autonomous Period in which robots operate independently of driver inputs and must hang Ubertubes to score extra points. For the rest of the match, drivers control robots and try to maximize their alliance score by hanging as many logo pieces as possible. Any logo piece hung on the same peg as an Ubertube receives double points. If teams assemble the logo pieces on their scoring grids to form the FIRST logo (triangle, circle, square, in a horizontal row in that order), the points for the entire row are doubled.
The match ends with robots deploying minibots, small electro-mechanical assemblies that are independent of the host robot, onto vertical poles. The minibots race to the top of the pole to trigger a sensor and earn additional bonus points. Scoring is summarized below:

Total, one page with the field illustration and the scoring tables. Just might need a few other terms defined. If you're at an event, the field illustration won't be needed, so that space could be used for other things, like extra definitions (teleop/teleoperated, robot, end game, deployment, etc.).

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Dancin103

There are so many things to cover and trying to keep it concise is difficult. Our team used to do this and I think it is a great idea!

I'm not really worried about conciseness at this point, Cassie. I'm really looking for a nice dump of info that can be sorted out/worked through/edited and used for multiple purposes.
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I think the FIRST community makes too many assumptions about a lot of things. One is the robotics environment that the teams are steeped in; some year-round. Many rookie teams have not been steeped in the mindset, terminology, game play. Many of the folks in the stands show up because of family members, friends, or curiosity and don't have the background or information to help them engage in the game or FRC/FIRST as much as they could with a little bit of support/outreach from our knowledgeable community.

Example: If I go to a football game, I need a little more help understanding it than if I go to a baseball game. If I go to a rugby game, I need a whole lot of help and a very patient person who is willing to help me understand what I'm seeing and why the plays are being called the way they are. In my opinion, the FRC game can be understood by all ages, much like football but - it becomes rugby because of lack of support in helping to understanding it.

There can be some easy fixes to helping grow FIRST in user friendly ways. This is one of them. It would also support what the emcees and announcers are doing, already.

Jane

[Rosiebotboss]

Robot Inspectors- A teams' best friend.

[Carol]

I like this idea! I can see this being divided into two parts (or the words differentiated somehow). One for terms that are evergreen (i.e. autonomous) and one for terms that are particular to that year's game (i.e. minibot)

[RoboMom]

We use Student Ambassadors (and adult ones) at Chesapeake.
I'm always teaching the "elevator pitch."
Would love to have something like this to include in training.

[JaneYoung]

Well, it's not generating many terms/definitions. Maybe I can come up with some terms and people can add definitions.

LogoMotion - Eric's post

Purpose of Logos in the game, LogoMotion -

Jack Kamen -

Dean Kamen -

Dr. Woodie Flowers -

Gracious Professional - definition and how the role it plays

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Reffing - where the refs are responsible for.
(Some folks get all riled up because the 'ref wasn't even looking' - and it wasn't their area.
Yellow card -
Red card -


Positions on the field: field reset, scorekeepers, FTA, etc.
The Pits -
Pit Admin -
Lost and Found -


cRio -
Programmer/ing -

drivers' station -
human player -


points (example: minibot) -

drive train -
manipulator -
end effector -
arm -

camera -
line(s) -

Collaboration -
Coopertition -
Alliance (Red/Blue) - Purpose (?)

STEM -
sponsor -
FIRST Scholarships -
HoF teams -
Awards -

Autonomous - The robot is operating using it's own on board programming and sensors with no human interaction
Teleop - Period of game time that the robot is controlled by human drivers
Judge - the people with blue polo shirts that judge/select the teams and hand out awards
Referee - the people with striped shirts that call penalties
Red Card - A team does not get anything from a match due to nasty play. (Soccer: Rough play, a player is off the field for the duration of the game.)
Yellow Card - A team almost got a red card, and if they do that again, they will. (Soccer: Same thing as FRC.)

[EricH]

Red Card--A team does not get anything from a match due to nasty play. (Soccer: Rough play, a player is off the field for the duration of the game.)
Yellow Card--A team almost got a red card, and if they do that again, they will. (Soccer: Same thing as FRC.)

[IKE]

http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...ction_RevD.pdf
There is a pretty good list here that could likely be trimmed down.

[wendymom]

NEMO: A person who deals with all the stuff that has nothing to do with the robot.

[Carol]

There is a list of volunteer roles and a definition for each found at http://www.usfirst.org/community/vol....aspx?id=15692

These can at least be adapted for your list. Example - Judge:
Select team award recipients through interaction with teams, review of documentation regarding team background information to familiarize judges with teams, and serve as role models for the competitors.

[Mastonevich]

Here is one team's effort I found a little while back also.

http://froggypedia.com/

[fuzzwaz]

Sorry about the wait!!!! A lot of work lately :/,

So this is the first run of these Lingo Sheets right before week two! Feel free to print them and/or give me feedback! I'd love to edit them and put anything else you guys feel is important! Feel free to edit them yourselves if you see something wrong!

All terms come from www.froggypedia.com

thankyou!!!

[Kimmeh]

Originally Posted by fuzzwaz

Sorry about the wait!!!! A lot of work lately :/,

So this is the first run of these Lingo Sheets right before week two! Feel free to print them and/or give me feedback! I'd love to edit them and put anything else you guys feel is important! Feel free to edit them yourselves if you see something wrong!

All terms come from www.froggypedia.com

thankyou!!!

This is an awesome job and a great resource! Thank you for making it!

Two suggestions I have: (My additions non-italicized.)

When describing FRC, I feel that it should be mentioned that this all takes place within a 6.5 week period.

FRC is a program where high school students around the globe come together each year to design and build a robot in 6 1/2 weeks that plays a specific game. The game changes each year. The 2011 game is FIRST LOGO MOTION.


The explanation of the pits doesn't cover all that goes on. Very rarely are the robots just sitting there.

Pit(s) - This is where the robots are put and/or worked on while waiting for matches.


Oh, after looking again, might want to considering explaining "seed". I know it confused me the first time I heard it.


Just my $0.02. Take it as you see fit.

Once again, amazing job!

[MagiChau]

Week 1 Competition: Behind Schedule due to Field Technical Difficulties.

Tube-Skirt: A skirt created by a deflated FIRST game piece(2007 or 2011 tubes)

I would recommend adding tube-skirt to your list of 2011 terms Frog Force. Just so people won't be puzzled at seeing the fashion of FIRST.