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Rebound Rumble
Year2012
Season Information
Number of regionals54 (including MI and MAR championships)[1]
Number of district events14[1]
Championship locationEdward Jones Dome, St Louis, Missouri[2]
Links
Websitehttp://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc
TBD →

Rebound Rumble is the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition game. It is styled similarly to basketball.

Kickoff

The Kickoff event was held on January 7.[3] Speakers included Dean Kamen, Charlie Bolden, Walt Havenstein, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Stephen Colbert and will.i.am.[3] It was broadcast on NASA TV[4] beginning at 10:30 EST. The official game animation video was produced by Dave Lavery and narrated by Blair Hundertmark.[5]

Rules

Alliances

The game is played by two alliances, red and blue, of three teams each.[6] Alliances compete in 135-second matches to earn as many points as possible by scoring basketballs into hoops or by balancing tilt bridges.[6]

Field

The field is a carpeted area 27 feet by 54 feet[6] designed to mimic a basketball court.[7] At both ends are the driver stations and an array of basketball hoops.[6] There is one low hoop, two middle hoops, and one high hoop.[6] Across the narrow dimension of the field a 4 inch high wall, along which are placed three tilting bridges at a height of 12 inches.[6] The bridges at the edges are color coded for each alliance, and the center bridge, called the Coopertition bridge, is available for both alliances.[6]

Matches

Each match lasts 135 seconds[4] and is divided into two portions: Hybrid mode and Teleoperated (Teleop) mode.[6] During Hybrid mode, two robots on each alliance have to act autonomously.[6] The third robot may be controlled by means of a Microsoft Kinect or act autonomously.[6] During Teleop, all robots are controlled by human drivers.[6]

At events, there are two types of matches: qualification and elimination.[6] Robots compete in qualification matches to determine seed and who will compete in the elimination bracket.[6]

Scoring

Throughout a match, teams can score points as follows by scoring basketballs into hoops:[6]

Hoop Hybrid Teleop
Top row 6 3
Middle row 5 2
Bottom row 4 1

At the end of the match, points are scored for balanced alliance bridges, but not the Coopertition bridge.[6]

Number of robots
on bridge		 Qualification
match		 Elimination
match
1 10 10
2 20 20
3 20 40

Balancing the Coopertition bridge with a robot from each alliance earns each alliance 2 Coopertition points toward their qualification seed and the Coopertition Award.[6][8] If the two robots do not balance the bridge, 1 Coopertition point is awarded.[6]

Robots

Robots must not exceed horizontal dimensions of 28 inches by 38 inches, begin each match less than 60 inches tall and never exceed 84 inches in height.[6] An allowance is made for one protrusion of no more than 14 inches (so long as this protrusion is retracted at the start of the match).[6] Discounting the battery and protective bumpers, the robot cannot exceed a weight of 120 pounds.[6]

Events

Regionals

The following regional events will be held in 2012:[1]

Week 1
  • Greater Kansas City Regional - Kansas City, MO
  • BAE Systems Granite State Regional - Manchester, NH
  • Smoky Mountains Regional - Knoxville, TN
  • Alamo Regional - San Antonio, TX
  • San Diego Regional - San Diego, CA
  • Israel Regional - Tel Aviv, Israel
Week 2
  • Greater Toronto East Regional - Oshawa, ON
  • Orlando Regional - Orlando, FL
  • WPI Regional - Worcester, MA
  • Chesapeake Regional - Baltimore, MD
  • Lake Superior Regional - Duluth, MN
  • Finger Lakes Regional - Rochester, NY
  • Autodesk Oregon Regional - Portland, OR
  • Pittsburgh Regional - Pittsburgh, PA
Week 3
  • Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional - Montreal, QC
  • Sacramento Regional - Davis, CA
  • Los Angeles Regional - Long Beach, CA
  • Peachtree Regional - Duluth, GA
  • Boilermaker Regional - West Lafayette, IN
  • Bayou Regional - Kenner, LA
  • Utah Regional co-sponsored by NASA and Platt - West Valley City, UT
  • Virginia Regional - Richmond, VA
  • New York City Regional - New York, NY
Week 4
  • Waterloo Regional - Waterloo, ON
  • Arizona Regional - Chandler, AZ
  • Colorado Regional - Denver, CO
  • Hawaii Regional sponsored by BAE Systems - Honolulu, HI
  • Midwest Regional - Chicago, IL
  • Boston Regional - Boston, MA
  • St. Louis Regional - St. Louis, MO
  • Buckeye Regional - Cleveland, OH
  • Palmetto Regional - North Charleston, SC
  • Seattle Cascade Regional - Seattle, WA
  • Seattle Olympic Regional - Seattle, WA
  • Wisconsin Regional - Milwaukee, WI
Week 5
  • Greater Toronto West Regional - Mississauga, ON
  • Silicon Valley Regional - San Jose, CA
  • Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional - Hartford, CT
  • Washington DC Regional - Washington, DC
  • South Florida Regional - Boca Raton, FL
  • Minnesota North Star Regional - Minneapolis, MN
  • Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional - Minneapolis, MN
  • SBPLI Long Island Regional - Hempstead, NY
  • Oklahoma Regional - Oklahoma City, OK
  • Dallas East Regional sponsored by jcpenney - Dallas, TX
  • Dallas West Regional sponsored by jcpenney - Dallas, TX
Week 6
  • Central Valley Regional - Madera, CA
  • North Carolina Regional - Raleigh, NC
  • Las Vegas Regional - Las Vegas, NV
  • Queen City Regional - Cincinnati, OH
  • Lone Star Regional - Houston, TX
  • Spokane Regional - Cheney, WA

Districts

The two districts of 2012 are Michigan and Mid-Atlantic Robotics (MAR):[1]

Week 1
  • Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition - Flint, MI USA
  • Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition - Horsham, PA USA
Week 2
  • Traverse City FIRST Robotics District Competition - Traverse City, MI USA
  • Waterford FIRST Robotics District Competition - Waterford, MI USA
  • Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition - Philadelphia, PA USA
  • Rutgers University FIRST Robotics District Competition - New Brunswick, NJ USA
Week 3
  • West Michigan FIRST Robotics District Competition - Allendale, MI USA
  • Detroit FIRST Robotics District Competition - Detroit, MI USA
Week 4
  • Niles FIRST Robotics District Competition - Niles, MI USA
  • Northville FIRST Robotics District Competition - Northville, MI USA
  • Lenape FIRST Robotics District Competition - Tabernacle, NJ USA
Week 5
  • Livonia FIRST Robotics District Competition - Livonia, MI USA
  • Troy FIRST Robotics District Competition - Troy, MI USA
  • Mount Olive FIRST Robotics District Competition - Flanders, NJ USA
Week 7 (Championships)
  • Michigan FRC State Championship - Ypsilanti, MI
  • Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship - Philadelphia, PA

World Championships

The World Championships for Rebound Rumble will be held April 26-28[1] at the Edward Jones Dome in St Louis, Missouri.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "What Events And Teams Are In My Area?". FIRST. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "St. Louis to host FIRST Robotics Competition". St. Louis Business Journal. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b FIRST (7 January 2012). ""Rebound Rumble(SM)" Robotics Game Unveiled by Dean Kamen and Host of Celebrities to 60,000 High-School Students at 2012 FIRST (R) Robotics Competition Kickoff". Business Wire. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b Schad, Lauren (January 7, 2012). "Columbia FIRST Robotics Competition team off and running". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Chap 18 - Game Animation.mov". FIRST. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Game". FIRST. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  7. ^ Pittari, Jeremy (January 7, 2012). "Rebound Rumble is robotics game this year". Picayune Item. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  8. ^ Abernathy, April (January 7, 2012). "Students kick off robotics season". The Herald Bulletin. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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