Hardware Competition
The oldest carnival party of US, Mardi Gras, is coming to IEEE SoutheastCon 2022! Create your robot float to participate in it. Earn points by throwing beads, trashing moon pies out of the way, and navigating through Mobile scene while avoiding power lines!
Timeline
March 10, 2021
June 29, 2021
August 1,2021
March 22, 2022
March 31, 2022
April 1, 2022
April 02, 2022
April 02, 2022
Release of First Set of Rules
Planned Release of Revisions #1
Final Major Version FREEZE
Team Registration Deadline
Day 1 SoutheastCon 2022
Hardware Practice
Qualifying Match
Final Match
(v1.0)
(v2.0)
(v3.0)
Questions & Answers
Join our discord! The planning committee is available to answer any questions you may have about SoutheastCon 2022! The discord server has channels for both student program and technical program, with focus on hardware competition, software competition and authors. Please keep in mind that while we will do our best to update discord, the information posted on this site should be referenced as your primary resource.
Scoring
Score Sheet Coming Soon!
Points
Task
1 pt
Pushing marshmallow off track
1 pt
Each bead dropped into a bin
1 pt
Each cup with one or more beads in it
1 pt
Each net with one or more beads in it
2 pts
Throwing beads into each net
2 pts
Having a display that moves
2 pts
Playing a song
2 pts
Having a display that lights up
5 pts
Completing the track in one direction
10 pts
Turning around and completing the track in both directions
-1 pt
Each bead/marshmallow attempted, but left on track
-5 pts
Bumping into (touching) barricade, touching “bin”, touching “building”, or touching “power line”.
-10 pts
Knocking over “bin”, “building”, or “power line” pole.
-20 pts
Damage to the game board, at the Judges discretion