CNR 2014: Competitions: Tour the Stairs: The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Tour 2014: The NXT Step competition

In Tour the Stairs: The LEGO MINDSTORMS Tour 2014 there will only be "mountain" (stair) stages. Starting from Tour the Stairs: The LEGO MINDSTORMS Tour 2015 there will be added "sprint" stages on "flat roads (floors)".

Mountain Stage Competition 1: The NXT Step
If there are 8 participating robots, then there will be hold three qualification rounds, if there are more, then two rounds. After the qualification rounds are finished the four best robots will participate semi-finals and two best of them in a finale. Both the semi-finals and the final has got three rounds each.

The NXT Step Competition takes place at Mt. NXT, which is the straight stairs of the Gallery.


Each robot will be provided a time schedule when their robot(s) shall participate. Ex. If the robot shall compete at 10:30-10:35 it means that it shall compete in that time period, otherwise it can loose some technical points / in the worst case get no points at all.

Two robots starts parallel next to each other in front of the first step after the competition referee has annouced: "Go". Then they have 3 minutes to autonomously walk / climb / crawl up the Mt. NXT.

It is allowed for a robot to block, so the other robot cannot climb up Mt. NXT, as long it is not destroying it.

Note: If it should fall down the stairs, it will be last step that counts.

The winning robot will be the robot that have archived most technical points after all the rounds. In the case of a draw between one or more robots, the winning robot will be the robot that have archived best ranking in the design ranking system. After the final has taking place, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9 and 8 mountain stage points will be provided respectively for the 1st until the 8th robot in The NXT Step Competetion.

Note: Especially for the semi-finals:
The four best robots will compete in the semifinals.
Before the semi-final starts all robots have 0 technical points.

Note: Especially for the final:
The two best robots will compete in the finals.
Before the final starts both robots have 0 technical points.

Read more in the Point Scoring Systems.

Name of the Robot
The Robot shall have an unique human name, with a first and a surname, that doesn't link to a celebrity.

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[source: Vive Les Robots!]

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LEGO STAIR CLIMBER

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Tour the Stairs 2014: The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Tour
The 26-27 November the first edition of Tour the Stairs 2014: The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Tour will take place during the Cafe Neu Romance festival (26-29 November 2014) at Galerie NTK.

Galerie NTK
Technická 6
16080 Prague.