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Each alliance is comprised of two teams with each team having three students and one mentor. Each team competes using one team-built robot. There are sixty (60) size 5 soccer balls. Balls will be inflated to the manufacturer’s specifications for pressure. There are three (3) goals with castered wheels around the bases that may be moved around the playing field. All goals start equally spaced across the center of the playing field. The playing field is broken up into 5 zones. The robots may grab goals and move them to strategic points around the field or they may collect balls on the field and load them into goals. The robots must compete within the bounds of the playing field while the students are located at stations just outside the playing field. Only students may return balls from the Alliance station to the playing field. At the start of each match, each alliance station contains ten (10) orange soccer balls. Twenty (20) yellow soccer balls will be centered along each side of the playing field. All balls may be used to score points. At the end of each match, points are awarded as outlined below:

• One (1) point for each ball if all conditions below are true:
  • Contained in or supported by a goal
  • Not in contact with or supported by your alliance's robot (Opposing alliance touching balls in a goal does not negate their value)
  • Not in contact with the carpet
  • The goal is "in" your ball zone (The proper ball scoring zones are Zones 1, 2, 4, and 5)
• Ten (10) points for each goal in your goal zone (Zone 2 or 4)
• Ten (10) points for each robot in your robot zone (Zone 1 or 5)

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