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2023

4 Game Overview

Figure 4‑1 CHARGED UP
field
and key elements

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In CHARGED UP presented by Haas, two competing

alliances
are invited to process
game pieces
to bring energy to their
community
. Each
alliance
brings energy to their
community
by retrieving their
game pieces
from
substations
and scoring it into the
grid
.
Human players
provide the
game pieces
to the
robots
from the
substations
. In the final moments of each
match
,
alliance
robots
race to dock or engage with their
charge station
!

Each

match
begins with a 15-second autonomous period, during which time
alliance
robots
operate only on pre-programmed instructions to score points by:

  • leaving their
    community
    ,
  • retrieving and scoring
    game pieces
    onto the
    grid
    ,
  • docking on or engaging with their
    charge station
    .

In the final 2 minutes and 15 seconds of the

match
,
drivers
take
control
of the
robots
and score points by:

  • continuing to retrieve and score their
    game pieces
    onto the
    grid
    and
  • docking on or engaging with their
    charge station
    .

The

alliance
with the highest score at the end of the
match
wins!

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3 Game Sponsor Recognition

5 ARENA

The ARENA includes all elements of the game infrastructure that are required to play CHARGED UP presented by Haas: the FIELD, GAME PIECES, and all equipment needed for FIELD control, ROBOT control, and scorekeeping.