In the Robot Game, the kids build and program an autonomous LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot to score points by performing mission tasks. These missions will be inspired by the Challenge theme, so you will see many concepts that may get your team thinking about this year’s topic.
Missions require the robot to navigate, and to capture, transport, activate, or deliver objects precisely on a printed mat on a special table. The robot has 2½ minutes to complete as many mission tasks as possible. The team and robot must follow a set of rules, which you will be able to download from the FLL website. For example: if team members touch the robot while it’s working, it must be stopped and carried to Base. At tournaments, a referee oversees the action to ensure that everyone is following the rules.
At tournaments, 2 half-tables are attached back to back to form a full competition table, so your team will participate opposite a team on the other side. You are not competing against that team. Rather, both teams will try to earn their own highest score. The robots are isolated from each other by table border walls, but there is always at least 1 mission that causes interaction between robots on adjacent tables.
