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FIRST® RES-QSM is played on a 12 ft. x 12 ft. square field with approximately 1 ft. high walls and a soft foam mat floor. Mountains consisting of alliance-specific climbing areas and goals are located in two corners of the playing field. Alliance-designated Zip Lines extend from the top of the Mountains to the playing field wall. Two alliancespecific Rescue Beacons in need of “repair” by autonomous robots are located on the playing field perimeter wall.
Scoring elements are 14 Climber figurines and 80 Debris in the shape of blocks and spheres. At the start of a match, Debris are randomly located throughout the playing field floor. Each team starts with up to two Climbers that can be pre-loaded onto their robot.
Two randomly selected teams are paired together as an alliance to play one match against a second alliance. Alliances are designated as either “red,” or “blue.”
Matches have two distinct periods of play: a 30-second Autonomous period followed by a two minute Driver-Controlled period which includes a 30 second End Game.