Assessment

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Note about submissions
Design specification and final report should be submitted as a paper **Hard Copy** at the start of the lab session listed under the "Due date and comments" column. Failure to submit on time may result in a reduced mark.

=Assessment Hurdles= To pass this unit, a student must achieve 45% or above for all four major assessment components (1,2,3,4) listed below. **Each team must also complete a @Risk Assessment for their robot to be allowed into the competition.**

= **Assessment Details** =

**1. Project (70%)**
The 70% project mark consists of the following components. The final project (out of 70%) mark will be calculated based on the following components at the end of week 12.

1.1 @Preliminary competition (10%)

 * Occurs during the lab session in **__Week 9__**.
 * The preliminary competition is a head-to-head Swiss-system tournament held within the @Arena according to the @Rules.
 * Each team shall participate in 3 matches. Failure to participate due to a damaged robot, late team members etc will result in a default win for a team's opponent.

The mark received will be calculated by accumulating the following
 * 2% for a robot that is able to autonomously move out of the starting area
 * 2% for a robot that is able to correctly flip at least 1 puck
 * 2% for a robot that is able to sense and react intelligently to obstacles
 * 1% for each win during the competition (max 3%)
 * 1% for robot(s) with largest puck-difference over entire competition

1.2 @Main Competition (25%)

 * Occurs during the lab session in __**Week 11**__
 * As with the preliminary competition, this main competition will be a head-to-head Swiss-system tournament. Each team will play 3 opponents.
 * Failure to participate due to damaged robots, late team members etc will result in a default win for a team's opponent

The marks received will be calculated as follows
 * 5% for a robot that is able to autonomously move out of the starting area
 * 5% for a robot that is able to correct flip at least 1 puck
 * 5% for a robot that is able to sense and react intelligently to obstacles
 * 3% for each win during the competition (max 9%)
 * 1% for robot(s) with largest puck-difference over entire competition

1.3 @Knockout Contest (5%)

 * Occurs during the lab session in **__Week 12__**
 * Teams placed 4 to 8 receives 1%, Top 4 receives 2 to 5% depending on placing.

1.4 Final report (10%)

 * The report should adequately document a team's robot so that it can be reproduced by a skilled engineering student.
 * Emphasis should be placed on design choices. Refer to @Final Report for more details.
 * **Hard copy** is due at the **__start of the Week 12__** lab session

1.5 Design and robustness (10%)

 * Marks will be awarded for the practical and elegant design.
 * Marks will be awarded for the robustness in terms of robot build quality and in-competition performance
 * Final assessment made in Week 12 after receipt of final report

1.6 Creativity (10%)

 * Marks will be awarded based on the novelty and creativeness of the robot.
 * Marks will not be awarded for robots that merely look good but are impractical.
 * Final assessment in Week 12 after receipt of final report

**2. Team Wiki (10%)**

 * Each team is expected to maintain up-to-date documentation of their progress on a wiki created on Wikispaces.com. This wiki will provide unit staff with a means to assess the progress of a team throughout a semester and will also allow teams to showcase their work. You can embed images and videos!
 * Marks will be awarded depend on the quality of documentation provided by the wiki. How well is it organised and how easy is it for others to reproduce your work?
 * See @Team Wiki for more details regarding wiki creation and what you should put on your wiki.

**3. Design Specifications (10%)**

 * This report details the team's design choices (often know as a "solution architecture")
 * Marks will be awarded based on the quality of explanation justifying design choices. Why did the team choose one design over another? What designs did the team review (and prototype) before making the decision?
 * Details provided in Week 4 Tuesday Lecture: [|ECE3091_Actuation and Design_Spec_lecture_Week4_Tuesday_2011s2.pdf]

**4. Team Presentation (10%)**
Presentations are scheduled for **__Lectures in Weeks 11 and 12__**. It is expected that all team members will present slides during the presentation. Teams may also be asked follow-up questions.

Each team's presentation should be **no more than 5 minutes in length**. Running overtime may result in significant mark deductions, so make sure your team practices the presentation prior to lecture. The presentation should consist of the following components
 * Introduction of team members and their responsibilities or roles within team
 * Overview of robot system and budget
 * Design decisions and why you made them (spend at least half your time here!)
 * Lessons learned and future work

Each team will be graded based on the quality of their presentation. This includes (but is not limited to) the clarity, coherence and content of the presentation.