Introduction

In this Unit, you will learn how to play the Ring Leader Competition with your Clawbot. You will iterate on your code and  game strategy to improve the robot's performance in both driver control and autonomous challenges to score more points! Watch the animation below to see an example of the Ring Leader Competition. In this animation the Clawbot will first complete an autonomous run to drive and pick up Rings from the Field and place them onto the posts. Then the driver control portion will show, as the Clawbot is driven to pick up and score Rings. The score is shown as the Rings are scored on the posts.

In the video below, the Clawbot is on the left side of the field, facing three posts placed in the centers of the last row of Tiles. There are three post sizes. The smallest one is on the Tile to the left, the tallest one is in the center, and the middle sized one is to the right. There are six Rings on the field, placed against the top and bottom walls in the center of the second, third, and fourth tiles. There is a stopwatch above the field, set to count down from one minute, and a Brain icon to show that this is the autonomous part of the competition. The video starts with a countdown from 3, and the Clawbot drives to pick up and place rings on the posts as quickly as possible. Time runs out and there are three rings on the small post, and one on the middle-sized post, for an autonomous score of 6. The stopwatch resets, the icon becomes a Controller, and the driver control run begins with a countdown. When time runs out, the Clawbot has placed three rings on the middle-sized post and one on the small post. The final score is Autonomous Score 6 and the Driver Control Score 10 with a total score of 16.

In the Ring Leader Competition, your robot will compete to get the highest score!

• Drive your robot to score rings on three different sized posts.
• Code your robot to score rings autonomously. 
• The team with the most points at the end of both the autonomous and driver control runs, wins!

What is an Engineering Notebook?

Watch this video below to learn about what an engineering notebook is and why you should use an engineering notebook.

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