FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar

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Index of FRC Games
2008 FIRST Overdrive 2007 Rack 'n' Roll 2006 Aim High 2005 Triple Play 2004 FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar 2003 Stack Attack 2002 Zone Zeal 2001 Diabolical Dynamics 2000 Co-Opertition FIRST 1999 Double Trouble 1998 Ladder Logic 1997 Toroid Terror 1996 Hexagon Havoc 1995 Ramp n' Roll 1994 Tower Power 1993 Rug Rage 1992 Maize Craze

FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar was the 2004 FIRST Robotics Competition game.

Field Layout

The field for the 2004 game was 48 feet by 24 feet in area and consisted of a carpet bounded by walls, 7 feet in height, on the two sides where the drivers and human player stood at their alliance stations, and a guardrail system on the other sides. The guardrail was a horizontal pipe 20 inches high with vertical supports. The walls consisted of a 3-foot diamond-plate base and a 4-foot transparent top.

In the center of the deck, at dead center and 12 inches off the ground, holds the bar - made of steel pipe, it extends 10 feet upwards from the carpet. The lower decks, one in front and one behind the upper deck (as seen by the driver), were hexagons that each contained a stationary octagonal goal 28 inches in diameter made of PVC pipe which was 8 feet tall in the back and 6 feet tall in the front.

Two mobile goals, four feet in height, were also on the field, originally found on either side of the center.

On the sides of the field midway between each alliance station, there were two ball tee stations, each containing two tees with Bonus Balls on them. On the top of each tee's frame was an infrared beacon that robots with infrared sensors could detect. A line of white tape led from the robots' starting position to the ball tees.

On top of each alliance station was a container with eighteen Small Balls in it at the beginning of the match that would release the Small Balls onto the field at the appropriate time.

In each corner of the playing field there was a two-foot-wide gap in the wall separating the field from the alliance stations (known as the Ball Chute) so that robots could pass Small Balls to the human players.

Each alliance stations contained areas for two teams. Each team area contained a Ball Corral in front of their Ball Chute with two crossbars on the front and sides. At the beginning of each match, three Small Balls were placed on the front crossbar for each team.

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