5.1 Rules
All team members must abide by the RoboNation Code of Conduct while participating in the Competition. Failure to abide by this Code of Conduct at any point during the competition season may result in the disqualification of the team and/or participants from the Competition, components of the competition, the full competition, and/or future competitions. (Section 1.6: RoboNation Code of Conduct)
Teams must build an ASV to compete and only enter one vehicle in the competition. (Section 5.3: Vehicle Requirements)
Teams that arrive at the competition failing to meet the vehicle requirements will not be permitted on the course, until the vehicle is modified to meet all requirements. (Section 5.3: Vehicle Requirements)
Teams must be comprised of 75% or more full-time students. (Section 1.3: Eligibility)
First-year teams are eligible to participate in RoboBoat without an ASV. These teams are expected to participate in Design Documentation and send representation on-site at the event as a learning experience. First-year teams must indicate this option in their registration form.
One student member of the team must be designated as the “team lead”. The team lead must be conversationally fluent in English. The team lead, and only the team lead, will speak for the team during the competition runs.
Teams must have at least one representative present for the team orientation. Teams who miss orientation will not be permitted to deploy their ASV.
Team leads are required to attend daily team meetings conducted by the Technical Director. (Section 1.4.1: Daily Team Meeting)
Teams must have at least one representative present onsite at the competition venue during the competition hours (8:00 am – 5:30 pm) to be eligible for prizes. If teams cannot be onsite, they must notify RoboNation staff in a timely manner.
Before operating in the water, all systems must pass a safety inspection. (Section 5.2.1 Safety Inspections)
During any Semi-Finals or Finals run the ASV and OCU computers must not connect or be open to connections from any source of communication from the internet or anywhere onsite other than equipment stationed in the course operating tents.
No combustion engines of any type may be used on the ASV.
Course boundaries are clearly identified. The ASV must stay within the course or task boundaries while attempting any tasks.
An Autonomy Challenge run will be terminated if the ASV interferes with course elements or crosses through a different course. This includes entangling, dragging, pushing, or damaging course elements or landscape.
All decisions of the judges are final. (Section 4: Scoring & Awards)
RoboBoat organizers are not responsible for any damage to a team’s ASV as a consequence of participating in the competition.
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