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Breakaway
Year2010
Season Information
Number of teams1811[2]
Number of regionals44 (including MI championship)[1]
Number of district events7[1]
Championship locationGeorgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
FIRST Championship Awards
Chairman's Award winnerTeam 341 - "Miss Daisy"[4]
Woodie Flowers Award winnerChris Fultz - Team 234
Founder's Award winnerRockwell Collins
Gracious Professionalism WinnerTeam 1305 - "Ice Cubed"
ChampionsTeam 294 - "Beach Cities Robotics"
Team 67 - "The HOT Team"
Team 177 - "Bobcat Robotics"[3]
Links
Websiteusfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc
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Breakaway is the game for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition, announced on January 9, 2010.[5] Robots direct soccer balls into goals, traverse "bumps" in the field, suspend themselves and each other on towers, and/or go through a tunnel located in the center of the field.

In 2010, a new driver station was introduced, the Classmate PC,[6] replacing the previous Kwikbyte driver station.

Game overview

Scoring

Balls are kicked or herded into goals located in the corners of the fields. There are two goals for each alliance, adding up to 4 goals total.

At the end of the match, bonus points are awarded for robots that cling onto either of the two towers in the center of the field. More bonus points are awarded if alliance robots can suspend themselves from the robot clinging onto the tower.

Game Play

The field of Breakaway is divided into three zones. Robots can go under the tunnels or over the bumps to reach another zone.
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Robots play Breakaway on a 27 by 54-foot rectangular field[7] known as the field. The field is bordered by a set of guardrails and alliance walls. There are two "bumps" in the field that divide it into three zones. During matches, the robots are controlled from alliance stations located outside the field at both ends. These rectangular zones consist of three-team player stations that provide connectivity between the controls used by the robot operators and the arena. Goals are located at the corners of the field, and extend behind the alliance wall and adjacent to the player stations. After goals are scored, human players must pick up the balls and pass them to the center of the alliance station to be placed on a ball return rack, after which they will re-enter play at midfield. Teams are penalized if balls are not re-entered within a set time limit.

Starting Positions

Each round lasts two minutes and fifteen seconds. In the first fifteen seconds of a round, the robots run in autonomous mode, then there are two minutes of game play during which robots are user-controlled. The game is played by two three-robot alliances with each team starting one robot in each of the three sections of the field. At the beginning of a match, every robot must be touching either one of the bisecting bumps or an alliance wall. Also, at the start of the match each of the 12 balls in play must be placed at one vertex of a six foot by six foot grid. There are two grids marked at either ends of each of the three zones.[8] [9][10]

Competition schedule

Seven different fields were built and played on.[13]

Events

Regionals

The following regional events were held in 2010:[1]

Districts

District events were held only in Michigan and led up to the Michigan State Championship in Ypsilanti.[1]

World Championships

The World Championships were held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. Attendance was estimated to be around 20,000 at that all-seater stadium.

Final round at Einstein Field

Semifinals Finals
          
United States 294 - 67 - 177 13 14 15 2W
CanadaUnited States 2056 - 1625 - 3138 12 22 12 1W
United States 294 - 67 - 177 16 16 N/P 2W
CanadaUnited States 1114 - 469 - 2041 14 13 N/P 0W
United States 254 - 233 - 3357 10 11 N/P 0W
CanadaUnited States 1114 - 469 - 2041 16 19 N/P 2W

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Breakaway.
  1. ^ a b c d "What Events And Teams Are In My Area?". FIRST. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Bill's Blog: Loose ends". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  3. ^ "2010 FIRST Championship". FIRST. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. ^ "FIRST History". FIRST. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  5. ^ "FIRST Robotics Competition Kicks Off Worldwide". IEEE Spectrum. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  6. ^ "So, what about the classmate?". Bill's Blog. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Intelligent sport: BREAKAWAY Game revealed at 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff". Gizmag. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. ^ "2010 FIRST Robotics Competition Manual and Related Documents" (links to PDFs). January 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  9. ^ FRC Game Animation 2010 - Breakaway. 2010-01-09. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
  10. ^ Source
  11. ^ FIRST Robotics Competition | FIRST
  12. ^ "The Blue Alliance Events List". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  13. ^ Bill's Blog: One week to go

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