CoSpace Rescue Simulation Curriculum

Current/Recent Competition Information

SG Open 2022 – Competition Link (new maps & results submission)

Sample Map – SG 2022 Prelim 1

• Warm-Up: 26 March – Newsletter #1
• Prelims: 2 & 9 April – Newsletter #2
  • There’s a discrepancy on creating the Project Folder – Use Team ID for everything
• Online Finals: On Zoom 16 April (SAT) – Newsletter #3
  • Map available 2:45pm, Submit by 6:00pm
  • Make sure to prep a second device or your PC webcam for the Zoom (proof you are working on your own with no adult help)
• Video Submission Deadline: 17 April (only for finalists)
  • Guideline – Please take special note of the new “How To” & “Real World” sections requirements
  • Presentation Template
  • Sample Videos from past few years – note there are significant changes to the presentation template:
    • U19, U19, FS U19
    • U12, FS U12
• Onsite Finals (Invite Only):
  • Pre-Event Zoom Intervie: 14-15 May
  • Science Center: 27-28 May

Getting Setup

RCAP – Intro Videos

To download latest Robocup CoSpace Rescue Simulator click here
(You will need to uninstall previous versions if you downloaded before. This will also delete the default folder where you save your AI files, unless you’ve saved them on a thumb drive or custom area).

The Basics

• Lesson 1 – Rules & UI Basics
• Lesson 2 – Avoid Walls & Pickup Objects
• Lesson 3 – Avoid Traps & Deposit Objects
• Lesson 4 – Testing, Debugging & Competitions

Tinkering

• Lesson 5 – Pickup Advanced Conditions & Other Optimizations
• Lesson 6 – Time, Teleport, and World 2
• Lesson 7 – Testing & Debugging Part 2: printf()

Strategic Algorithms / State Machines

• Lesson 8 – Wall-Following
• Lesson 9 – RRGGBB
• Lesson 10 – Double-Points Zone Strategy

Way-Finding

• Lesson 11- Compass, Heading, and Basic WayFinding
  • Sample Go to & Stay in 0,0 (U12)
• (Secondary) Lesson 12- Coordinates & Trigonometry
• (Secondary) Lesson 13- Obstacle Avoidance during Wayfinding (Bug Algorithms)

State/WayFinding DEMO Code

Rescue_U19 demo (comes with 24.4.4.0 installer) – fixed bugs, and added simple State Machine to travel towards Blue Area with Black Objects… (Challenge Map #3)

Gone to C!

• (Secondary) Lesson 14- ai.c
• (Secondary) Lesson 15 – Function Libraries
  • Sample ColorSensor Function Library and tester
    • Use online IDE, like Programiz Onlince C Compiler
    • Copy code from above library/tester into the C Compiler window, and Execute
    • Make changes to get all test cases to pass.
      You can save the passing C code as a color library for later use in your ai.c
    • Consider adding test cases for Trap, Collection Box, Special Zone, etc…
• (Secondary) Lesson 16 – Review Basic ai.c with extended ColorSensor Library
• (Secondary) Lesson 17 – State Machines (again!)