Red's Dare

Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge

Red's Dare

Professional Mission created by Randy Brill
Based on original design in 2012 by WSU Formula Team

(Intermediate and Expert Teams)

Story:

Your team has been called in to fight an oil well fire. There has been damage to the roadway as well as blast debris scattered on your path. Your task will be to repair the roadway, check the integrity of two barrier walls, navigate around the other wellheads (hitting another wellhead will cause additional fires), put out the burning debris and the burning wellhead, and return to the start location.

(For more information regarding the basis for this story, research Red Adair or watch “The Hellfighters” with John Wayne!)

Bill of Materials:

Material	Quantity	Availability	Estimated Unit Cost	Estimated Total Cost
¼” x 4' x 8' Sanded Plywood	1 sheet	Lowe's	$15.72	$15.72
¼” x 4' x 8' Sanded Plywood	1/2 sheet	Lowe's	$7.96	$7.96
2” x 4” x 96” Fir Stud	3 boards	Lowe's	$2.77	$8.31
1” x 6” x 8' Dimensional Lumber	2 boards	Lowe's	$3.92	$7.84
Grip-Rite 1 5/8” Panel Nails	1 package	Lowe's	$2.47	$2.47
Gloss Black Latex Paint	1/2 pint	Lowe's	$4.69	$4.69
Gloss Bright Yellow Latex Paint	1 gallon	Lowe's	$20.00	$20.00
Rust-Oleum Gloss Silver Metallic Spray Paint	1	Lowe's	$6.88	$6.88
Rust-Oleum Sunrise Red Spray Paint	1	Lowe's	$3.88	$3.88
Titebond Original Wood Glue 8 oz.	1	Lowe's	$2.97	$2.97
Grip-Rite 1-lb Box #8 x 1 ¼” Black Drywall Screws	1 package	Lowe's	$4.37	$4.37
Walls/Ramps attached with Velcro 0.75” black fastener (12' reqd.) (Staples were used to add additional holding power to the adhesive on the Velcro.)	15' package	Lowe's	$16.97	$16.97
Empty soda cans	8 cans	on hand
				$102.06

Scoring Matrix:

Task	Detail	Points
Start	Robot must start with all touch points inside the start box.	0
Robot passes over Checkpoint A	Any part of robot passes over Checkpoint A	50
Robot pushes bridge	Robot pushes bridge to make it move (any movement satisfactory)	100
Robot passes over Checkpoint B	Any part of robot passes over Checkpoint B	50
Robot drives to top of bridge	All wheels, treads, etc. must touch the top of the bridge	50
Robot drives over bridge	Robots must completely exit off the ramp and back onto level ground (all wheels, tank treads, etc. must be off the ramp and on the baseboard).	50
Robot touches Wall #1	Any part of robot touches Barrier Wall #1	100
Robot extinguishes (touches) the burning (red) debris	Any part of robot touches the red block.	50
Robot touches Wall #2	Any part of robot touches Barrier Wall #2	100
Robot moves the burning wellhead	The robot moves the burning wellhead (red can).	50
Robot moves the burning wellhead out of the oil spill	The burning wellhead is moved completely out of the oil spill	100
Robot avoids touching the oil spill	Wellhead is moved out of oil with no part of robot touching the oil spill	100
Robot starts another well fire	Any part of robot touches a non-burning wellhead (silver cans) will result in a -50 per wellhead touched (maximum -350)	-50 each
Robot returns to the start box.	Robot returns to start box with all touch points inside start box	100
Bridge covers line	At the end of run, no part of 6" black line under bridge is visible	100
	Points Possible	1000