Welcome to the 2024 FIRST Robotics Competition game CRESCENDO presented by Haas! Two alliances of three teams each compete to score or play notes in three different field elements, amplify their speaker, get onstage, harmonize, and take the spotlight before time runs out. Alliances earn additional rewards for meeting
specific scoring thresholds and for cooperating with their opponents. Robots start each match
inside their alliance's starting zone and may be preloaded with a note. During the first fifteen
seconds of the match, robots are autonomous and can be programmed to leave their starting zone,
play preloaded notes in their speaker or amp, and collect and play additional notes. During
the following two minutes and fifteen seconds, drivers control their robots. Robots collect
notes from human players at their source and play them in their amp and speaker. Each time
an alliance plays two notes in their amp, the human player can hit a button to amplify
their speaker for ten seconds. Notes played in an amplified speaker are worth more points than those
scored in an unamplified speaker. A human player may choose to play a note scored in their amp to
cooperate with their opponent. If each alliance plays a note by hitting their coopertition
button in the first forty-five seconds of teleop, all teams in the match receive a coopertition
point which will influence the team's rank in the tournament. The number of played notes needed
for a bonus ranking point is also reduced. Robots are protected from contact by their opponents
when at their podium, off the ground, and during the last twenty seconds of the match while in
contact with their stage. As time runs out, robots race to get onstange and deliver notes
through the flap and into the trap. Bonus points are awarded for harmony when robots onstage
use the same chain. Onstage robots earn even more points if a human player spotlights the
robots on a chain by scoring a note on the chain's corresponding microphone. The alliance that earns the most points wins the match!