FIRST launched its eighteenth FIRST Robotics Competition season today with a Kickoff of a new robotics game called “Lunacy” at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH.In the “Lunacy” game, robots are designed to pick up 9" game balls and score them in trailers hitched to their opponents’ robots for points during a 2 minute and 15 second match. Additional points are awarded for scoring a special game ball, the Super Cell, in the opponents' trailers during the last 20 seconds of the match. “Lunacy” is played on a low-friction floor, which means teams must contend with the laws of physics.
We had a great turnout for the Kickoff at the school this morning - there were 12 students, 9 mentors and 2 alumni in attendance this morning. We were not able to stay at the school past 11:00am so we weren't able to brainstorm about the game strategy.
Everyone is encouraged to read the game manual and become familiar with how teams can score points - and how penalties are assessed.
We hope to see everyone at the school Monday afternoon - come prepared to brainstorm game strategy.
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