MISSION 2024 ECLIPSE COMPETITION MANUAL
Section 3 General Competition Rules, continued
<G2> The Aerial Drone Competition is a student-centered program. Adults may assist students in urgent situations, but adults may never repair or program a drone without students on that team being present and actively participating. Students must be prepared to demonstrate an active understanding of their drone and programming to judges or event staff. Some amount of adult mentorship, teaching, and / or guidance is an expected and encouraged facet of competitions. No one is born an expert. However, obstacles should always be viewed as teaching opportunities, not tasks for an adult to solve without students present and actively participating. When a drone fails, it is… • Okay for an adult to help a student investigate why it failed, so it can be repaired. • Not okay for an adult to repair the drone without students present and actively participating. When a team encounters a complex programming concept, it is… • Okay for an adult to guide a student through a flowchart to understand its logic. • Not okay for an adult to write a code for that student to copy / paste. During competition, it is… • Okay for an adult to provide cheerful, positive encouragement as a spectator. • Not okay for an adult to explicitly shout step-by-step commands or instructions from the audience. This rule operates in tandem with the REC Foundation Student Centered Policy, which is available on the REC Foundation website for teams to reference throughout the season. <G3> Use common sense. When reading and applying the rules in this document, please remember that common sense always applies in the Aerial Drone Competition. Some examples may include : If there is an obvious typographical error this does not mean that the error should be taken literally until corrected in a future update. When in doubt, if there is no rule prohibiting an action, it is generally legal. However, if you have to ask whether a given action would violate <S1>, <G1>, or <T1>, then that’s probably a good indication that it is outside the spirit of the competition. In general, teams will be given the “benefit of the doubt” in the case of accidental or edge-case rules infractions. However, there is a limit to this allowance, and repeated or strategic infractions will still be penalized.
ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION - AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION 21
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