Rug Rage
1993 FIRST Robotics Competition game
Rug Rage was the 1993 game of the FIRST Robotics Competition. In it, teams competed individually to score as many balls as possible in their goal.
Game overview
Field
Rug Rage was played on a 40-by-12-foot (12.2 by 3.7 m), rectangular, carpeted field. The edge of the field was lined with PVC pipe. There were four scoring areas, two on each long side of the field set 6 feet (1.8 m) from the ends. The four robots started in the corners of the field and scored in the goal in the same corner. The goals had horizontal cross bars at their entrances creating an 11-inch (280 mm) opening. This allowed the small balls to roll in easily but kept out the 13-inch (330 mm) balls.
Gameplay
Four robots played individually in each 2-minute match. In the center of the field were five, 13-inch-diameter (33 cm), red balls worth 5 points and twenty, 6-inch-diameter (15 cm), water-filled, blue balls worth 1 point.
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