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Marcelline Robotics and I are invited by the CRC competition to take part in the Kryptik tournament!
It is a very enriching event for all participants. It allows them to discover several specialties by participating in different competitions that would interest students of all passions. Organization, teamwork and many other skills are developed all throughout the preparation for this unique event. During three days, various colleges and high schools compete for multiple prizes while developing a competitive spirit.
The components
Each team has to build a kiosk where information, their robot and their school will be presented to the judges and the visitors. The participants can show their artistics and communicative skills in this section of the competition.
The website presents all of the team’s hard work. It also describes all the elements of the competition in English and French while being creative and informative.
The video explains the different components of the competition while creatively incorporating a theme. The development of media arts skills is present all throughout this event.
The team has to create a video that explains technical subjects. It has to be easy to understand and of good quality. It aims to offer more knowledge to the participants. The best tutorials will be added on the CRC robotic website.
The team members will have to build a robot that will participate in the competition game. Its design and construction have to be effective, have to be able to adapt to the team’s strategy and creative.
As well as coding the robot, the participants have to solve programming problems to earn points. During the competition, the team will have to resolve a final problem!
The 2024 challenge
Each team participates in a game using a robot they made and programmed.
Skill in robot design and game strategy is essential for success in this part of the competition.
During a five minute game, two teams, one blue and one yellow, compete to collect as many points as possible. Depending on the schedule determined by the CRC, each team will change partners.
In the middle of the field, there is a raised part where balls fill three gutters. Each zone, blue and yellow, is represented by a strip on either side of the field. Each side is separated by red lines into three sections, the one in the middle being neutral. The robots have to start the game in their respective colored areas. During the heat, the robot can not go into the opponent’s side of the field.
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The robots must throw balls called GP's at targets in order to score points. At the start of a game, 30 balls are placed in the gutters in the middle of the field. Each team can start with 3 GPs already placed on their robot.
To score points, the robot can enable the three multiplier pillars on its section by placing balls on the pillars without them being moved.
The robot can also throw the balls on the other side of the field into its assigned target color. When a ball enters the large target, the team earns 120 points. The small targets are worth 60 points when the GPs exits out their second level and 30 points when they exit out from the top.
Finally, it can toss the balls on the rival’s three sections of the field which are worth 20 and 40 points.