Incheon, Day 4

Technical Challenge

Today was the Technical Challenge, a good opportunity to score a few more points.
The goal was to follow the line as usual and reach the rescue zone. The twist was that red dots were used instead of green ones to indicate the turning directions at intersections. But that was quickly implemented. The zone, however, was quite tricky; the markers for the entrance and exit were swapped, and a “victim” had to be picked up and taken through a third exit to a drop-off zone located at a different point.
After that, as usual, find the exit from the zone and drive to the end, which was blue instead of red.
Well, the two of them had two hours to reconfigure the program.
It actually worked out, except for a lack of progress. Unfortunately, the first-place team was stronger, so we ended up in second place. [Great performance! Editor’s note]
Afterward, the Superteam Challenge was introduced: BioBrause must team up with the Australians to develop a system for forming a specific word out of balls from two separate rescue zones. To do this, the robots must communicate which balls are in their respective zones.
Today we also learned that under no circumstances should the buttons on the traffic lights here be pressed—otherwise, alarms go off everywhere. Well, you never stop learning...