2012Judging Guidelines for

Exhibition & RoboFashion Dance

Updated Feb 20, 2012

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• Maximize Students’ STEM learning• Objective and Fair• Simple and efficient – Judges do not

have enough time before the closing ceremony for long discussion

Judging Philosophy

Judge Types and Roles

Chief Judge Judges

About 20% ofteams

Qualify for Regional and WorldChampionships

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Exhibition Judging (RFD judging also uses similar concept)

An example of science related autonomous robotics projectSr. Division First Place 2007: Farmington Harrison High School, Michigan GPS guided robotic boat monitoring and  measuring ecological data

• Complete freedom to show off any type of creative autonomous robotics project

• Must employ sensors• Human to Robot, Robot to Robot interaction

strongly encouraged (see next slides)• Math and Science components – No. 1 criteria

(25%)• Sharing online video (such as YouTube or

SchoolTube) is highly recommended

Exhibition Competition Category

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• Human <-> Robot• Robot <-> Robot(s)• Student programmed Host Computer <->

Robot(s)• Student programmed devices such as smart

phones or another controller operated by human player <-> Robot(s). But note that sensors must be used.

• RC (or Joystick) is not allowed. May be used only to start.

Possible Interactions Allowed for RFD and Exhibition (Not for Game)

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• Claps/Knocks – Sound Sensor• Flash Light – Light Sensor• Color Cards – Color Sensor• Waving Hands – Sonar Sensor• Gesture – On-board camera• …

Examples of Human <-> Robot Interactions

• IR communication (For example, Lego RCX)• Touch sensors• Light/Color sensor; special color jersey• RFID• Bluetooth or ZigBee• On-board camera – Robot gesture / visible

signal• ...

Examples ofRobot <-> Robot Interactions

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Exhibition Competition• Teams are supposed to demonstrate the project

whenever they have visitors• Silent Judges may visit team tables individually,

as if they are spectators• Official presentation when a group of Judges

visits the team table: Teams will have maximum 4 minutes for their team introduction, robot presentation, and demonstration

• Michigan Regional and World Championship will have People’s Choice award, decided by spectators

• They must inform judges that this is a “continued” project

• They must add new feature(s), or significantly improve or change a feature

If a team is continuing a prior year’s project…

Roles of Exhibition Judges (1)• Before the competition date:

– Visit team web pages– Watch team videos, if any are submitted

• Before the Opening Ceremony: Visit each team table to be familiar with the exhibitions

Roles of Exhibition Judges (2)• Score the official presentation & demo• Any time up to one hour before the closing:

– Visit team tables to interview teams– Read their posters– Ask for re-demonstrations, if needed– Inspect program code and robot(s)– Select top 50% teams and submit ranks of them

to the Chief Judge using the score sheet– Submit comments on ALL teams to the Chief

Judge using the Judging worksheet

Exhibition Competition Team Score is based on:

Application of math and science concepts 25%Originality (creativity and imagination; innovation) 20%Wow! factor & public demo performance (reliability) 20%Presentation methods and student attitude for spectators; Information on the team poster; Information on the web such as team video

10%

Source code and robot inspection 10%Complexity, size, and number of functions 5%Usefulness / Practicality 5%Entrepreneurial ideas and mindset, others 5%

• When a Judge is not a technical expert of a field, for example, program code inspection

• Ask other Judges about their opinions before you make final selections and ranking them

Possible Problems of this suggested Judging method and

How to solve the problem

Responsibilities of

Chief Exhibition Judge• One hour before the closing

– Meet with all Exhibition Judges– Collect score sheets with ranks & comments– Calculate total rank for each team using Excel with

help from Scorekeeper– Write comments for each team using Excel or paper

• During the closing ceremony– Briefly talk about strength and weakness of each

team– Announce award winners as well as qualified teams

to advance• After the event, submit all the comments, sheets, and

the Excel file to the scorekeeper

Exhibition Judging Worksheet

• A sample worksheet can be found on the web:– http://www.robofest.net/2012/ExhJudgeForm.pdf– http://www.robofest.net/2012/ExhJudgeForm.xls

• Note that Robofest will *not* post these worksheets from Judges

• Only final Excel file from Chief Judge and Chief Judge’s comments will be posted

An example: 5 Sr. Exhibition teams, 3 Judges, and a chief Judge

• Chief Judge will decide if there is a tie.• No. of teams to advance will be given

team ID Judge1 Judge2 Judge3 Total Award Advance

A 1 2 1 41st

place yes

B 5 5 5 15

C 2 1 2 5 yes

D 5 5 3 13

E 3 3 5 11

Judges' CommentsTeam ID Strength Suggestions to improve

A Excellent Science project Eye contact during the demoB … … C Very creative Need more reliability D E Practical project Employ math/science concepts

Example of Judges’ Comments – Should be read before announcing

winners

http://www.robofest.net/2012/ChiefJudgeCommentForm.dochttp://www.robofest.net/2012/ChiefJudgeCommentForm.pdf

RoboFashion & Dance Judging

Team SWATT, Kosciuszko Middle School, Hamtramck, MISynchronization by Bluetooth communication

• Two+ robots are recommended• Human to Robot, Robot to Robot interaction /

communication strongly encouraged (See previous slides)

• Stage– Two 6ft plastic (folding leg) tables should be used– Team decides orientation– Team will have freedom to design their landmarks

by themselves– Bring the tables to the competition site! (or let us

know if you need tables)

RoboFashion & Dance Show

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• Human to robot, Robot to robot interaction / communication / synchronization is important.

• Human players just dancing to the music with robots is *NOT* human to robot interaction

Note on Interactions

RoboFashion Judging Criteria• Team Intro and Presentation delivery (10%)• Wow! factor and Demo reliability (15%)• Artistic Choreography, Performance, whole

stage usage (15%)• Creativity and Innovation (10%)• Applying math & science concepts (15%)• Robot <-> Robot Interactions & synchronization

and Human <-> Robot Interactions (15%)• Code inspection (10%)• Robot mechanical design (10%)

Fashion & Dance Judging Worksheet

• A sample worksheet sheet can be found on the web:– http://www.robofest.net/2011/Fashion11JudgeForm.pdf– http://www.robofest.net/2011/Fashion11JudgeForm.xls

• Note that Robofest will *not* post these worksheets from Judges

• Only final Excel file from Chief Judge will be posted

• Basically each Judge selects best “n” teams and give their ranks to the Chief judge

• Chief Judge calculate total ranks• Please refer to Exhibition Judging guidelines

Roles of Chief Judge and Judges

Little Robots, Big Missions

Questions?

Contact:Dr. Chris Cartwright, Robofest Program Manager, ccartwrig@ltu.edu

Dr. CJ Chung, Robofest Director,chung@ltu.edu

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