MARS Robotics

2008: FIRST Overdrive
 

FIRST Overdrive is a game played on the track. 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.
  

Match Format: 

A match is 2 minutes and 15 seconds long. The first 15 seconds of a match is called the hybrid period (explained later) and the remaining 2 minutes of the match is teleoperated (also explained later).
A hybrid period starts each match in which the robots are controlled by either pre-programmed instructions or transmitted information from the Robo-Coach.
The 15 second hybrid period is followed by the teleoperated period during which the drivers take control of the robot.
There may be a short pause between the 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 end of the teleoperated period.

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