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Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge

Red's Dare 

Professional Mission created by Randy Brill
Based on original design in 2012 by WSU Formula Team

(Intermediate and Expert Teams)

 

Story:

Your team has been called in to fight an oil well fire. There has been damage to the roadway as well as blast debris scattered on your path. Your task will be to repair the roadway, check the integrity of two barrier walls, navigate around the other wellheads (hitting another wellhead will cause additional fires), put out the burning debris and the burning wellhead, and return to the start location.

(For more information regarding the basis for this story, research Red Adair or watch 鈥淭he Hellfighters鈥 with John Wayne!)

Bill of Materials:

Material Quantity Availability Estimated
Unit Cost
Estimated
Total Cost
录鈥 x 4' x 8' Sanded Plywood 1 sheet Lowe's $15.72 $15.72
录鈥 x 4' x 8' Sanded Plywood 1/2 sheet Lowe's $7.96 $7.96
2鈥 x 4鈥 x 96鈥 Fir Stud 3 boards Lowe's $2.77 $8.31
1鈥 x 6鈥 x 8' Dimensional Lumber 2 boards Lowe's $3.92 $7.84
Grip-Rite 1 5/8鈥 Panel Nails 1 package Lowe's $2.47 $2.47
Gloss Black Latex Paint 1/2 pint Lowe's $4.69 $4.69
Gloss Bright Yellow Latex Paint 1 gallon Lowe's $20.00 $20.00
Rust-Oleum Gloss Silver Metallic Spray Paint 1 Lowe's $6.88 $6.88
Rust-Oleum Sunrise Red Spray Paint 1 Lowe's $3.88 $3.88
Titebond Original Wood Glue 8 oz. 1 Lowe's $2.97 $2.97
Grip-Rite 1-lb Box #8 x 1 录鈥 Black Drywall Screws 1 package Lowe's $4.37 $4.37
Walls/Ramps attached with Velcro 0.75鈥 black fastener (12' reqd.) (Staples were used to add additional holding power to the adhesive on the Velcro.) 15' package Lowe's $16.97 $16.97
Empty soda cans 8 cans on hand    
        $102.06

Scoring Matrix:

Task Detail Points
Start Robot must start with all touch points inside the start box.

0

Robot passes over Checkpoint A Any part of robot passes over Checkpoint A 50
Robot pushes bridge Robot pushes bridge to make it move (any movement satisfactory) 100
Robot passes over Checkpoint B Any part of robot passes over Checkpoint B 50
Robot drives to top of bridge All wheels, treads, etc. must touch the top of the bridge 50
Robot drives over bridge Robots must completely exit off the ramp and back onto level ground (all wheels, tank treads, etc. must be off the ramp and on the baseboard). 50
Robot touches Wall #1 Any part of robot touches Barrier Wall #1 100
Robot extinguishes (touches) the burning (red) debris Any part of robot touches the red block. 50
Robot touches Wall #2 Any part of robot touches Barrier Wall #2 100
Robot moves the burning wellhead The robot moves the burning wellhead (red can). 50
Robot moves the burning wellhead out of the oil spill The burning wellhead is moved completely out of the oil spill 100
Robot avoids touching the oil spill Wellhead is moved out of oil with no part of robot touching the oil spill 100
Robot starts another well fire Any movement of  a non-burning wellhead (silver cans) will result in a -50 per wellhead touched (maximum -350) -50 each
Robot returns to the start box. Robot returns to start box with all touch points inside start box 100
 Bridge covers line At the end of run, no part of 6" black line under bridge is visible     100
  Points Possible 1000

Drawings (pdf)

Build Instructions (pdf)

Photo with labels (jpg)

Photos (jpg):
Overview
Close Up
Bridge
Bridge 2
Visual Of Line