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We have yet to decide a name for our robot. Instead, we have decided to hold a raffle. The grand prize is naming rights to the robot, a photo with the robot, the name of the person along with their picture on both web sites, and invitation to the competition along with 10 of their friends. The name will have to go through the board of directors to make sure it is appropriate.

This year's game is quite different from the previous years this team has been around. All of the rules and regulations can be found at the FIRST website. The rules that follow will just be a simple summary. The name of this game is called Aim High. The main objective is to make a 7" diameter ball go into a hole, either on the ground or in the air. We have 130 seconds of play time per match. The first period is ten seconds and is dedicated to autonomous mode, meaning the robot must move by only it's programming. The team with the most points at the end of the first period become the defensive side in the next period. The next three periods are 40 seconds long. The team that is defensive first becomes offensive in the next period and the third period it becomes a free for all.

The field is a 54' x 26' rectangle divided equally by a 2" line through the center. At either end of the field are Red or Blue Alliance stations. The Alliance Station Wall is 6 1/2' tall and 26' wide. The center of the Wall is 10 1/2' tall with a 30" diameter circle in the center with it's center at 8 1/2'.  Above the circle is a glowing green light. At the left and right sides of the Wall are two openings, 44" wide and 10" tall situated at the end of a ramp 6 1/2' above the ground. After a ball has entered either of the three holes, the ball can only reenter the field by the Human Player.

Centered in front of the wall is a 12" x 48" x 11' platform with an inclined plane in front of it. . The top of each platform is colored according to it's appropriate team.

Around the outside of the field is a 20" high guardrail.

Along the guardrails, in the center of the field, are six 5' x 5' squares, three on each side. These squares are where the robots start in the beginning of the round.

The scoring system is as follows. A ball through the center goal equals 3 points while a ball through the floor goals equals 1 point. The team with the most points at the end of autonomous mode gains an extra 10 points. At the end of the match each team gains 5 points for one robot on their coinciding platform, 10 points for 2 robots, and 25 for three and the team with the most points at the end wins.

Each competing team is composed of three separate robotic teams, to help promote cooperation and create the need for inventive strategy. This rule has been the same since FIRST began. 

Each robot can start off the match with a maximum of 10 balls in side of them and each team can have a maximum of 40 balls to a side having a total of 80 balls.

Our robot has 4 omni-wheels and 2 large wheels along it's 36" x 26" aluminum frame. It has four actuators, four PVC pipe rollers wrapped in black foam, 5 V88's, a breaker panel, an air compressor, a battery box, a pressure switch, 2 air containers, 2 cylinoids, 2 gauges, 2 gold circuit breakers, 3 relays, a switch, a radio, a PLC, 2 motors, a gear box, and several feet of wires and tubing.