pic: My Physics II Robot

[Pat McCarthy]

Field:
The game is played on the classroom floor, with barriers that make the field size about 10' by 8' or so. In the center, there is a row of goals. The two side goals are for scoring golf wiffle balls and 4' diameter foam balls; the goals are 12" tall and 3" in diameter. There are 20 small balls (golf-wiffle) and 1 red and 1 blue large ball.

Scoring:
Each small ball is worth 1 point in or within the imaginary cylinder, the same diameter as the goal, which extends above the goal to infinity. Your team's color large ball in scoring position of your team's goal is worth 75 points. However, your opponent's large ball is worth 150 points in scoring position over your goal.
The center goal is to score toroids on. Each toroid of your color is a 5x multiplier if it is on or above toroid goal. There is 1 black toroid that is a 10x multiplier as well.


My team's strategy was to scoop up the balls, then park over our goal with them in scoring position over our goal. However, due to cheap drills that we bought for our drive (the clutches broke and constantly engaged), we placed 5th out of 6th in the tournament.