2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 97 SERIES: TECHNOLOGY EVENTS CONTEST: CONTEST: ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY Series Director: JAYLENE dosSANTOS • 508-529-7758 ext. 2139 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Room 320 & 308 with Event Manager: Bryant Abbot REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty Blue work pants, as shown Safety shoes Safety glasses SkillsUSA Massachusetts T-Shirt, provided NO jeans NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Safety: avoid a safety violation or being removed from the contest NO loose/long hair (must be secured) NO loose clothing NO jewelry NO sneakers Tool Requirements: One-page type-written resume required for every contestant, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty The team will require the following equipment and material to complete the competition. The Technical Committee provides most of the required equipment and materials, but the team must bring certain items. Robotics and Automation Technical Committee provides: Speed-controlled conveyor Proximity sensor Photoelectric sensor Microswitches Template storage area Templates, portable and overlays Plastic and metal blocks Task assignment Notebooks Power strips and Extension cords Scorbot-ER 4u robot with controller, power supply, cables and Scorbase Pro software Contest Site provides: 3’ x 6’ Tables Chairs (2 at each table) 110 VAC at each workstation Teams provide: Computer System (Pentium 4 800MHz or higher, 2GB RAM, 2GB free space on hard drive, USB port, CD-ROM drive, Windows XP or Windows 7 with administrative access.) Each Team’s computer MUST have a MINIMUM of 2GB of RAM available Also, each team MUST download and install the SCORBASE software before they arrive at the contest site. It can be downloaded from the following link: Scorbase_Robocell_V5335.zip When installing the software, please select “SCORBASE for the ER-4u” Hookup wire 20-24 awg (3 different colors, 100 feet total) Wire Cutters Wire Strippers Flat Head Screw driver Phillips Screw Driver Needle nose pliers Safety Glasses with clear lens Tie wraps Pencils (2) Straight edge Templates allowed for Flow Chart Multimeter Blue Painters Tape Notebooks: Each team will be issued a notebook and information packet. This will be a three-ring binder in which the team will complete the docu- mentation of its assigned task. State Skills: Teams of two will demonstrate their ability to perform, exhibit, and compile skills and knowledge necessary from the following list of competencies determined by the Robotics and Automation Technology SkillsUSA Technical Committee members. The team will be provided with a written de- scription of the task requirement and a list of the available equipment and material. The team will develop a system layout and robot program, and then demonstrate its product. Upon completion of this task, the team will be given a requirement to refine its system design and again demonstrate its functionality. Here is a Rescource Guide: https://www.skillsusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SkillsUSA-RAT-Contest-resources.pdf Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission
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