Below are the rough guidelines for the format and criteria for the line and maze interviews/Q&A sessions. We will provide a more detailed rubric/format, but we hope these would be a good first glance at how this section of the international competition will take place for the moment.
Rough guidelines for Line and Maze interviews and Q&A:
Format:
- Pre-recorded demonstration videos of the robot (format will be announced in due course)
- It is not expected for teams to have a “full” competition field. However, teams must prepare to demonstrate their robots in key scenarios presented in the rules.
- Presentation and Q&A in front of a panel of interviewers
- The presentation should focus on areas such as, your team, design decisions made, notable algorithms used, hardware and software innovations, and clever solutions.
- Teams may be asked to demonstrate their robots during the Q&A if feasible.
- Additional documentation
- Teams may decide to present additional documentation to accompany the demonstration videos and presentation.
- This can be in a website format and or written documentation (e.g.: Github readme)
- Any additional documentation should be publicly available and designed/presented for others to learn from (e.g.: a copy/paste of your code will not be of any use)
Criteria:
Below are some high level points on what will be on the rubric. The demonstrations and presentation will be weighted more than the additional documentation.
- Functionality of the robot:
- Assessing how well the robot performs against the 2021 rules
- Overall functionality (as opposed to the robot specialising in one particular task in the rules) is rewarded
- Innovation, exploration, and creativity:
- Use of new tools and technologies (both hardware and software), e.g.: use of 3D CAD to design the robot
- Depth of exploration and experimentation to improve/investigate certain aspects of the challenge
- Creative solutions and ideas to the challenges, which can be but not limited: mechanisms, algorithms, manufacturing techniques, team dynamics during the pandemic.
- Presentation quality, communication, response to Q&A
- Clarity of the slides, diagrams, and the speaker
- Clear and convincing responses to the Q&A
Kai
2021 TC