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Sublinks FIRST 2009 Game About FIRST Dean`s Homework Past Games Scholarship Info Links FIRST Website FIRST Robotics Canada FIRST Rochester FIRST Wiki Our Blog   Home > FIRST > 2009 Game 2009 Game The 2009 FIRST game is called Lunacy. Inspired by the NASA voyages to the moon, Lunacy uses a low friction playing field (called the "Crater") to simulate playing in a low gravity environment, as if the robots were operating on the moon. Robots play on 2 alliances of 3 teams each. Attached to the back of each robot is a "trailer," a cart on wheels with vertical PVC pipes into which balls are placed to score points. The main scoring objects in the game are specially made balls called Moon Rocks, Empty Cells, and Super Cells. Each moon rock placed in the trailer behind a robot scores one point for the robot's opposing alliance. For example, if a moon rock was placed in a trailer behind a Blue alliance robot, the Red team would get a point. The empty cells are worth 2 points, the same as a moon rock, when placed in a trailer. However, empty cells can be exchanged for super cells in the last 20 seconds that of a match. Each super cell placed in a trailer counts as 15 points for the scoring alliance. The scoring can be done both by alliance robots and by the "Payload Specialists" of each alliance. Payload Specialists can be placed anywhere around the field, including at special "Outposts" on the sides of the Crater, where they control the empty cells. At the end of the match, scores are tallied based on the number of moon rocks, empty cells, and super cells scored in each trailer. ©1997-2009 Blue Lightning Team 578, Team 578 is located in Fairport NY   : :