FIRST® GAME CHANGERSSM powered by Star Wars: Force for Change 2020-2021 FIRST ® Tech Challenge Game Manual Part 1 Remote Events FIRST® Tech Challenge Game Manual Part 1 – Remote Events | 2 Sponsor Thank You Thank you to our generous sponsors for your continued support of the FIRST® Tech Challenge! Sponsors Revision 1.1: 9/12/2020 FIRST® Tech Challenge Game Manual Part 1 – Remote Events | 3 Revision History Section Revision Date Description N/A 1 7/16/2020 Initial Release Sponsors 1.1 9/12/2020 Updated Sponsor lockup Section 5 1.1 9/12/2020 Section 5.2 – Clarified “top” 5 matches counted in a League Tournament Section 9 1 9/12/2020 Added Judging and Award Criteria section Appendix E 1 9/12/2020 Added Appendix E – Control Award Submission Form Section 4 1 10/7/2020 • Section 4.5 o Changed FTC Live Scoring to FTC Scoring System o • Section 7.3.4, Rule <RS03> o Removed “UltimateGoal” from minimum required software version Section 7 1.1 10/7/2020 o Renamed “REV PC Hub Interface Software” to “REV Hardware Client Software” o Updated version number of the REV Hardware Client Software Section 9 1.1 10/7/2020 Section 9.5.11 – Clarified 22 teams or larger Appendix E 1.1 10/7/2020 • Renamed engineering notebook to engineering portfolio • Added section for required link for control award submissions • PDF now editable Contents Contents ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 What is FIRST® Tech Challenge? ............................................................................................................ 6 1.2 FIRST Core Values .................................................................................................................................. 6 2.0 Gracious Professionalism® .......................................................................................................................... 6 3.0 The Competition – Definitions and Rules ..................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1.1 Traditional Events .............................................................................................................................. 7 3.1.2 Remote Events .................................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 Eligibility to Compete in Official FIRST Tech Challenge Competitions: ..................................................... 7 3.2.1 North America Teams ........................................................................................................................ 7 3.2.2 Outside North America ...................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Competition Types ................................................................................................................................... 7 3.3.1 Scrimmage ........................................................................................................................................ 8 3.3.2 League Meets .................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3.3 Qualifying Tournaments and League Tournaments ........................................................................... 8 3.3.4 Super Qualifying Tournaments .......................................................................................................... 8 3.3.5 Championship Tournaments .............................................................................................................. 8 3.3.6 World Championship ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Competition Definitions ............................................................................................................................ 8 3.5 Competition Rules .................................................................................................................................. 10 Contents Revision 1: 7/16/2020 FIRST® Tech Challenge Game Manual Part 1 – Remote Events | 4 4.0 Remote Competition Overview .................................................................................................................. 11 4.1 Consent and Release Forms and Team Roster ..................................................................................... 11 4.2 Remote Competition Registration ........................................................................................................... 11 4.3 Judging Interviews ................................................................................................................................. 11 4.4 Qualification Matches ............................................................................................................................. 11 4.5 FTC Scoring Software ............................................................................................................................ 11 5.0 Calculating Ranking ................................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 Competition Ranking Calculation ........................................................................................................... 13 5.2 League Tournament Ranking Calculation .............................................................................................. 13 6.0 Advancement Criteria ................................................................................................................................ 14 6.1 Eligibility for Advancement ..................................................................................................................... 14 6.2 Order of Advancement – Remote Competitions Only ............................................................................. 14 7.0 The Robot .................................................................................................................................................. 16 7.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 16 7.2 Robot Control System ............................................................................................................................ 16 7.2.1 Robot Technology Definitions .......................................................................................................... 16 7.3 Robot Rules ........................................................................................................................................... 17 7.3.1 General Robot Rules ....................................................................................................................... 17 7.3.2 Robot Mechanical Parts and Materials Rules................................................................................... 20 7.3.3 Robot Electrical Parts and Materials Rules ...................................................................................... 21 7.3.4 Robot Software Rules ...................................................................................................................... 27 8.0 Robot Inspection ......................................................................................................................................... 29 8.1 Description ............................................................................................................................................. 29 9.0 Judging and Award Criteria ........................................................................................................................ 30 9.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 30 9.2 Engineering Notebook ............................................................................................................................ 30 9.2.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 30 9.2.2 What is an Engineering Notebook? .................................................................................................. 30 9.2.3 Engineering Notebook Formats ....................................................................................................... 31 9.2.4 Engineering Notebook Requirements .............................................................................................. 31 9.2.5 Engineering Notebook Recommendations ....................................................................................... 31 9.2.6 Engineering Notebook Examples ..................................................................................................... 32 9.3 Engineering Portfolio .............................................................................................................................. 32 9.3.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................