2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

[Team Invade]

Well, going off the champs in 2009, it goes roughly like this:

To start we have 3 qualifier round with three robots in each, from these qualifiers we gain points for the following
4 points for a knockout win
3 points for win by judges decision
2 points for 2nd place
1 point for 3rd place (but the robot must have entered the arena)
0 points for not entering the arena

The qualifier rounds are decided by the pre-event draw

Top ten scores from the qualifiers go through to the knockout rounds, which goes:
5 1v1 fights
5 way losers melee, 1 robot goes through

3 1v1 fights
3 way losers melee, 1 robot goes through

2 1v1 semifinals

3rd place play off

Final

[xtreme]

A drum might take it this year. Drumroll/Boner has done very good the past 2 years. Just need some one to work out how many flippers / vert spinners / horizontal spinners and boxes etc theres going to be this year.

[Team Invade]

Entries are on the website

[xtreme]

Ye, dont have a clue what sum of the robots are.

[PJ-27]

So only ten robots make it through from the Qualifiers! Going to be a short weekend for me.....

[Team Invade]

If you get knocked out of the qualifiers you have the opportunity to enter the annihilator though

[PJ-27]

Ok. I'm assuming there will be Whiteboards throughout the weekend, providing we can keep the robot running we'll keep fighting it!

[Team Invade]

There is usually

[PJ-27]

Slight thread highjack, but what do you guys do with your batteries between rounds? Would you advise giving them a fast charge between bouts, or letting them run a little low before doing so?

I know ideally I would want to run them flat and them trickle charge them, but I can't imagine that is practical at a competition!

[typhoon_driver]

fast charge. Do a few slow charge discharge cycles when you come home (if they are still in one piece). I wouldn't worry about the competition format. James and Grant will publish it soon i'm sure.