VTC 2021 Firefighting Robot
Arena Layouts
This page shows the different arenas layouts you can encounter in the various levels. It also details the dimensions, and other subjects of the typical arena. The rules do warn that the dimensions will not be exact. And considering that the competition for this year has been canceled due to covid, we have to build our own. And we also cannot guarantee our competition arenas will be to spec.
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Dimensions
For the arenas, the standard dimensions will be:
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Hallway width: 46 cm
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Door opening: 46 cm
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Walls: 1.9 cm thick, 27 to 34 cm tall from arena floor
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Door openings do not have doors, instead there is white tape on the floor at the door opening. The tape is 2.5 cm wide, and should extend across the entire door opening.
Materials and Finishes
Since we have to make the arena at the college ourselves, the materials may not be what they use. But we will list what the competition rules say it should be.
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The arena floors are made of plywood, painted black. The floor may not stay completely black throughout the contest. The walls are made up medium density particleboard or wood, painted white. Angle brackets that support a wall may extend 4 cm into the hall or room.
Arena Level 1
On the side is the picture of the level 1 arena with dimensions, from the rulebook. This is to help illustrate what the typical arena will look like.
This picture also looks like the arena 2 configuration A picture below.
Level 2 Arena Configurations
This section contains pictures from the rule book of all the four possible level 2 arena configurations, along with the possible locations for the rugs. Two of these arena configurations will be used to build the level 3 arena.
The picture above contains the possible rug locations. It is important to consider that rugs will not be placed in all of these locations.
The four configurations of the arenas have their differences. However those differences are only in Rooms 1 and 4.
Level 3 Arena Layout
The picture below is an example of a possible level 3 arena layout.
