2011 Game: LogoMotion
Can anyone say Rack 'N Roll?
The game for year 2011 is called Logo Motion. Logo Motion is played by two competing alliances on a flat 27' x 54' foot field. Each alliance consists of three robots. They compete to hang as many inflated plastic shapes (triangles, circles, and squares) on their grids as they can during a 2 minute and 15 second match. The higher the teams hang their game pieces on their scoring grid, the more points their alliance receives.
2010 Game: Breakaway
Soccer, FIRST style.
Breakaway is played on a 27'x54' field with two bumps 13¼" high splitting the field into thirds. Two alliances of three robots earn points by shooting soccer balls into their nets. Each goal scored is 1 point. Additional bonus points can be earned at the end of the match for any robot not touching the ground. Each team on an alliance consists of 4 members: driver, manipulation operator, human player, and coach. The teams stand behind their respective wall during the match with the blue alliance on one side of the field and the red alliance on the other.
2009 Game: Lunacy
Lunacy is played on a low friction field called the Crater measuring 54' x 27'. Alliances of three teams start with robots around the perimeter of the field. Alliances also have 3 human players each spread out around the perimeter of the field. A hexagonal trailer is connected to the back of each robot, with the trailer facing the opposing Alliance's human player.
2008 Game: FIRST Overdrive
FIRST Overdrive is a game played on the track (illustrated in the figure above). Two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of three teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent by making counter-clockwise laps with your robot around the track while moving large TRACKBALLS over and/or under the overpass that bisects the track. The point values for each of those actions are explained below.
A match is 2 minutes and 15 seconds long. A hybrid period starts each match in which the robots are controlled by pre-programmed instructions and/or transmitted information from the robocoach. The hybrid period is followed by the teleoperated period during which the drivers assume control of the robot. There may be a short pause between hybrid period and the start of the Teleoperated period as the player's controls are activated. The robots continue to play the game until the teleoperated period is over.
2007 Game: Rack ‘n Roll
Rack ’n' Roll is a game played on a field as illustrated in the figure above. Two alliances, one red and one blue, composed of three teams each, compete in each match. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than your opponent alliance by placing toroidal game pieces on the central goal structure (the racj), and/or by having robots in their home zone and not in contact with the playing field at the end of the match.