How would you build the test course?
  Unpredictable, reliable, monitorable, and fun to watch


Square in the center of the octagon
  Why a square?  What will be there?

"yellow line on the ground indicating all possible paths for the robot"
  Does this mean the robot must follow those paths?
  Why is the line brown in SketchUp model?
  What will be the contrast between line and surface?
  What is the Surface?
  Will it be a variable color?

Starting line
  Must be the hash marks (color?) for the first task
  Will the robot be placed on a line to start?

Note ---
  Size of the boxes, they can be seen above the wall
  They are big enough to hold "stuff"
  What is the color?
  Do they have a top?

Task 1:
  Measure voltage across plates
  Polarity is not defined
  Max voltage is 15v
  If > 11v, go right
  If <  9v, go left

There seems to be four possible states
  How would you implement this?

The robot will be pass "virtual check boxes"
  Where?  Just somewhere on the right or left box?  On the yellow path?
  Will this be done with a sensor (unlikely) or an observer?
  Could it go through both virtual check boxes?
  When/how is "leaves a room" check  made?
    What is a room?
    Aren't the left and right paths before the hash marks
  How is the buzzer or ring indicated?
    Wouldn't a display be more interesting?
    Maybe we should develop one

"An extra virtual checkpoint is in place by the starting line, which
will trigger automatic randomization of the course parameters This
randomization will be controlled by an automated system, and therefore
no human will have a hand in determining the parameters for a given
lap.  Correct paths will be indicated to the audience in a manner
which is not visible to the robot for reference."

Better be sure to trigger this only once.
Will the audience know the correct paths before the robot passes the task check points?


Task 2:
  Measure temperature of plate
  If greater than 10 deg above room, go right
  If less than 10 deg below room, go left

Task 3:
  Measure capacitance of a plate
  Bidirectional capacitance
  Max capacitance is 10 uF
  Min capacitance is 10 nF
  If greater than 550nF, go right
  If less than 450nF, go left
  [Maybe we ought to do a flow chart for this...  Confusing to read.]

Task 4:
  Interpret signal wave form
  If square, go right
  If saw-tooth, go left
  Bottom plate is grounded
  Wave will be around 100 kHz
  No more than 10 mA can be sourced
  RMS voltage is 5 volts
    "RMS" has implications for min/max voltage

How is this randomization done?
  Could be LFSR per box, but how would this be seeded?
  There must be some way for the judge to "read" the value
  Does a microcomputer actually make the choices?