Hangin'-A-Round
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Hangin'A Round was the name of the robotics contest at the 2006 FIRST Vex Challenge. The contest involved building a robot from a kit that could attain a higher score than the opposition by placing the softballs into the colored goals, possessing the “atlas ball”, and by being parked on the platform or hanging from the bar.
[edit] The Game
Competitors were put on a two team alliance in the qualification match. The competitors could place there robot anywhere on there side of the field. The robots could have a choice to have an autonomous mode. During the autonomous mode the robot's program took effect and during the 20 second period they were on there own. Once the 20 seconds were over the operators controlled them for the last 1 min 40 seconds.
[edit] Scoring
The robots main objective was to score softballs into a low corner goal for 1 point each or score softballs into a triangular pillar for 2 points each. In the center was a square platform placed on a dolly. on the platform was a Pipe setup from one corner to the opposite corner diagonally. Also on the platform a large ball called the "Atlas Ball" was set. The "Atlas Ball" was a device that would give you double your score if it was on your side. the corners which was half on each side were not used. At the end of the match you could score extra points by either Hanging on the bar without touching the platform or be on the platform. If the robot was hanging and touching the platform then they could only get points for the platform.
