The Maryland State 4-H Robotics Challenge provides the opportunity for members to participate in an organized statewide robotics activity. Members in each county will form teams that will build robots to perform specific tasks. The county teams will then have the opportunity to compete at the Maryland State Fair. The Challenge will be divided into two divisions: the LEGO Challenge and the Robotics Engineering Challenge. Each of the divisions will be broken down into age divisions. Both divisions will have a Jr. Division (8-11), Intermediate Division (11-13) and a Senior Division (14-18). Mixed age teams will be allowed and will participate in the age division of the oldest member on the team. Teams in the LEGO division will have from 3-8 members and teams in the Robotic Engineering teams will have 2-4 member. The Robotics Challenges will be released each year on February1st.
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Maryland State 4-H Lego ChallengeThe playlist for the 4-H Lego Challenge Build Guide is here: https://bit.ly/2UiTsQJ Maryland 4-H LEGO Robotics Challenge will have members build robots using the LEGO Mindstorms NXT and LEGO parts. The challenge will be run on a 4’ X 4’ table. The robots will be required to start in a home base area and then travel autonomously through out the board completing predetermined tasks. The NXT robots will be preprogrammed utilizing icon based programming software. The robots will score points as they compete task with in a 2 minute 30 second time frame. Teams will complete three rounds with their best score counting toward their final score. Maryland 4-H LEGO Robotics Challenge will also require the team to present a technical presentation to a panel of judges. The teams will explain how their robot and attachment work and how they worked together to complete the challenge. A third component of the Maryland 4-H LEGO Robotics Challenge is the community service project. Each season the 4-H LEGO Robotics Challenge will have a theme. The team will be asked to develop a service project that supports the theme. The team will do a visual presentation for a panel of judges explaining their service project. The final score for each team will be based on combination of the best robot round, technical presentation and service project. |
4-H Robotics Engineering ChallengeThe Maryland 4-H Robotics Engineering Challenge will have members building larger robots up to 18”X18”X18” which will compete on a 12’ X 12’ playing field. The robot can be constructed from a variety of robotic platforms including but not limited to VEX, Tetrix, or LEGOs. The challenge will change every year. The first 30 seconds of the challenge will be performed by the robots autonomously. The final 2 minutes will be driver controlled through wireless controls. Teams will also interview by a panel of judges answering questions about their robot construction, team work and community activities. |