Upon arrival, the team is accompanied to their work space. The team members set up their material for the day. In Regional Competitions, the coach can still help if necessary. The computer may already be turned on, but no porgramming is allowed yet.
During the opening of the event, the surprise task is announced. An additional object is on the game field and must be transported, or another action must be performed with a known object. Each team can decide for themselves whether they want to include this surprise task into their program or not. However, as a rule, the additional element may not be removed from the game field.
During the test phases, the team has time to test and, if necessary, adapt the program to the circumstances of the day. As a rule, about 4 teams share a game field.
Shortly before the test phase is over, the robots must be placed in the robot parking lot. Hint: take your charging cable with you to the parking! Tablets also need to be taken to the robot parking, and laptops must be closed. Robots that are not in the parking area on time must not start in this run.
Now the judges check the robots: do they fit into the measuring cure of 25cm x 25cm x 25 cm? They also check that only permitted programs are on the robot. Only robots that conform to the regulations are allowed to start. While the robots are being checked, the head judge will announce the randomization for playing fields objects for this round.
Then the first competition run takes place. Points achieved and times will be recorded.
After lunch, there are three more test phases (60 minutes, then twice 30 minutes), robot checks and scoring runs.
After the 4th competition run, the teams tidy up their workspaces, while the organizers figure out the final results and write the certificates (and only the best two rounds count for the final result, and if two teams have the same number of points, the time is also taken into account). Then the results will be announced and awards given to the winners, and then the long competition day is over.