FTC.ND (FIRST Tech Challenge)

INTO THE DEEP (2024-2025)

North Dakota website

ages 12-18

Robot maximum size is 18 inch size cube before start.

Robot can expand horizontally to 20 by 42 inches after start.

Contact: Lee Gullingsrud <dakotaftc@gmail.com>

ND FTC Program Delivery Partner

FIRST – A Global Robotics Community

INTO THE DEEP Manual

Awards- page 29

Event Rules – page 21

Field – page 46

Game Details – page 59

Game Rules – page 71

Match Periods – page 63

Robot Construction Rules- page 87

Robot Sign Rules- page 96

Scoring – page 63

Scoring Elements – page 53

Tournament – page 117

Violations – page 66

Match Sequence

Pre-Match – page 75

In-Match – page 77

AUTO – controlled by program (30 seconds)

TELOP – controlled by human (2 minutes)

Safety and Penalties

Safety

Human Player cannot break the vertical plane of the Playing Field Perimeter while a Robot is in the Wing

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Penalties

Penalties can add points to the Opponent’s points

Gracious Professionalism

Helping another team.

Equal opportunity

No one left behind

Having fun!!!

One Team

Two Driver Operators

One Human Player

One Coach

One Robot

Two Teams Join to Form an Alliance

The teams for the alliances are chosen randomly

One Alliance Team color is Red

The other Alliance Team color is Blue

For Every Match

The Red Alliance Team competes with the Blue Alliance Team

One Alliance Team

Two Driver Operators from each Team

Four Driver Operators total

One Human Player from one Team

One Human Player total

One Coach from each Team

Two Coaches total

One Robot from each Team

Two Robots total

Robot Parts

Brains, Motors, Sensors, Extrusions, Wheels, and Cables

——— Teams are allowed to build their own parts. ———

Virtual Robot Simulators

See NDAcademy.FoxPing.com for basic electronic fundamentals

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