FAQs

***Note: These rules are adaptations from the official JBC rules and apply only to the Leilehua Complex Scrimmage and the Hawaii Regional.***

Updated 20160501

All JBC Challenges (updated 20160421):

Q: Is there a limit of team members on a team?

A: There is no limit of team members on a team, but it is highly recommended to keep teams to about 3 students each to allow for more participation. Also, Completion Buttons will only be given to up to 3 students who accompany the robot to the Challenge Board.

Q: Do the robots have to be small enough to fit in the starting block without going over the black borders?

A: There is no size limitation to the robot, but there are restrictions as to where the robot must start. For example, it can not cross the vertical projection of the "Start" line, but it can extend behind off the mat.

Q: Is the robot allowed to go off the mat and then come back on to complete a task?

A: Yes, however, be aware that the floor surface might vary around the cafeteria.

Q: Do the students need to use one type of robot the entire time, or can they use a LEGO robot for some challenges and a VEXIQ robot for the rest of the challenges.

A: I'd like to keep the teams clean with one robot each, so could you actually split those into two separate groups, one using the VEXIQ robot and one using the LEGO robot? The reason being is that for the May 14th competition, it is one robot per registered school.

Q: Is there a limit on the number of motors a robot can have?

A: No, there is no limit, but it is suggested to abide by the VEXIQ limit if possible.

Challenge #4 (updated 20160501):

Q: Rules state the cans can be bumped but they cannot move out of the ring of the circle. Does this mean when the can is bumped it can be partly out of the ring of the circle? Or does it mean the can absolutely must be sitting on the circle?

A: If a can moves entirely out of the circle (or gets knocked down), the run is over.

Challenge #7 (updated 20160421):

Q1: After a can is brought back to base (past the start line) and it is standing, can it be removed before the next run within the 5 minutes?

Q2: Can the bot grab several cans and continue on the same run to grab more to bring in total of 12 cans? Or must the bot grab all 12 at once?

A: Yes, they can remove the can(s), as long as they don't touch the robot. There is no time limit, just until the robot stops and the students pick up the robot.

Challenge #8 (updated 20160401):

Q: Go from 1 to 8 or 1 to 12? After 12 stop or go back to base? Is there a penalty if you touch another number on the way to the next number? ex: Robot going from 1 to 2 but runs over circle 4 on the way there.

A: The challenges are scaffolded so that the first button is 1-8 and the second button is 1-12. They have to go in sequence, meaning that it must hit "1" before "2" and so-forth. If it goes out of order, even on accident, the mission is incomplete.

Q: For the serpentine task, does the back wheel count as touching the numbers? Or does it have to be the front 2 tires (basic robot design)?

A: It has to be a drive wheel, meaning a wheel connected to a motor.

Challenge #20 (updated 20160121 ):

Q: The platform in the starting box - where exactly will it be? can students place it anywhere in the starting box? (so different schools might set up the platform in different locations?)

A: Yes, each team comes up and puts the platform (ream of paper) inside the starting box.

Challenge #W1 (updated ):

Challenge #W2 (updated ):