1. Objective

The objective of  Robo Dancing  is to make a robot  dance. The two aspects required in this category  are  physical  and  artistic.  Physically,  the  robot  should  display  smooth  and  stable dance  moves.  Artistically,  the robot  should synchronize  its motion to the music. The  dance should be appealing and creative.

2. Leagues

Junior / Challenge

3. Team

1~3  people  with  1~5  robots  per  team. The  numbers  of  robots must  be same  or more than the number of people in the team.

4. Rules

1. Music :
   • Standard:  Music  will  be  given  to  the  teams  on  the  competition  day.  (Less  than  1 minute long)
   • Free: All teams must prepare their own music. No limitation on genre. Length of music must be less than 1 minute and 20 seconds long.
2. How to Play:
   1. Standard
      • Robots need to be checked by the referees. (Refer to rule 5. )
      • Music  will  be  announced  on  the  game  day  when  all  teams  are  in  the  competition area.
      • Preparation: 2 to 4 hours in total. The length of the preparation may change depend on the difficulty of the mission.
      • Robot Mission: All teams must include mission motion in their dance.
      • All teams must place the robots on the playfields.
   2. Free
      • Robots need to be checked by the referees. (Refer to rule 5. )
      • The  team  must  provide  the  music  on  a  CD  to  the  committee  before  competition starts.
      • All teams must place the robots on the playfields.
   3. The team must compete both standard and free competition. Both result will be added to decide the winner.

5. The robot

1. All robots must be humanoid robots.
2. Robots  can  be  built   before  the  competition.   For  free  category,   it   should  be  pre programmed.
3. The size:
   • Heights: 40cm Maximum,
   • Weight: Less than 2 kg (including barratries but controller)
   • Foot size (surface): the width should be less than 60% of the length of the leg. The length should less than 80% of the length of the leg. (Refer to picture 1)
   • The longest part of the foot (including width, length and diagonal) should be less than 15 cm
4. The feet cannot cross when the robot stands. (Refer to picture 2)

6. General rules

 

1. The team can use a remote controller to start the robots. (Zigbee, Bluetooth or infrared rays only)
2. Teams  can  use  props  for  performance.  However,  dangerous  items,  such  as  fire crackers, liquid or sharps are not allowed.
3. Robot  should  not  be  touched  during  the  performance  however;  if  the  team  needs  to replace  a  robot  during  the  performance,  they  can  do  so,  however  a  deduction  of  the  total points will be incurred.
4. No adding, removing, or changing of hardware during the performance.
5. The teams must bring their own laptop with battery.
6. If all robots in a team fail to work, then the team will be disqualified. If 2 or more robots in the team work, the team can still perform with deductions from the total score.
7. The team must prepare the robot for different conditions such as light changes.
8. Any further discussion points that do not appear in these rules will be discussed among the committee during the competition day.

The  robot(s)  perform  to  a  pre-arranged  dance  composition.  The  dance composition  is completely  up  to  the  discretion  of  the  team  members.  There  is  no  restriction  or  preset selection.

7. The Playfield

1. The size of playfield is 160cmX240cm.
2. There may by side wall to prevent falling of robots.
3. The surface is white however, there may be some logos on it.
4. There may be some tapes on the surface to connect the playfield.

8. Evaluation

1. Scores from free and standard will be added to make up the final score for a team.
2. There will be a group of judges to mark the points. Maximum numbers of judges are 5.
3. There will be a 1 point deduction for each robot touch. Each inoperable robot will incur a 4 point deduction.
4. If the robots can’t be operated, 4 points will be deducted. (Even if there is more than 1 robot that is unable to operate, only 4 points will be deducted)
5. Evaluation

Area	Score	Note
Artistic	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Free
	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Standard
Combination	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Free
	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Standard
Creativity	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Free
	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Standard
Choreography	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Free
	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Standard
Technical	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Free
	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8       9      10	Standard
Deduction	Non-operateable:-4 Robottouch:-2eachtime	Free
	Non-operateable:-4 Robottouch:-2eachtime	Standard
Total

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