In CoSpace Rescue primary age group category, a team has to develop the appropriate strategies for the virtual robot to navigate in 2 virtual competition fields (WORLD_1 and WORLD_2) collecting the coloured objects and depositing them in a coloured ‘home’ area whilst avoiding the traps and navigating around obstacles. The robot is also required to be programmed so that it can be teleported between two competition fields, thus gaining extra points in the process. The robots are fitted with virtual sensors which can be interrogated and the information obtained can be used to control the actions of the virtual robot.

When competing, two robots occupy the same virtual world, so it is also necessary to avoid the competing robot. Points can be deducted for aggressive robot behaviour! In addition to using the programming interface provided within CSR-Rescue, it is also possible to develop code in C and to incorporate code snippets in the overall design.

The CoSpace Rescue Challenge for the PRIMARY CATEGORY consists of 2 virtual games, conducted in 2 stages. The entire duration is 8 minutes. The CoSpace Rescue Rule 2016 provides the detailed game process and scoring system.

1. Introduction