Official Rules

For details, start by consulting the official rules at <http://www.trincoll.edu/events/robot/Rules/default.asp>, and then apply the following amendments:

• Section 3: We will have no cash awards at our local event, and divisions will be decided based on registrations received before the event. There may or may not be other prizes donated by event sponsors.

• Section 4: Only the Entry Level Arena Layout will be used for the local FCRFFC.

• Section 18: Only the Basic Level Operating Modes will be used at our local event.

• Section 24: We will have no Expert Division at our local event this year. You can ignore this entire section, except for subsection D, which describes the baby used in the "Robot Hide and Seek" event (section 46).

• Section 28: As noted for section 3, we will have no cash awards at our local event. There may or may not be other prizes donated by event sponsors.

• Section 30: There will be no separate qualification trials. (However, if you want to test your robot in advance of the event, contact the event organizer, and we'll do our best to arrange for that.)

• Section 35: We will not have a "Cost-Effective" prize in our local event.

• Section 39: No registration fee is required to enter the FCRFFC.

• Section 41: Registration deadline TBD.

• Section 42: Location and date of the FCRFFC is the Discovery Science Center in Fort Collins on Saturday, March 8, 2008. A final schedule is TBD.

• Section 46: We will be holding the Robot Hide & Seek event. However, no cash prizes will be given for this event either.

You can download the scoresheet we'll be using in the tournament to help understand how various factors and penalties figure in to your total score.