updated 11/8/2022

Description

Celebrates the team that has demonstrated consistent, reliable, high-performance robot operation during autonomously managed actions. Evaluation is based on the robot’s ability to sense its surroundings, position itself or onboard mechanisms appropriately, and execute tasks.

Guidelines

• The award is based on the performance of the robot’s autonomous (non-operator guided) operations during matches
• Consistent and reliable operation is weighted more heavily than the ability to score maximum points during any specific autonomously managed actions
• A team must be able to explain:
  • How the robot understands its surroundings, navigates on the field or positions onboard mechanisms and then executes tasks.
  • The factors the teams considered that could interfere with success during autonomously managed actions.
  • The design, development, and testing that was done for the robot’s autonomously managed actions.

Events Where It Is Awarded

• District Events
• Regional Competitions
• District Championship Divisions (for those Districts with multiple Divisions at their District Championships)
• District Championships (for those Districts with single Divisions at their District Championships)
• FIRST Championship Divisions