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High School Contest

2008 Pummill Math Relays Computer Programming Event

Held annually in conjunction with the Missouri State Pummill Math Relays.

This year we held a Robocode contest (like last year), where robots were submitted a week in advance and the winners were determined live on the day of the contest.  The advantages are that students can do the work ahead of time, can still compete in the math events, and then can see the results live as the robots battle each other.

The 2008 contest was on April 23. The winners were

  1. First Place
    Devin Smittle & Zach Conn (three-time winners!  ...but they're graduating!)
    Lebanon High School
    Supervising Teacher: Dave Maskey
  2. Second Place
    Jacob Arnold & David DeVoss
    Springfield Catholic High School
    Supervising Teacher: Larry Grinstead

Following are the 2008 contest rules - the 2009 rules will be similar.

"We will be using Robocode 1.5.4, which you can download from the main Robocode site at Robocode Central.  For additional information see Robo Home - the Robo Wiki.  We will use a 1.5.x or higher version of the Java Runtime Environment.

To submit your robot, create a .jar file using the "package robot for upload" option, and make sure to include the source code.  Email the .jar file as an attachment to Dr. Richard Martin before the deadline, along with the team members' names, the supervising teacher's name, and school.  The last version of a robot submitted by a team before the deadline will be the one used in the competition.

A team consists of at most two students from the same high school.  No student can be a member of more than one team. Your team must work independently. You can enter only one robot per team.  You can modify/extend any of the sample robots provided with the Robocode 1.5.4 distribution, but you may not use code from any other robots, including those available on the web.

On the day of the contest we will have a live tournament to determine the winner. The exact format will depend on the number of entries, but we will make sure it's fair.  See the Pummill Relays event schedule for the exact time."

Archives

Check out problems from previous events by clicking on Archives on the navigation bar. Sorry, solutions aren't available.

Need More Information?

Contact Richard Martin by email, or call him at 417-836-5026.