May Madness 2012Ring Toss

(Updated 3/6/12 9:00am)

MAY MADNESS•May Madness will be held at the Sarah Heinz House on Saturday, May 5th, 2012.•Starting time will be at 9:00 am with the intent to be complete by noon.•The upper age limit for a team member is 14 as of January 1, 2012. •There is no lower age limit•The number of teams will be limited to a maximum of 24.

• Registration will begin on Monday, March 5, 2012 and will end on Wednesday, March 21 or until all slots are filled.

• Organizations may register more than one team, but the second and subsequent teams will be put in a ‘hold’ file until it is determined whether there is room for them.

• To register, contact Norm Kerman at nkerman@rec.ri.cmu.edu•There is no cost for registration•It will be up to each team to build their practice table to the specifications shown•Each team will be asked to purchase the field elements and bring them on competition day

Ring Toss

Dimensions

Center rack dimensions

4”x4”Wood(side)

4”x4”Wood(front)

18”

3” 4” 4” 4” 3”3.5”

12”

4.25”4.25”

1.75”

List of Materials1. Jo-Anne Fabrics

1. Craftwood – Crafter’s Dowels 5/16in. (qty 8/one pack) $0.99

2. 4x4 round plaque (qty 4) $3.163. Black electrical tape4. White Plastic Rings – 1 ½ dritz 8per package

(in sewing area) (qty 3 packs) $9.872. Any lumber store

1. 4x4 wood cut to 18 inches3. Colored Plastic Rings 2 ½ inch (Ring Toss Rings)

$6.45http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019ICK3C/

ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details

Total = $20.47

Beginning Configuration

• 8 1 ½ White plastic rings start in base• 16 1 ½ White plastic rings start in loading area• 4 2 ½ Colored ring toss rings start on center

area• Robot must begin completely in base

Other Set-up

• All dowel rod pieces are dual-locked to the table• White Rings that do not reach their destination may be

returned to team in loading area• Colored Rings that do not reach their destination may be

removed from board or placed back in starting position

Scoring

• 1 point per ring for a white ring in the push area

• 2 points per ring for a white ring on the 8 inch dowels

• 3 points per ring for a white ring on the 12 inch dowel

• 4 points per white ring on the horizontal dowel

• Double points per ring for the colored rings

Logistics

3 Students will be at the board:– 2 students will be able to touch the robot and will

be in control of running the robot– 1 student will remain in the loading area and will

be able to place the white rings on the robot when the robot is completely inside of the loading area

– Robot can be repositioned without penalty if it is completely within the loading area

Other things

• Alice competition – Please see cs2n.org/competitions/AAC022012

• Robot Parade– Robot must follow a line and not bump into the

robot in front of it

Pictures of Materials

Pictures of Materials

Pictures of Materials

Pictures of Materials