Welcome to the Acadia University 2006 Robot Programming Competitions!
The 2nd Annual High School Robot Programming Competition (RPC) features 12 teams from 8 high schools composed of kids ages 14-18. The 1st Annual Acadia FIRST LEGO League Tournament (FLL) has 14teams from 13 middle and junior high schoolscomposed of kids ages 9-14. Together with their coaches (and what great coaches they have!) there are over 160 participants from Yarmouth to Halifax. To manage this lively group of roboteers we have over 70 volunteers made up of faculty, staff, students and alumni of Acadia, members of sponsoring companies and other friends of the university.
These competitions feature affordable, easy to build and fun to program LEGO MINDSTORM robots and are designed to encourage student interest in math, science, engineering and technology. Building robots to complete missions and developing project presentations also develops good teamwork and problem solving skills. And this year’s teams have risen to the challenge … hold on to your seats because you are about to see today's technology and tomorrow’s minds in action!
Enjoy the day and have fun!
Danny Silver, 2006 RPC Event Coordinator
2006 TEAMS
RPCFLL
1. Central Kings Rural High -ONE1. Yarmouth Junior High - Yarbots
2. Halifax West High - Warriors 12. WestHantsMiddle School - Sabers
3. Avon View High - Avbot Returns!3. Annapolis RoyalRegionalAcademy
4. Northeast Kings - Stumblers4. PineRidgeMiddle School – Nano Nights
5. West Kings Education Center5. Coldbrook& DistrictSchool - Coldbrook
6. Sackville High - Some Assembly Req.6. HantsportSchool - Hantsport Pumas
7. Northeast Kings - Wanders7. Northeast Kings – NKEC Titans
8. Horton High - Trojans8. WolfvilleSchool - Robo Lobo Wired
9. Middleton Regional High- Martens9. EvangelineMiddle School - EMS Robotics
10. Horton High - The Flaming Griffins10. MiddletonRegionalHigh School - Jr. Martens
11. Halifax West - Warriors 211. Annapolis West Educational Center
12. Central Kings Rural High-TWO12. Maple GroveEd.Center - Blue’s Bots
13. Yarmouth Junior High - Squishy
14. DrumlinHeights Consolidated - New Eagles
Command Table and Officials:
MCRoss ChapmanFLL Head OfficialElhadi Shakshuki
CCTom HeinanFLL Pit ManagerDarcy Benoit
ScorersChad Schrader/Kally BestFLL Head JudgeLynn Chipman
TimerChris MartellRPC Head OfficialRick Giles
RPC Pit ManagerJim Diamond
RPC Head JudgeDarrel Crooks
COMPETITION AND AWARDS
The 2006 High School Robot Programming Competition (RPC) teams are composed of four persons plus a coach. The RPC robots are faced with three challenging tasks: head-to-head line tracking, maze negotiation, and object removal. The teams must develop innovative hardware and software solutions involving touch, light and rotations sensors, motors and gears, and sound and light indicators. The faster and smarter the robots are at completing the tasks, the more points they will receive. Watch carefully for the strategies the teams employ to find and stay on the line-tracking line, to find away out of the maze and to find and remove garbage objects from the arena. For more information visit
The 2006 FIRST LEGO League Tournament (FLL) teams are composed of 6-8 person teams plus a coach. The FLL teams must successfully complete as many tabletop missions as possible in 2.5 minutes. The more missions completed, the more points the team receives. This year’s FLL theme, NanoQuest, concerns a new frontier that will impact every facet of society, from medicine to computers to the environment. In the next 6 months, over 9,000 teams in 35 countries will compete in FLL tournaments like the one you are seeing here today. For more information visit
“Exploring existing sciences at the molecular level”
Champion’s Award
The Champion's Award is the most prestigious award that a team can win. It measures how the team members inspire and motivate others about the excitement of science and technology, solve problems, and demonstrate respect and gracious professionalism. To be considered for the Champion's Award, teams must perform well in the equally weighted technical and team presentation categories.
Robot Design Award
Judges look for teams whose work stands out for innovation and/or dependability. To assess innovation, the judges watch the robots work and look for things that make them say “Wow!” They interview team members to reveal the less obvious unique and inventive ideas. To assess dependability, the judges interview the teams to learn what solid principles and best practices they used to reduce variability and errors, with preference to robots that best "back it up" throughout the matches.
Robot Performance Award
This award goes to the team whose robot achieves the best score on the competition field during the various rounds. There are several options judges use to determine the winner.
Teamwork Award
Teamwork is the key ingredient in any team effort. This awarded is presented to the team that best demonstrates good planning, organization, communication and leadership.
Project Award (FLL ONLY)
This is an award to the team whose quality research, innovative solutions, and creative presentation best reflect an understanding of the various scientific disciplines and issues involved with the Challenge project. Only teams that complete all three parts of the Project assignment will receive consideration for awards.
Against All Odds Award
This award goes to the team that improvises and overcomes a difficult situation while still making a respectable showing with an attitude that shows, "We can overcome incredible odds if we never give up!”
Team Spirit Award
Some teams really know how to have fun. This award goes to the team that most enthusiastically demonstrates a commitment to getting others to see how accessible, fun, and rewarding science and technology can be, especially when you are part of a great team.
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