Power Up
First, watch the preview here!
FIRST® POWER UP, the 2018 FIRST® Robotics Competition game, includes two alliances of video game characters and their human operators who are trapped in an arcade game. Both alliances are working to defeat the boss in order to escape!
The ARCADE includes all elements of the game infrastructure that are required to play FIRST® POWER UP: the FIELD, SWITCHES, the SCALE, VAULTS, carpet, the POWER CUBES, and all equipment needed for FIELD control, ROBOT control, and scorekeeping.
|
Defeat the Boss! |
The Vault: Power Ups |
AutonomousEach match begins with a 15-second Autonomous period in which Robots operate only on preprogrammed instructions. During this period, Robots work to support the three efforts listed above as well as earn points for crossing their Auto Line.
TeleopDuring the remaining 2 minutes and 15 seconds of the match, the Teleoperated period, student drivers control Robots. Teams on an Alliance work together to continue to control their Switch and the Scale. They can also trade in their Power Cubes for Power Ups. During the final 30 seconds, teams work together to Climb to Face the Boss.
Alliances are seeded in the Qualification tournament using ranking points which are awarded based on a combination of their Win-Loss-Tie record (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie), the number of times they achieve three Climbs (1 point), and the number of times during Autonomous they complete three AutoRuns and gain Ownership of their Switch (a.k.a the Auto-Quest) (1 point).
|
Learn more here!
2018 Hawaii Regional: March 21-24
A lot of the members on our team were new to FRC and excited for their chance to experience the new type of competition. Those who were on the field had already had experience with FIRST Robotics but were still excited to be in competition again. There were many teams there from rookies to returning, but everyone put in the strongest efforts to get to the top.
Team 3721 Charger Robotics was awarded the Creativity Award.
Team 3721 Charger Robotics was awarded the Creativity Award.