2025 Kickoff- "Reefscape"

On Saturday, January 4th, we kicked off the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition season at Billerica Memorial High School. We watched this year’s game reveal: REEFSCAPE presented by Haas.

In REEFSCAPE presented by Haas, robots score points by completing different tasks using game pieces known as “CORAL” (PVC Pipe), “ALGAE” (a rubber kickball), and a barge (a station that spans middle of the field horizontally, contaninig the hanging station with a scoring net on top).

Here's how it works:

• First 15 seconds: Robots move autonomously, scoring CORAL and harvesting ALGAE.
• Next 2 minutes 15 seconds: Drivers take control of their robots. They collect CORAL from humanplayers and score them on the reef (a structure on the sides of the field where robots collect game pieces).

To score more points, robots need to:

• Move ALGAE around and either score it in the barge net or pass it to a human player to throw into the net.
• If both teams score at least two ALGAE in the processor (a slot in the side of the field where the human player can receive ALGAE to score in the barge net), they earn a Coopertition Point, which helps improve their tournament ranking.

At the end of the match, robots can grab onto one of three hanging cages (at a low or high height) or park under the barge.

The team with the most points wins!

After watching FIRST’s stream of the game reveal, the team read through the game manual together to fully grasp the extent of the game and develop an action plan from what we learned.

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​Below is the game animation. Click HERE to access the unencrypted game manual!

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