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{{Short description|2006 FIRST Robotics Competition game}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Aim High (TV series)]], a 2014 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series}}
{{Infobox FRC Game
{{Infobox FRC Game
| game_title = Aim High
| game_title = Aim High
| logo = [[Image:Aim High Logo.png|200px]]
| logo = Aim High Logo.png
| year = 2006
| year = 2006
| number_teams = 1133<ref>[http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Who/Annual_Report-Financials/FirstAnnual06(1).pdf first inside spreads<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| number_teams = 1133<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Who/Annual_Report-Financials/FirstAnnual06(1).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121160628/http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Who/Annual_Report-Financials/FirstAnnual06%281%29.pdf |archive-date=21 January 2013 |title=2006 Annual Report |publisher=FIRST |access-date=15 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| number_regionals = 33
| number_regionals = 33<ref name=events/>
| championship_location = [[Georgia Dome]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
| championship_location = [[Georgia Dome]], [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
| chairman_winner = Team 111 – "Wildstang"<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST History |url=http://archive.usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=880 |publisher=FIRST |access-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606161827/http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/content.aspx?id=880 |archive-date= 6 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| chairman_winner = Team 111 – "Wildstang"
| wf_winner = Rob Mainieri<ref>[http://www2.usfirst.org/2006comp/events/EINSTEIN/awards.html Championship – Einstein<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| wf_winner = Rob Mainieri<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.usfirst.org/2006comp/events/EINSTEIN/awards.html |title=Championship – Einstein |publisher=FIRST |access-date=16 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930171344/http://www2.usfirst.org/2006comp/events/EINSTEIN/awards.html |archive-date=30 September 2011 }}</ref>
| founders_winner = [[United Technologies Corporation]]
| founders_winner = [[United Technologies Corporation]]
| champions = Team 296 – "Northern Knights"<br />Team 217 – "ThunderChickens"<br />Team 522 – "Robo Wizards"}}
| champions = Team 296 – "Northern Knights"<br />Team 217 – "ThunderChickens"<br />Team 522 – "Robo Wizards"
| prevseason = [[Triple Play (FIRST)|Triple Play]]
'''Aim High''' was the 2006 game for the [[FIRST Robotics Competition]]. The competition involved teams competing to gain points by delivering balls into goals and positioning their robots in certain positions on the playing field. The teams took it in turn to provide defence and attack.
| nextseason = [[Rack 'n Roll]]
}}
'''Aim High''' was the 2006 game for the [[FIRST Robotics Competition]]. The competition involved teams competing to gain points by delivering balls into goals and positioning their robots in certain positions on the playing field. The teams took it in turn to provide defense and attack.


==Game description==
==Game description==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2023}}
Aim High is played by two alliances, red and blue, each consisting of three robots. During a 10 second autonomous mode robots are programmed to score into any of the three goals: one raised center goal marked by a green vision target and two corner goals at floor level. At the end of the autonomous period the alliance with the most points will gain a 10 point bonus and will be placed on defense for round two. Rounds two, three and four are each 40 seconds long and are human-controlled rounds. Between rounds two and three the alliances switch from offense to defense or vice versa. At the start of round 4 any alliance can score into the corresponding goals. At the end of the match any alliance can receive bonus points by placing its three robots on a platform below the center goal. The alliance with the most points wins with scoring as follows: 3 points for any ball scored in the center goal, 1 point for any ball scored in the corner goals, 10 bonus points for scoring the highest in the autonomous round and 25 points for placing all 3 robots on the platform at the end (10 points for 2 robots and 5 points for 1 robot).
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Aim High was played by two alliances, red and blue, each consisting of three robots. During a 10-second autonomous mode robots were programmed to score into any of the three goals: one raised center goal marked by a green vision target and two corner goals at floor level. At the end of the autonomous period the alliance with the most points would gain a 10-point bonus and would be placed on defense for round two. Rounds two, three and four were each 40 seconds long and were human-controlled rounds. Between rounds two and three the alliances switch from offense to defense or vice versa. At the start of round 4 any alliance could score into the corresponding goals. At the end of the match any alliance could receive bonus points by placing its three robots on a platform below the center goal. The alliance with the most points won with scoring as follows: 3 points for any ball scored in the center goal, 1 point for any ball scored in the corner goals, 10 bonus points for scoring the highest in the autonomous round and 25 points for placing all 3 robots on the platform at the end (10 points for 2 robots and 5 points for 1 robot).


;Field layout
===Field layout===
The Aim High field has 6 goals and 2 platforms. Unlike previous years an alliance's goals are on the far side of the field. The field is flat and measures {{convert|54|ft|m}} long by {{convert|26|ft|m}} wide.
The Aim High field had 6 goals and 2 platforms. Unlike previous years an alliance's goals were on the far side of the field. The field was flat and measures {{convert|54|ft|m}} long by {{convert|26|ft|m}} wide.


;Alliance station
===Alliance station===
The alliance station wall is {{convert|26|ft|0|abbr=on}} long and stretches the width of the field. In the middle {{convert|18|ft|0|abbr=on}} of the alliance station wall is made of "diamond plate" aluminum from the floor to {{convert|3|ft|0|abbr=on}} high with clear acrylic filling the rest of the {{convert|3.5|ft|1|abbr=on}}. The outer edges of the wall consist of transparent polycarbonate. Above each alliance station there is a circular goal (the center goal), with a green light above it. The green light is used so that the [[CMUcam]] can lock onto it. On the bottom left and right of each alliance station there are two rectangular holes, the corner goals, through which balls can be maneuvered to receive points. In front of each alliance station there is a raised platform.
The alliance station wall was {{convert|26|ft|0|abbr=on}} long and stretched the width of the field. The middle {{convert|18|ft|0|abbr=on}} of the alliance station wall was made of "diamond plate" aluminum from the floor to {{convert|3|ft|0|abbr=on}} high with clear acrylic filling the rest of the {{convert|3.5|ft|1|abbr=on}}. The outer edges of the wall consisted of transparent polycarbonate. Above each alliance station there was a circular goal (the center goal), with a green light above it. The green light was used so that the [[CMUcam]] can lock onto it. On the bottom left and right of each alliance station there were two rectangular holes, the corner goals, through which balls can be maneuvered to receive points. In front of each alliance station there was a raised platform.


==Tournament structure==
==Tournament structure==
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The tournament structure of this competition is the same as in previous years. In the regional competitions teams were given access to their robots on the Thursday of the competition weekend. It is a practice day giving each team a number of practice rounds on the regulation playing field. Friday and the morning of Saturday is dedicated to a series of qualification rounds. Each team competed in around seven to ten matches. The number of wins by a team in these matches determines the team's ranking.
The tournament structure was the same as in previous years. In the regional competitions teams were given access to their robots on the Thursday of the competition weekend. It was a practice day giving each team a number of practice rounds on the regulation playing field. Friday and the morning of Saturday was dedicated to a series of qualification rounds. Each team competed in around seven to ten matches. The number of wins by a team in those matches determined the team's ranking.


Before a lunch break on Saturday the top eight teams from the qualification rounds are asked, in order from the top-seeded team to the eighth seed, to select an alliance of three robots. In contrast to previous years this order reverses for the second selection round and the eighth seed picks first and then backwards to the first seed. This was instituted to make the finals more competitive and balanced compared to previous years.
Before a lunch break on Saturday the top eight teams from the qualification rounds were asked, in order from the top-seeded team to the eighth seed, to select an alliance of three robots. In contrast to previous years this order reversed for the second selection round and the eighth seed picks first and then backwards to the first seed. This was instituted to make the finals more competitive and balanced compared to previous years.


After the lunch break the finals take place. This is a standard-elimination tournament bracket starting with alliance 1 facing alliance 8, alliance 2 facing alliance 7, and so on. At the end of the finals the last remaining alliance is declared the winner and all three teams are given the right to attend the national competition.
After the lunch break the finals took place. This was a standard-elimination tournament bracket starting with alliance 1 facing alliance 8, alliance 2 facing alliance 7, and so on. At the end of the finals the last remaining alliance was declared the winner and all three teams were given the right to attend the national competition.


==Kit of Parts==
==Kit of Parts==
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==Rules==
==Rules==
*Intentionally damaging another robot or the playing field is not allowed.
*Intentionally damaging another robot or the playing field is not allowed.
*No balls may exit the robot at a velocity greater than {{convert|12|m/s|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}.
*No balls may exit the robot at a velocity greater than {{convert|12|m/s|0|abbr=on}}.
*The shooter mechanism must remain within the dimensions of {{convert|28|in|0|abbr=on}} by {{convert|38|in|0|abbr=on}} by {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} tall. Intentionally "flopping" to drive or score with the {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} dimension on the ground is prohibited.
*The shooter mechanism must remain within the dimensions of {{convert|28|in|0|abbr=on}} by {{convert|38|in|0|abbr=on}} by {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} tall. Intentionally "flopping" to drive or score with the {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} dimension on the ground is prohibited.
*No part of the robot may extend more than {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} above the floor. If a robot is more than {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} high and it shoots a ball, or blocks a ball from being shot, a 5 point penalty per ball will be applied.
*No part of the robot may extend more than {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} above the floor. If a robot is more than {{convert|60|in|0|abbr=on}} high and it shoots a ball, or blocks a ball from being shot, a 5-point penalty per ball will be applied.
*Power supplies are limited to compressed air, a 12-volt motorcycle battery, and a 7.2-volt RC battery
*Power supplies are limited to compressed air, a 12-volt motorcycle battery, and a 7.2-volt RC battery


==Robots==
==Robots==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2011}}
There were many viable [[tactic (method)|tactics]] in Aim High. There were ball dumpers, floor shooters, ramp shooters and defensive robots.
There were many viable [[tactic (method)|tactics]] in Aim High. There were ball dumpers, floor shooters, ramp shooters and defensive robots.

===Ball dumpers===
===Ball dumpers===
The primary aim of a ball dumper is to collect balls that are either loaded into it via the human players or that it collects off of the floor. The ball dumper then moves to one of the lower goals and dumps all the balls into the lower goal for a significant amount of 1-point goals. Ball dumpers can be made to be very reliable in autonomous, as they do not depend on aiming and are difficult to block with an opposing ramming robot from across the field. Ball dumping teams must deal with defensive robots attempting to block their transit to and from the human loading zone, as well as teams that may simply block the lower goals to prevent them from dumping.
The primary aim of a ball dumper was to collect balls that were either loaded into it via the human players or that it collected off the floor. The ball dumper then moved to one of the lower goals and dumped all the balls into the lower goal for a significant number of 1-point goals. Ball dumpers could be made to be very reliable in autonomous, as they do not depend on aiming and were difficult to block with an opposing ramming robot from across the field. Ball dumping teams had to deal with defensive robots attempting to block their transit to and from the human loading zone, as well as teams that may simply block the lower goals to prevent them from dumping.

===Floor shooters===
===Floor shooters===
[[Image:Chewy2.jpg|thumb|right|Team 573's floor shooter]]
[[Image:Chewy2.jpg|thumb|right|Team 573's floor shooter]]
Floor shooters are the more common of the two shooter varieties. A majority fire mainly from a few feet in front of the ramp. Some (often referred to as ranged shooters, perimeter shooters or distant shooters) can fire from half the court distance or more. Floor shooters, especially those that fire from near the ramp, must contend with great amounts of defense to block their shots and dislocate them from shooting positions. A wide variety of shooting mechanisms can be found on floor shooters including two horizontally mounted spinnind discs, two vertically mounted (for the allowance of backspin), and singular mount spinning discs with a curved output track. Many use the CMUCam to some extent while shooting and a few even had automated turrets that automatically locked onto the target.
Floor shooters were the more common of the two shooter varieties. A majority fired mainly from a few feet in front of the ramp. Some (referred to as ranged shooters, perimeter shooters or distant shooters) could fire from half the court distance or more. Floor shooters, especially those that fired from near the ramp, had to contend with great amount of defense to block their shots and dislocate them from shooting positions. A wide variety of shooting mechanisms could be found on floor shooters including two horizontally mounted spinning discs, two vertically mounted (for the allowance of backspin), and singular mount spinning discs with a curved output track. Many used the CMUCam to some extent while shooting and a few even had automated turrets that automatically locked onto the target.


===Ramp shooters===
===Ramp shooters===
Ramp shooters are robots that use the height of the ramp to greatly reduce the distance that they must propel the ball. Ramp shooters drive up to their wall and fire balls through a high-mounted shooting mechanism that is statically aimed directly at the goal. Ramp shooters have a disadvantage from floor shooters as they must traverse the ramp, risking tipping, and can only shoot from one location directly in front of the goal. Defense against a ramp shooter is simply to sit in position on top of the ramp, or keep them from getting up the ramp.
Ramp shooters were robots that used the height of the ramp to greatly reduce the distance that they had to propel the ball. Ramp shooters drive up to their wall and fire balls through a high-mounted shooting mechanism that is statically aimed directly at the goal. Ramp shooters had a disadvantage from floor shooters as they had to traverse the ramp, risking tipping, and could only shoot from one location directly in front of the goal. Defense against a ramp shooter was simply to sit in position on top of the ramp, or prevent them from getting up the ramp.


===Defense===
===Defense===
Since scoring in the high goal in "Aim High" is difficult and as there are specific offense and defense periods defense plays a very large role. An effective defense prevents their opponents from gathering balls, dumping balls and shooting balls. A defensive robot is involved in a great deal of ramming and pushing and must have a very strong and durable drivetrain. A low centre of mass is a key asset so that the robot may play up and down the ramp without worry of tipping. In order to prevent robots from scoring a robot playing defense will attempt to attack the corners of the shooting robot causing it to spin. A few defensive bots had nets, walls or other defensive mechanisms to block shots.
Since scoring in the high goal in "Aim High" was difficult and as there were specific offense and defense periods defense plays a very large role. An effective defense prevented their opponents from gathering balls, dumping balls and shooting balls. A defensive robot was involved in a great deal of ramming and pushing and had to have a very strong and durable drivetrain. A low centre of mass was a key asset so that the robot could play up and down the ramp without worry of tipping. In order to prevent robots from scoring a robot playing defense will attempt to attack the corners of the shooting robot, which would cause it to spin. A few defensive bots had nets, walls or other defensive mechanisms to block shots.


==Competition season==
==Competitions==
{{main|2006 FIRST Robotics Competition season}}
The top three teams in each of the 33 Regional events were invited to attend a championship event at Atlanta GA.


===Events===
Regional Winners
The following regional events were held in 2006:<ref name="events">{{cite web|url=http://archive.usfirst.org/whatsgoingon|title=What Events And Teams Are In My Area?|publisher=FIRST|access-date=20 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125235732/http://archive.usfirst.org/whats-going-on|archive-date=25 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[http://www.newenglandregional.org/ UTC New England Regional] Winners:
* Arizona Regional - Phoenix, AZ
*Team 176 – Aces High – UTC Hamilton Sundstrand & Suffield High School & Windsor Locks High School – [http://www.aceshigh176.org/ Website]
* BAE Systems Granite State Regional - Manchester, NH
*Team 1124 – UberBots – UTC Fire and Security & Avon High School – [http://uberbots.org/ Website]
* Boilermaker Regional - West Lafayette, IN
*Team 177 – Bobcats – UTC Power & South Windsor High School -[http://bobcatrobotics.org/ Website]
* Boston Regional - Boston, MA
* Buckeye Regional - Cleveland, OH
* Chesapeake Regional - Annapolis, MD
* Colorado Regional - Denver, CO
* Davis Sacramento Regional - Davis, CA
* Detroit Regional - Detroit, MI
* Finger Lakes Regional - Rochester, NY
* Florida Regional - Orlando, FL
* GM/Technion Israel Regional - [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
* Great Lakes Regional - Ypsilanti, MI
* Greater Toronto Regional - Mississauga, ON, Canada (2 fields)
* Las Vegas Regional - Las Vegas, NV
* Lone Star Regional - Houston, TX
* Midwest Regional - Chicago, IL
* NASA/VCU Regional - Richmond, VA
* New Jersey Regional - Trenton, NJ
* New York City Regional - New York City, NY
* Pacific Northwest Regional - Portland, OR
* Palmetto Regional - Columbia, SC
* Peachtree Regional - Duluth, GA
* Philadelphia Regional - Philadelphia, PA
* Pittsburgh Regional - Pittsburgh, PA
* St. Louis Regional - St. Charles, MO
* SBPLI Long Island Regional - Hempstead, NY
* Silicon Valley Regional - San Jose, CA
* Southern California Regional - Los Angeles, CA
* UTC New England Regional - Hartford, CT
* Waterloo Regional - Waterloo, ON, Canada
* West Michigan Regional - Allendale, MI
* Wisconsin Regional - Milwaukee, WI


The championship was held in the Georgia Dome, Atlanta.
[http://www.floridafirstregional.com/ Florida Regional] Winners:
*Team 180 – S.P.A.M. Robotics – [[UTC]]/[[Pratt & Whitney]] LSP/ & Manufacturers Round Table & South Fork High School & Martin County High School & Jensen Beach High School & Clark Advanced Learning Center – [http://spamrobotics.com/ Website]
*Team 79 – Krunch – Honeywell Inc & East Lake High School – Clearwarer, FL – [http://krunch79.com/ Website]
*Team 1649 – [[Lockheed Martin]] & [http://www.windermereprep.com/ Windermere Preparatory School] & WPVA – Windermere, FL – [http://www.team1649.com/ Website]

[http://www.baesystemsfirst.org/regional/ Granite State Regional] Winners:
*Team 1276 – Midcoast School of Technology – Rockland, ME. [http://www.mcstrobotics.org Website]
*Team 133 – Eagle Industries Inc. & Bonny Eagle High School – Standish, ME. [http://bert133.org/ Website]
*Team 1519 – Mechanical Mayhem – BAE Systems & Milford Area Youth Homeschoolers Enriching Minds – Milford, NH. [http://www.mechanicalmayhem.org/ Website]

[http://www.virginiafirst.org NASA/VCU Regional] Winners:
*Team 1610 of Franklin High School in Franklin, VA. [http://teams.fnsnet.net/FRC/1610 Website]
*Team 343 of F. P. Hamilton Career Center in Seneca, SC. [http://www.metalinmotion.com Website]
*Team 1598 of George Washington High School in Danville, VA. [http://web.dps.k12.va.us/gwhs/first/homepage.htm Website]

[http://first.purdue.org/boilermakerregional Boilermaker Regional] Winners:
*Team 1272 – Tyrannical Mechanical – Hoosier Hills Career Center in Bloomington, IN. [http://www.bloomingtonrobotics.com Website]
*Team 85 – B.O.B. (Built On Brains) – Zeeland East & West High School in Zeeland, MI. [http://www.zeeland.k12.mi.us/zhs/firstteam/index.html Website]
*Team 1319 – Golden Strip Robotics – Greenville County Schools in Mauldin, SC. [http://www.gsr1319.com Website]

[http://www.mitc.org/first/ Chesapeake Regional] Winners:
*Team 1629 – Garrett Coalition – NASA/Beitzel Corporation & Garrett County Public Schools [http://www.team1629.com Website]
*Team 175 – Buzz Robotics – UTC Hamilton Sundstrand Space, Land & Sea & Enrico Fermi HS [http://www.buzzrobotics.org Website]
*Team 1184 – Cobra Robotics – DeWALT/JE JACOBS & Harford Technical HS [http://www.cobrarobotics.com/website/Robot.htm Website]

[http://www.midwestfirst.org Midwest Regional] Winners:
*Team 1756 – Team Argos – Caterpillar Inc/NASA & Manual High School & Peoria High School & Peoria Notre Dame High School & Richwoods High School
*Team 111 – Wildstang – Motorola & Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School [http://www.wildstang.org/ Website]
*Team 1810 – – Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation & Mill Valley High School

[http://www.msoe.edu/wisconsinfrcregional/ Wisconsin Regional] Winners:
*Team 111 – Wildstang – Motorola & Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School [http://www.wildstang.org/ Website]
*Team 1625 – Winnovation – NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation/Exelon Nuclear-Byron Generating Station & Winnebago High School
*Team 1816 – The Green Machine – NASA/Big Image Corporation & Edina High School [http://www.edinarobotics.com Website]

[http://www.peachtreeregional.org/ Peachtree Regional] Winners:
*Team 1261 – RoboLions – Gwinnett County / Cognex / [[Peachtree Ridge High School]] – [http://www.prhsrobotics.com Website]
*Team 1414 – iHot – Kimberly-Clark Corporation/Siemens/BellSouth Foundation/Microsoft/IBM/Patillo Construction Co./John Whitehead/Cisco/Alcatel/Weatherly Inc./MIKON & Atlanta International School – [http://www.ihotrobotics.org Website]
*Team 1057 – Burgess Pigment/Imerys/J. M. Huber/Sandersville Railroad/Sandersville Technical College/Thiele Kaolin & Brentwood School

[http://palmettofirst.engr.sc.edu/ Palmetto Regional] Winners:
*Team 11 – Mount Olive Robotics Team – [http://users.nac.net/morobot/ Website]
*Team 247 – Da'Bears – [http://www.247dabears.com/ Website]
*Team 1251 – Tech Tigers – [http://www.techtigers.com Website]

[http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1451 Arizona Regional] Winners:
*Team 1006 – Port Perry High School & GM of Canada (Engineering) – [http://www.team1006.ca Website]
*Team 60 – Ford Motor Company/Laron Incorporated/Southwire/Westcoast Netting & Kingman High School – [http://www.team60.com Website]
*Team 1897 – NASA & South Valley Academy [http://www.team1897.com/ Website]

Colorado Regional Winners
* Team 1158 – The Corps
* Team 1977 – Loveland High Robotics(LHR)
* Team 935 – RaileRobotics

Silicon Valley Regional Winners:
*Team 254 – NASA Ames & Bellarmine College Prep – [http://team254.bcp.org Website]
*Team 581 – BAE Systems & San Jose High Academy – [http://www.sjharobotics.org/ Website]
*Team 766 – Menlo-Atherton School – [http://www.marobotics.com/ Website]

Lone Star Regional Winners:
*Team 231- High Voltage – [[United Space Alliance]] & Pasadena ISD, Pasadena, TX- [http://www.team231.com/ Website]
* Team 1421- Team Chaos – Nasa, Picayune High School & Pearl River Central High School, Picayune, MS- [http://picayunerobotics.datastar.net/ Website]
*Team 418- Purple Haze – LASA Robotics Association/National Instruments & Liberal Arts & Science Academy of Austin, Austin, TX- [http://www.lasarobotics.org/ Website]

[http://www.firstrobotics.uwaterloo.ca/ Waterloo Regional] Winners:
*Team 1114 – Simbotics – General Motors – St. Catharines Powertrain & Governor Simcoe Secondary School [http://www.niagarafirst.org/ Website]
*Team 1503 – Spartonics – General Motors – St. Catharines Powertrain & OPG & Westlane Secondary School [http://www.spartonics.org Website]
*Team 1281 – Mustang Robotics – Town of Richmond Hill & Alexander Mackenzie High School – [http://www.mustangrobotics.ca Website]

Greater Toronto Regional Winners:
*Team 1114 – Simbotics – General Motors – St. Catharines Powertrain & Governor Simcoe Secondary School [http://www.niagarafirst.org/ Website]
*Team 1503 – Spartonics – General Motors – St. Catharines Powertrain & OPG & Westlane Secondary School [http://www.spartonics.org Website]
*Team 865 – Warp 7 – Toronto District School Board & Western Technical-Commercial School [http://www.warp7.ca Website]

Great Lakes Regional Winners:
*Team 1503 – Spartonics – General Motors – St. Catharines Powertrain & OPG & Westlane Secondary School [http://www.spartonics.org Website]
*Team 1114 – Simbotics – General Motors – St. Catharines Powertrain & Governor Simcoe Secondary School [http://www.niagarafirst.org/ Website]
*Team 67 – Heroes of Tomorrow – General Motors – GM Proving Grounds & Milford High School [http://www2.huronvalley.k12.mi.us/schools/mhs/activity/hot_team/index1.html Website]

Las Vegas Regional Winners:
*Team 25 – Raider Robotix – North Brunswick Township High School [http://www.raiderrobotix.org/ Website]
*Team 987 – HighRollers – Cimarron Memorial High School
*Team 8 – Paly Robotics – Palo Alto High School [http://robotics.engr.paly.net/ Website]

Buckeye Regional Winners:
*Team 272 – Lansdale Catholic Robotics – Visteon Automotive Systems/TPS Golf—AimPoint Technologies/Montgomery County Community College & Lansdale Catholic High School [http://www.frc272.com/ Website]
*Team 494 – Goodrich Martians – DaimlerChrysler/General Motors/Textron Fastening Systems & Goodrich High School [http://www.494martians.com/ website]
*Team 174 – The Arctic Warriors – UTC Carrier & Liverpool High School [http://snobot.org/ Website]

New Jersey Regional Winners:
*Team 25 – Radier Robotix – North Brunswick Township High School [http://www.raiderrobotix.org/ Website]
*Team 103 – Cybersonics
*Team 1279 – Cold Fusion

Davis/Sacramento Regional Winners:
*Team 1726 – The N.E.R.D.S. (Nifty Engineering Robotics Design Squad)[http://www.project1726.org/ Website]
*Team 852 – Athenian Robotics Collective [http://www.athenianrobotics.org/ Website]
*Team 1662 – Raptor Force Engineering

Finger Lakes Regional
*Team 1126 – Xerox Corporation & Webster High Schools
*Team 229 – Division by Zero – Clarkson SPEED Program & Massena Central High School & Salmon River High School
*Team 1567 – Bausch&Lomb/M&T Bank & East High School & School Without Walls

[http://www.sbpli-lifirst.org/ SBPLI Long Island Regional] Winners:
*Team 358 Festo & Hauppauge H.S.
*Team 271 – Bad Boys of Bayshore – BAE Systems/Verizion & Bay Shore High School
*Team 870 – Miller Environmental/Sea Tow International/RJN Tool and Automation/FESTO Corporation/Westhampton Glass and Metal/Lewis Marine Supply of Greenport/Westhampton True Value Hardware/Southold Rotary/Southold Kiwanis/Hart's True Value Hardware/Speonk Lumber/Lucas Ford/unlimited technologies & Southold Junior Senior High School
*Chairman's Award: Team 514 – RPM – G&L Precision Corp./Miller Place PTO/MP Robotics Boosters & Miller Place Schools [http://www.millerplacerobotics.com/ Website]
*Woodie Flowers Award: Mr. Pat Hughes/Team 514 [http://www.millerplacerobotics.com/ Website]
*Autodesk Visualization Award Team 564 Longwood High School & Gershow Recycling [http://www.longwoodrobotics.org/ Website]

[http://www.westmichiganregional.com/ West Michigan Regional] Winners:
*Team 503 – Frog Force – Intier Automotive & Novi High School
*Team 451 – The Cat Attack – [[Dana Corporation]] & Sylvania City Schools – [http://www.thecatattack.org/ Website]
*Team 70 – More Martians – General Motors/Chrysler Foundation/Kettering University & Goodrich High School

Philadelphia Regional Winners:
*Team 291- Creativity In Action
*Team 177- Bobcat Robotics
*Team 306- Corry Robotics Team

===The Championship===
====Winners====
Einstein Finals: Archimedes Division
*Team 296 – Northern Knights – <nowiki>Arial Foundation/</nowiki>[[Nortel Networks]] & [[Loyola High School (Montreal)|Loyola High School]]
*Team 217 – ThunderChickens – [[Ford Motor Company]]<nowiki>/FANUC Robotics Inc./B&K Corporation</nowiki> & [[Utica Community Schools]]
*Team 522 – Robo Wizards – New York Container Terminal/SI Bank & <nowiki>Trust Foundation/</nowiki>[[Consolidated Edison]]<nowiki>/Richmond</nowiki> County Savings <nowiki>Foundation/</nowiki>[[Northfield Savings Bank]] & Mckee Vocational High School

====Finalists====
Einstein Finals: Newton Division
* Team 25 – Raider Robotix – [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] & North Brunswick Twp. High School
* Team 968 – RAWC – [[West Covina High School]]
* Team 195 – Cyber Knights – Smiths Medical & [[Southington High School]]

====Division Winners====
Archimedes Division:
*Team 296 – Northern Knights – <nowiki>Arial Foundation/</nowiki>[[Nortel Networks]] & [[Loyola High School (Montreal)|Loyola High School]]
*Team 217 – ThunderChickens – [[Ford Motor Company]]<nowiki>/FANUC Robotics Inc./B&K Corporation</nowiki> & [[Utica Community Schools]]
*Team 522 – Robo Wizards – New York Container Terminal/SI Bank & <nowiki>Trust Foundation/</nowiki>[[Consolidated Edison]]<nowiki>/Richmond</nowiki> County Savings <nowiki>Foundation/</nowiki>[[Northfield Savings Bank]] & Mckee Vocational High School

Curie Division:
*Team 503 – Frog Force – Intier Automotive & Novi High School
*Team 451 – The Cat Attack – [[Dana Corporation]] & Sylvania City Schools – [http://www.thecatattack.org/ Website]
*Team 1139 – The Chamblee Gear Grinders – [[Chamblee Charter High School]]

Galileo Division:
*Team 177 – Bobcat Robotics – UTC Power & [[South Windsor High School]]
*Team 1126 – SPARX – [[Xerox|Xerox Corporation]] & Webster High Schools
*Team 201 – The FEDS – [[General Motors|GM]] & [[Rochester High School (Michigan)|Rochester High School]] <ref name=FIRST-Galileo>{{cite web|title=Championship - Galileo|url=http://www2.usfirst.org/2006comp/events/GALILEO/awards.html|publisher=FIRST|accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref>

Newton Division:
* Team 25 – Raider Robotix – [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] & North Brunswick Twp. High School
* Team 968 – RAWC – [[West Covina High School]]
* Team 195 – Cyber Knights – Smiths Medical & [[Southington High School]]

===National Chairman's Award Winner===
Team 111 – Wildstang


==References==
==References==
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*[http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2006_kickoff.php Kickoff movie] hosted by NASA.
*[http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/2006_kickoff.php Kickoff movie] hosted by NASA.
*[http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/doc_updt.htm 2006 game manual]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060423023505/http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/doc_updt.htm 2006 game manual]


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[[Category:2006 in robotics]]
[[Category:FIRST Robotics Competition games]]

Latest revision as of 20:32, 13 June 2024

Not to be confused with Aim High (TV series), a 2014 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series.
Aim High
Year2006
Season Information
Number of teams1133[2]
Number of regionals33[1]
Championship locationGeorgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
FIRST Championship Awards
Chairman's Award winnerTeam 111 – "Wildstang"[3]
Woodie Flowers Award winnerRob Mainieri[4]
Founder's Award winnerUnited Technologies Corporation
ChampionsTeam 296 – "Northern Knights"
Team 217 – "ThunderChickens"
Team 522 – "Robo Wizards"

Aim High was the 2006 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition. The competition involved teams competing to gain points by delivering balls into goals and positioning their robots in certain positions on the playing field. The teams took it in turn to provide defense and attack.

Game description

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Aim High was played by two alliances, red and blue, each consisting of three robots. During a 10-second autonomous mode robots were programmed to score into any of the three goals: one raised center goal marked by a green vision target and two corner goals at floor level. At the end of the autonomous period the alliance with the most points would gain a 10-point bonus and would be placed on defense for round two. Rounds two, three and four were each 40 seconds long and were human-controlled rounds. Between rounds two and three the alliances switch from offense to defense or vice versa. At the start of round 4 any alliance could score into the corresponding goals. At the end of the match any alliance could receive bonus points by placing its three robots on a platform below the center goal. The alliance with the most points won with scoring as follows: 3 points for any ball scored in the center goal, 1 point for any ball scored in the corner goals, 10 bonus points for scoring the highest in the autonomous round and 25 points for placing all 3 robots on the platform at the end (10 points for 2 robots and 5 points for 1 robot).

Field layout

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The Aim High field had 6 goals and 2 platforms. Unlike previous years an alliance's goals were on the far side of the field. The field was flat and measures 54 feet (16 m) long by 26 feet (7.9 m) wide.

Alliance station

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The alliance station wall was 26 ft (8 m) long and stretched the width of the field. The middle 18 ft (5 m) of the alliance station wall was made of "diamond plate" aluminum from the floor to 3 ft (1 m) high with clear acrylic filling the rest of the 3.5 ft (1.1 m). The outer edges of the wall consisted of transparent polycarbonate. Above each alliance station there was a circular goal (the center goal), with a green light above it. The green light was used so that the CMUcam can lock onto it. On the bottom left and right of each alliance station there were two rectangular holes, the corner goals, through which balls can be maneuvered to receive points. In front of each alliance station there was a raised platform.

Tournament structure

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The tournament structure was the same as in previous years. In the regional competitions teams were given access to their robots on the Thursday of the competition weekend. It was a practice day giving each team a number of practice rounds on the regulation playing field. Friday and the morning of Saturday was dedicated to a series of qualification rounds. Each team competed in around seven to ten matches. The number of wins by a team in those matches determined the team's ranking.

Before a lunch break on Saturday the top eight teams from the qualification rounds were asked, in order from the top-seeded team to the eighth seed, to select an alliance of three robots. In contrast to previous years this order reversed for the second selection round and the eighth seed picks first and then backwards to the first seed. This was instituted to make the finals more competitive and balanced compared to previous years.

After the lunch break the finals took place. This was a standard-elimination tournament bracket starting with alliance 1 facing alliance 8, alliance 2 facing alliance 7, and so on. At the end of the finals the last remaining alliance was declared the winner and all three teams were given the right to attend the national competition.

Kit of Parts

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There were several changes in the kit of parts in 2006:

  • The inclusion of the National Instruments LabVIEW program
  • CMUcam II, including a pan/tilt assembly with servos, designed to follow an illuminated target
  • A new robot controller based on the PIC18F8722 instead of the PIC18F8520
  • A new EasyC programming tool
  • New wider CIM motors with drive belts
  • New smaller Window motors
  • A new smaller and lighter backup battery charger
  • An Infrared transmitter and receiver (for broken beam detection)
  • A Digital camera and Picasa software donated by Google

Rules

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  • Intentionally damaging another robot or the playing field is not allowed.
  • No balls may exit the robot at a velocity greater than 12 m/s (39 ft/s).
  • The shooter mechanism must remain within the dimensions of 28 in (711 mm) by 38 in (965 mm) by 60 in (1,524 mm) tall. Intentionally "flopping" to drive or score with the 60 in (1,524 mm) dimension on the ground is prohibited.
  • No part of the robot may extend more than 60 in (1,524 mm) above the floor. If a robot is more than 60 in (1,524 mm) high and it shoots a ball, or blocks a ball from being shot, a 5-point penalty per ball will be applied.
  • Power supplies are limited to compressed air, a 12-volt motorcycle battery, and a 7.2-volt RC battery

Robots

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There were many viable tactics in Aim High. There were ball dumpers, floor shooters, ramp shooters and defensive robots.

Ball dumpers

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The primary aim of a ball dumper was to collect balls that were either loaded into it via the human players or that it collected off the floor. The ball dumper then moved to one of the lower goals and dumped all the balls into the lower goal for a significant number of 1-point goals. Ball dumpers could be made to be very reliable in autonomous, as they do not depend on aiming and were difficult to block with an opposing ramming robot from across the field. Ball dumping teams had to deal with defensive robots attempting to block their transit to and from the human loading zone, as well as teams that may simply block the lower goals to prevent them from dumping.

Floor shooters

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Team 573's floor shooter

Floor shooters were the more common of the two shooter varieties. A majority fired mainly from a few feet in front of the ramp. Some (referred to as ranged shooters, perimeter shooters or distant shooters) could fire from half the court distance or more. Floor shooters, especially those that fired from near the ramp, had to contend with great amount of defense to block their shots and dislocate them from shooting positions. A wide variety of shooting mechanisms could be found on floor shooters including two horizontally mounted spinning discs, two vertically mounted (for the allowance of backspin), and singular mount spinning discs with a curved output track. Many used the CMUCam to some extent while shooting and a few even had automated turrets that automatically locked onto the target.

Ramp shooters

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Ramp shooters were robots that used the height of the ramp to greatly reduce the distance that they had to propel the ball. Ramp shooters drive up to their wall and fire balls through a high-mounted shooting mechanism that is statically aimed directly at the goal. Ramp shooters had a disadvantage from floor shooters as they had to traverse the ramp, risking tipping, and could only shoot from one location directly in front of the goal. Defense against a ramp shooter was simply to sit in position on top of the ramp, or prevent them from getting up the ramp.

Defense

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Since scoring in the high goal in "Aim High" was difficult and as there were specific offense and defense periods defense plays a very large role. An effective defense prevented their opponents from gathering balls, dumping balls and shooting balls. A defensive robot was involved in a great deal of ramming and pushing and had to have a very strong and durable drivetrain. A low centre of mass was a key asset so that the robot could play up and down the ramp without worry of tipping. In order to prevent robots from scoring a robot playing defense will attempt to attack the corners of the shooting robot, which would cause it to spin. A few defensive bots had nets, walls or other defensive mechanisms to block shots.

Competition season

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Main article: 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition season

Events

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The following regional events were held in 2006:[1]

  • Arizona Regional - Phoenix, AZ
  • BAE Systems Granite State Regional - Manchester, NH
  • Boilermaker Regional - West Lafayette, IN
  • Boston Regional - Boston, MA
  • Buckeye Regional - Cleveland, OH
  • Chesapeake Regional - Annapolis, MD
  • Colorado Regional - Denver, CO
  • Davis Sacramento Regional - Davis, CA
  • Detroit Regional - Detroit, MI
  • Finger Lakes Regional - Rochester, NY
  • Florida Regional - Orlando, FL
  • GM/Technion Israel Regional - Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Great Lakes Regional - Ypsilanti, MI
  • Greater Toronto Regional - Mississauga, ON, Canada (2 fields)
  • Las Vegas Regional - Las Vegas, NV
  • Lone Star Regional - Houston, TX
  • Midwest Regional - Chicago, IL
  • NASA/VCU Regional - Richmond, VA
  • New Jersey Regional - Trenton, NJ
  • New York City Regional - New York City, NY
  • Pacific Northwest Regional - Portland, OR
  • Palmetto Regional - Columbia, SC
  • Peachtree Regional - Duluth, GA
  • Philadelphia Regional - Philadelphia, PA
  • Pittsburgh Regional - Pittsburgh, PA
  • St. Louis Regional - St. Charles, MO
  • SBPLI Long Island Regional - Hempstead, NY
  • Silicon Valley Regional - San Jose, CA
  • Southern California Regional - Los Angeles, CA
  • UTC New England Regional - Hartford, CT
  • Waterloo Regional - Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • West Michigan Regional - Allendale, MI
  • Wisconsin Regional - Milwaukee, WI

The championship was held in the Georgia Dome, Atlanta.

References

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  1. ^ a b "What Events And Teams Are In My Area?". FIRST. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "2006 Annual Report" (PDF). FIRST. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. ^ "FIRST History". FIRST. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Championship – Einstein". FIRST. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
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