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2024 FIRST Robotics Competition: CRESCENDO

Jul 11, 2024

2024 FIRST Robotics Competition: CRESCENDO

Overview

  • Presented by: Haas
  • Game Name: CRESCENDO
  • Competition Structure: Two alliances of three teams each
  • Objective: Score/play notes in field elements, amplify speaker, get onstage, harmonize, and take the spotlight within the time limit.
  • Additional Rewards: Earned for meeting scoring thresholds and cooperating with opponents

Match Phases

Autonomous Period

  • Duration: First 15 seconds
  • Robot Actions:
    • Robots start in alliance's starting zone
    • May be preloaded with a note
    • Actions include leaving the starting zone, playing notes in speaker/amp, and collecting additional notes

Teleoperated Period

  • Duration: Next 2 minutes and 15 seconds
  • Robot Actions:
    • Controlled by drivers
    • Collect notes from human players at their source
    • Play notes in amp and speaker
  • Amplification:
    • Each time an alliance plays 2 notes in their amp, human player can hit button to amplify speaker for 10 seconds
    • Notes in amplified speaker worth more points
  • Cooperation:
    • Human player may play a note scored in amp to cooperate with opponents
    • If both alliances play a note by hitting the coopertition button in first 45 seconds of teleop, all teams receive a coopertition point influencing team rank
    • Number of notes needed for bonus ranking point is reduced

Robot Protections

  • Protected from opponent contact when:
    • At their podium
    • Off the ground
    • In contact with their stage during the last 20 seconds

End Game

  • Final Actions:
    • Robots race to get onstage
    • Deliver notes through flap into trap
    • Bonus points for harmony when onstage robots use same chain
    • More points if human player spotlights robots on chain by scoring note on corresponding microphone

Winning Criteria

  • Alliance with the most points wins the match
  • Points earned through various actions throughout all phases of the match