RESCUE LINE AND RESCUE MAZE
A variety of team resources, including rules, are posted below. Please note that a team member cannot participate on more than one RoboCupJunior USA team. In addition, teams cannot share robots.
Rules
The USA rescue competition will use the 2023 international rules:
Awards
In addition to the robot rescue challenge, a panel of experts will interview each team and be responsible for awarding up to six judged awards. The teams will be judged as a combined pool of Rescue participants, not by sub-league. The awards we could provide are:
Teamwork - given for dedication to collaborative processes internal to the team
Programming and Algorithm Design - given for high quality code and software techniques
Mechanical Design - given for excellence in the robot’s mechanical form and features
Sensor Usage - given for surprising, clever or novel ideas in the use of sensor feedback on the robot
Interview - given for excellence in presentation during the interview process
Documentation - given for clear and accessible explanations of the robot at all levels in team documentation (journals, websites, posters, etc).
The awards listed above supersede the awards listed in Section 4 of the international rules.
NOTE: Because of the low number of teams participating this year, the judge awards might not be given out but teams that excelled in some of the categories would be acknowledged during the award ceremony.
Competition Field Construction
If you want to build a Rescue Line field that is nearly identical to the fields used at the competition, please refer to the following pdf: Rescue Line Table
Unfortunately, we do not have design documents for the Rescue Maze field.
RESCUE LINE
RESCUE MAZE
Quick Resource Links
Videos to help learn Rescue Maze:
Learning video about RCJ Maze – The Robot Design and Algorithms
Presentation on the Maze Robot (shown at the 2018 Montreal Symposium)
RCJ USA Discord Server for technical questions and discussion. If you don’t already have a Discord account, you will need to create one.
RESCUE SIMULATION
Rules
The official 2023 Rescue Simulation Rules
Awards
Rescue Simulation will have the same awards as Rescue Maze and Rescue Line (above), except there will be no Mechanical Design or Sensor Usage award.
To get started
Learn more about the Erebus Rescue Maze Simulator System
Visit the Webots-Erebus Simulation Website to obtain the Webots installation instructions and other required components, including the Erebus release and other environments needed to compete.
Quick Resource Links
Webots-Erebus Simulation in the RCJ Forum
RCJ USA Discord Server for technical questions and discussion. If you don’t already have a Discord account, you will need to create one.
RESCUE SIMULATION ENTRY LEVEL (USA ONLY)
This simulates the competitive environment of the RoboCupJunior Rescue Line and Rescue Maze sub-league competition.
Rules
Please access the 2024 Rescue Simulation Entry Level Rules to get started.
Sample Field
Please access this Rescue Line Simulation Document for rules and “How to Get Started”.
Awards
Rescue Simulation Entry Level will have the same awards as Rescue Maze and Rescue Line (above), except there will be no Mechanical Design or Sensor Usage award.
Quick Resource Links
RCJ USA Discord Server for technical questions and discussion. If you don’t already have a Discord account, you will need to create one.