2011 Game
The 2011 game, Logo Motion™, required robots to place inflatable tubes on racks at the end of the playing field in a way that creates the FIRST logo. Each three-team alliance worked to gather tubes from the opponent's end of the field, transport them across the court, and place them in a scoring position while trying to prevent the opposing team from doing the same.
There are 3 segments of play. First is a 15 second autonomous period where pre-programmed robots can place a single tube on the pegs. Drivers then move to their stations and prepare for the driver-controlled segment. The second buzzer sounds and the teams have 2 minutes and 15 seconds of playing time. During the last 10 seconds, known as the end game, teams tried to deploy a smaller robot, known as a 'minibot', that raced to climb a 9-foot pole in order to score additional points.
Logo tubes placed on pegs with autonomous game tubes score double points. Logo tubes on higher rows score more than those on lower rows. If the tubes create the FIRST logo, points are doubled. Minibots score points for making it to the top of the pole before the buzzer, with points awarded based on finish order.
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