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 Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge

All Things Considered

 Professional Mission (Intermediate and Expert Teams)

Created by Basil Abualsiba & Anthony Maldonado

 Story:

Uh oh!.  Looks like youre stranded, and youve only got 5 minutes before your favorite radio program starts on 蹤獲扦s 89.1 KMUW!  Luckily theres some radio transceiver equipment nearby. If you can get it across the river and set up in the clearings, youll get to sit back and listen to your favorite show.  To cross the river, theres a bridge and some stepping stones.  The stones might be easier to get to than the bridge, but theyre not raised and you run the risk of getting your equipment wet.  In the clearing, there are some hills to set the equipment on.  You can put your equipment on the ground, but the signal will be a lot better up on the rocks.

Bill of Materials: 

Material

Quantity

Availability

Unit Cost

Total Cost

Gorilla Wood Glue 18oz

1

Home Depot

$5.84

$5.84

翹 Inch Thick 4X8 Foot Plywood Sheet

2

Home Depot

$15.92

$31.84

Stops Rust Gloss Sunburst Yellow Spray paint

3

Home Depot

$4.27

$12.81

Stops Rust Satin Sapphire Spray paint

2

Home Depot

$4.27

$8.54

Rust Gloss Hunter Green

2

Home Depot

$4.27

$8.54

Stops Rust Gloss Sail Blue Spray paint

2

Home Depot

$4.27

$8.54

Stops Rust Gloss White Spray paint

3

Home Depot

$3.98

$11.94

Wooden Blocks in Unfinished Wood

(1.75 in to a side)

1

Home Depot

$2.87

$2.87

Foam Brushes

4

Home Depot

$0.68

$2.72

Total Cost

 

 

 

$93.64

 Scoring Matrix: 

Task

Description

Pts

Start

Robot begins touching the white start square. One block is placed in each of the starting squares of the same color

 

Check the Equipment

Block moved entirely out of its starting zone

50

 

Maximum

200

Crossing the River

 

 

Stepping Stones

Block crosses line A at the water level.

25

Block crosses line B at the water level.

25

Bridge

Block crosses line A on the bridge.

50

Block crosses line B on the bridge.

50

 

Maximum

400

Setup

 

 

Ground

Block is in contact with a lower end zone surface at the end of the run.

50

Hill

Block is in contact with an upper end zone surface at the end of the run.

100

 

Block is in contact with a wrong-color end zone surface at the end of the run.

-50

 

Maximum

400

Total

 

1000

Dimensions and Building Instructions

Drawings

Image of All things considered