Hot Shot!

Hot Shot!

Season Information
Year	2009-2010
Number of Qualifying Tournaments	12[1]
Number of Championship Tournaments	46[1]
Championship location	Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Awards
Inspire Award winner	Rock ‘n Roll Robots - 25
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award winner	Euler’s Number Pi the Speed of Light - 3595
Motivate Award winner	Team Tiki - 2859
Connect Award Winner	Team Unlimited - 1
PTC Design Award Winner	Roberts Creek Xtreme Robotic Minds - 245
Champions	Smoke and Mirrors - 2868 Under the Son - 2843 GForce - 3864[2]
Links
Website	http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc
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Hot Shot! is the robotics competition event in the 2009-2010 FIRST Tech Challenge. Two teams compete to score points by depositing whiffle balls into designated areas.

Game Overview

Field Description

Hot Shot! is played by four robots on a 12 foot by 12 foot field. Robots are paired together to form red and blue alliances^[3] of two teams each. Each alliance starts on a different side of the field, in spots designated by red and blue taped off squares. There are 3 goal areas, the low goal, the high goal, and the off field goal. The low goal and the high goal are centered on the field. The high goal has a pivot bar that allows it to be spun by a robot contacting the spin bar. The off field goal is four feet from the field. There are ball dispensers made out of PVC pipe, full of balls, at each corner of the field. There is a wooden deflector beneath each of the dispensers, angled toward the center of the field that makes the balls roll in different directions. The balls are released from the chutes by a pivoting trigger.^[4]

Round Timing

Each round lasts two and a half minutes. The first 30 seconds are composed of an autonomous period, where the robots are controlled completely by a program on the NXT.^[5] The next 2 minutes are a "Teleop," or remote controlled period where the robots are controlled remotely through the Bluetooth on the NXT. The last 30 seconds of the teleop period are known as the end game.

Scoring

The off field goal can only be scored in during the end game. The following points are awarded for normal white balls in each of the corresponding goals:

Goal	Points
Low Goal	1
High Goal	5
Off Field Goal	10

Yellow curve balls double the score in the goal that they are scored in. They can be released by the team captain during the end game.

See also

• FIRST – Wikipedia book

References

1. "What Events And Teams Are In My Area?". FIRST. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
2. "2009-2010 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Awards". FIRST. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
3. "SC State Prepares for the 5th Annual FIRST Tech Robotics Competition: "Hot Shot"". South Carolina State University. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
4. "Hot Shot game description" (PDF). FIRST. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
5. "Finding the Top Bot: High School Students (and Their Robots) Take the Prize at Tech Challenge". Scientific American. Retrieved 2010-03-17.

External links

• Hot Shot Game Information
• FIRST FTC 2009 Game Manual
• FIRST FTC 2009 One Page Game Overview