Competition mode Swiss final

In the RoboMission category, there are some changes in the Swiss final compared to the Regional Competitions:

1. The robot does not have to be reassembled, it can be brought along ready-made.
2. The competition itself is divided into two parts; in the morning the familiar tasks of the season are worked on, in the afternoon there is a completely new task on the same game field.

There are three construction and test phases in the morning: the first lasts 60 minutes, the second and third half an hour each. After each test phase, there is the usual robot check and a scoring run. The best of these three races counts towards the final result.

In the afternoon, there is a completely new task on the familiar game field with the familiar game objects. This afternoon challenge consists of two “halves” of 75 minutes each, in which the teams can try to solve as many subtasks as possible. The same basic rules apply as in the season challenge: the teams have 120 seconds and the robot must solve the tasks autonomously. They have two evaluated attempts in each half-time at a time of their choosing. Of the two attempts scored in each half, the better one counts towards the final result.

So it’s a question of strategy that each team has to find for itself: Would it be better to make a quick attempt and score points for an easy subtask? Or would it be better to fiddle around a little longer and speculate on more points, which are perhaps not yet so certain?