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2014 - 2015 UCI PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING PROJECT
2020HIGH
– 2021 RESCUE
SCHOOL ROBOTICSPACKET
ENTRY PARTICIPATION DESIGN
Competition Participant Packet
UCI Performance Engineering Program Managers
Professor Michael McCarthy, UCI Henry Samuel School of Engineering
Dr. Brian Dozer, Vital LinkOVERVIEW
The program is a collaboration with UCI, Vital Link and the Orange County School Districts. The mission is to provide STEM education
in a hands-on, classroom/project-based learning environment through student participation in a Rescue Robotics Program and
Competition. The program is open to middle school, high school, and college teams.
The program will help students display computer programing skills, as well as skills in analysis, research and testing, and
personnel/cost management that is integrated into the classroom curriculum. During the development phase teams will build
ground robot, aerial robot, or fixed wing rescue robots using open source material resources which may include: Arduino, Raspberry
PI, servo motors, smartphones, Robot OC, Cloud storage on competition day. Using maps, GPS devices and power of deduction,
robots will navigate through a natural outdoor environment to locate and record x and y coordinates on a 200 x 200 foot grid. The
team that records the most accurate coordinates at the end of the period will be recognized.
Donations, grants, and team entry fees provide funding for the overall program.
SCOPE
The program is open to middle school, high school, and college teams.
Criteria for selection to participate:
RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR 2020-2021:
Identify a teacher representative for the team and a senior administrator representative. These are the people who will receive
announcements and notices of meetings and who will attend meetings on behalf of your vehicle/team entry or who will find a
qualified substitute to attend the meetings. These people will be identified as your organization’s primary contact with the. UCI
Rescue Robotics Management Team.
Attend at least four planning meetings with a mentor of the design engineering industry. This mentor is someone who will be
able to provide assistance and detailed entry progress as well as report back to you on important program participation and
technical details. You must email your confirmed meeting mentor dates to (Autumn@vitallinkoc.org).
Attend at least one meeting a month with the college mentor to provide assistance and detailed entry progress discussed with
design engineering industry mentor.
Commit to being an active and contributing participant in the Rescue Robotics Competition, attending meetings, sharing ideas
and/or resources.
Mandatory submission of both Design Brief and Design Video.
Complete Online Registration in order to be eligible to participate. (See “Rules Overview” for registration link)
Provide a support letter from a senior administrator. Submit by email to Autumn Gekko (Autumn@vitallinkoc.org). Sample
attached
Submit all requested forms/documentation (waivers, code of conduct, photo release, and design documents) by
Friday, January 29, 2021 and submit them to Vital Link before/by Friday, April 2, 2021.
Comply with all project and participation rules.
For more information about participation contact: Autumn Gekko, Autumn@vitallinkoc.org
2ADMINISTRATOR SUPPORT LETTER
Date
Dear UCI Rescue Robotics Management Committee,
I am writing to express my support for, [School Name] to become a
participant in the 2020 - 2021 UCI Rescue Robotics Competition. This participation will provide a unique and engaging
STEM hands-on student activity related to programming and robotics.
As a participant, [School District] will play a vital role in the
support of our students and teacher(s) and their participation in this program. With this participation, we also agree to
attend required meetings in advance of the Rescue Robotics Competition or send a designated representative and also
meet all robotic and safety requirements as presented by the organizers of this program.
I strongly support this participation, as it represents a positive contribution to the field of STEM education. I have
appointed [Teacher] to act as our Institutional Representative to carry out the
responsibilities associated with the UCI Rescue Robotics Competition and to keep our institution aware of associated
activities.
Signed,
Name
Title
3ELIGIBILITY
Middle school and/or high school student participants that are currently enrolled in a public or private school or be a home-schooled middle school
or high school student.
Any student who has already graduated from high school may not be on a high school team, but can mentor that team.
College and graduate student participants must be currently enrolled in a 2-year or 4 year college or University. If they have already graduated
and are no longer enrolled, they may “mentor” a team.
REGISTRATION AND ENTRY FEE
Register online: TYPEFORM HERE Due: Friday, December 18, 2020
Teams roster submitted online to Autumn Gekko at Autumn@vitallinkoc.org by Friday, January 22, 2021.
The Entry Fee for 2020-2021 is $1,800.00. Each additional vehicle will have a $250 fee. (Example: total fee for school with 1 robot is $1,800.
School with 2 robots is $2,050). Deadline for Entry Fee: Friday, January 22, 2021.
MEMBERSHIP
Upon receipt of the Registration Form and Entry Fee Payment, teams will be considered members of the UCI Rescue Robotics Competition. In
order to participate in any of the programs, teams must be members in good standing.
WITHDRAWAL
Any team that withdraws from Project participation or any program, must provide written notice as soon as possible to Neda Arab,
Neda@vitallinkoc.org.
**In order to receive a refund of the entry fee, withdrawal from competition must be made before Friday, February 26, 2021. Any team who
withdraws after this date will not be refunded the entry fee**
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS
All teams are required to read and follow official rules and announcements regarding the program. These announcements will be sent to the
designated faculty team leader.
DESIGN BRIEF AND DESIGN VIDEO
A written design brief and video presentation must be emailed to Autumn, Autumn@vitallinkoc.org by Sunday, March 21, 2021 by 11:59 PM. The
Design Brief should be at least 8 pages of written information with additional pictures or sketches of robot. The team Design Video must be
between 2:50 – 3:00 minutes long. All Design Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, made public, and shared with Autumn@vitallinkoc.org by
Sunday, March 21, 2021 by 11:59 PM. Each team must present their PowerPoint Presentation online to a panel of industry professionals on a
provided platform on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
See P. 7-10 for Design Brief & Design PowerPoint Presentation information on guidelines, rubric, and list of award levels
4OFFICIAL RULES CONT
FACULTY TEAM LEAD
Each team must have a Faculty Team Lead assigned to their team. This advisor must fulfill their duties listed below in order to
maintain team eligibility. All teams are required to read and respond to announcements/requests for information that are
sent to the Faculty Team Lead.
Attend all Project meetings for Faculty Team Leads during the school year. If unable to attend, a representative for the advisor
must attend in their place.
Submit the Administrative Support Letter (Signed by Dean, Principal, or CTE Director). Email to Autumn Gekko,
Autumn@vitallinkoc.org
Agree to abide by all decisions of the Rescue Robotics Competition Management Team and the Administrative Advisory Panel.
Act as a role model to students
Advise team on general engineering theory and fabrication skill development but the faculty advisor may not create any part
of the Design Brief presentation and related documents.
Witness original parent and guardian signatures and sign to that effect on the Waiver of Liability forms.
Adhere to the “RESPONSIBILITES OF PARTICIPATING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR 2020-2021” found on Page 3 of
this booklet.
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
As the organizers of the project, Vital Link OC reserves the right to revise the program schedule and/or to interpret the program
rules at any time and in any manner, which is their sole judgment, required for efficient operation or safety of the program.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY PANEL
The Administrative Advisory Panel will include administrators from the districts and ROP’s of participating teams. They will advise
the Rescue Robotics Competition Management Team on project direction, possible changes, and issues brought to them related to
the programs.
5IMPORTANT DATES
Date Time Location What
Friday, November 2:30 pm – 4:00 Provided Zoom Link Administrator’s Meeting
13TH, 2020 pm
MANDATORY
Tuesday, November 4:30 pm – 6:00 Provided Zoom Link Orientation/ Teacher’s Meeting
17th, 2020 pm
MANDATORY
Friday, December 18, End of Day Autumn@vitallinkoc.org Official Registration and Administrator Support Letter Due
2020
Friday, January 22nd , End of Day Payments to Vital Link Registration Fees Due
2021
Friday, February 26th, 5:00 pm Neda@vitallinkoc.org Final day to withdrawal from competition in order to receive a
2021 fee refund
Sunday, March 21st, Midnight Google Drive/YouTube Final Day to submit Design Brief & Design PowerPoint
2021 Links Presentation. All links should be emailed to Aurea Lawson at
MANDATORY Autumn@vitallinkoc.org.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021 9:00am - Provided Zoom Link Design Review Presentation Date – All teams will present to a
1:00pm panel of judges and industry professionals.
MANDATORY
For more information or questions contact:
Autumn Gekko, Autumn@vitallinkoc.org
6Design Review Guidelines
DESIGN BRIEF SUBMISSION – Sunday, March 21, 2021 DESIGN VIDEO SUBMISSION - Sunday, March 21,
A written Design Brief must be submitted electronically by March 2021
26, 2021. This is four weeks before the March 21st - Design A Design Presentation must be submitted electronically by March
Presentation. A written design brief and video presentation must 26, 2021. This is four weeks before the March 21st - Design
be emailed to Autumn Gekko, Autumn@vitallinkoc.org by Sunday, Presentation. The team Design Video must be between 2:50 – 3:00
March 21, 2021 by 11:59 PM. The Design Brief should be at least 8 minutes long. All Design Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, made
pages of written information with additional pictures or sketches of public, and shared with Autumn@vitallinkoc.org by Sunday, March
robot. Engineering Graduate students will score your Design Brief 21, 2021 by 11:59 PM. Each team must present their PowerPoint
based on elements in the Design Brief Scoring Rubric. Presentation online to a panel of industry professionals on a
The following topics must be covered in the Design provided platform on Friday, April 23, 2021. Presentations will be
scored along with you Design Brief based on elements in the Design
Brief:
Brief Scoring Rubric.
1. Faculty and College Mentor Advisor(s)
The following topics must be covered in the Design Video:
2. Industry Advisor(s) and Background 1. Faculty and College Mentor Advisor(s)
3. Schedule of Meetings with Advisors and Mentors 2. Team Members/Titles/Assignments
3. Basic Robot Configuration & Description
4. Team Members/Titles/Assignments 4. Video uploaded to YouTube, must be made “Public” and no
5. Organization Chart & Subsystem Team Responsibilities copyright context.
5. All videos must be between 2:50 – 3:00 minutes
6. Robot Vehicle Design
7. Robot System Organization and Communication
8. Navigation and Search Strategy DESIGN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION – Friday,
9. Sensors and Survivor Verification APRIL 23, 2021
10. Design Drawings & Parts List Teams will present for mentors and industry professionals
11. Performance Evaluation – Vehicle weight, ground on a provided Zoom Link.
speed, survivor verification cycle time.
12. Timeline, To Do List, Assembly & Finish Plan RECOGNITION & SCORING
13. Description of Marketing and Advisor Outreach 1. Written Design Brief and video (at least 8 pages, not
14. What challenges has your team faced and how have including photo pages). This accounts for 60% of the team
you overcome these challenges? score.
15. Why do you think your system will win? 2. Design PowerPoint Presentation will account for 40% of the
16. Additional items (in the Appendix) - pictures, team score.
3. All scores are based on the Design Review Presentation
marketing materials, etc.
Rubric.
RECOGNITION
Top teams will be recognized:
1st, 2nd & 3rd Place – (ground)
1st, 2nd & 3rd Place – (aerial)
1st, 2nd & 3rd Place – (multi-bot)
7Design Presentation Organizer
Process Criteria Team Member Notes
Responsibility
Goal: the goal of the project and system requirements. One
sentence goal statement, measurable system requirements
Background: overview of system design. Deconstruct the
system into subsystems; provide drawings, photographs
and experiments if any.
Team Organization: present the organization chart.
Identify subsystem teams and team leads, explain how
design trade-offs are managed.
Subsystem Presentation: describe each subsystem design
A. Subsystem A - goal, block diagram, functions and
interfaces, hardware and software components
B. Subsystem B – goal, block diagram, functions and
interfaces, hardware and software components
List of Software and Hardware Module Assembly Plan:
provide list of assemblies, list of fabricated parts, list of
purchased parts and total estimated cost. Define software
modules downloaded or written. Outline a assembly
process and estimate the cost and time to a finished
product.
Describe the results, innovation & business opportunity:
identify the feature or features that distinguish this product
from the competition. Describe the target market, its size
and location and estimate a sales price and volume.
Plan: describe the plan and schedule for next phase
Summary & Team Photo
NOTES:
8Design Presentation Rubric
Reviewer: School/Team:
NOT YET SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL: VERY TOTAL COMMENTS
SUCCESSFUL: SUCCESSFUL: 5-6 points SUCCESSFUL: SCORE
0-2 points 3-4 points 7 points
INFORMATION: Faculty Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Advisor, Industry detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
Advisor/Background, information information deficiencies and and well-written
Team Members, Titles, provided and could be more
1
Assignments, needs more comprehensive
Organization Chart and detail
Subsystem Team
Responsibilities
Basic Robot Configuration Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
and Description detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
2
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Robot System Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Organization and detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
Communication information information deficiencies and and well-written
3
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Navigation and Search Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Strategy detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
4
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Sensors and Survivor Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Verification Description detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
5 provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Design Drawings and Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Parts List detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
6 provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Performance Verification Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
(Vehicle weight, detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
estimated ground/air information information deficiencies and and well-written
7
speed, survivor provided and could be more
verification cycle time). needs more comprehensive
detail
Design Drawings and Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Parts List detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
8
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
9Performance Evaluations Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
(weight, center of gravity, detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
acceleration time, skid information information deficiencies and and well-written
9
pad time, energy usage) provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Timeline, To Do List, Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Assembly and Finish Plan detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
10
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Description of Marketing Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
and Advisor Outreach detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
11
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Description of Challenges Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Faced and How They detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
Were Overcome information information deficiencies and and well-written
12
provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Details of Why This Team Lacks significant Good effort but Well done, but Complete,
Thinks They Will Win detail and minimal has minor comprehensive
information information deficiencies and and well-written
13 provided and could be more
needs more comprehensive
detail
Format, Structure,
14 Grammar, Spelling(circle
a score) 0-1 point 2 points 3 points 4-5 points
15 Appendix: pictures,
marketing materials 1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points
TOTAL
OVERALL COMMENTS:
For more information about participation contact: Autumn Gekko, Autumn@vitallinkoc.org
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