The Mission Manual is the rulebook for indi Missions, and it is a download. It is the document a team works from all season, and the one an Evaluator scores against on the day.
indi Missions is the U9 division, Grades K-2. This season’s Missions are set in a smart city.
The Mission Objectives
Three Mission Objectives this season, each with its own setup, rules and scoring.
- Mission Objective 1: Route Planner
- Mission Objective 2: Delivery Dash
- Mission Objective 3, the Championship Mission: Trash & Recycling
Qualifying Events run Missions 1 and 2. Championship Events add Mission 3.
What else is in it
The Missions are the part teams read first, but most of the manual is the rules that decide whether a run counts.
- Sphero Robotics Mission Common Rules, which apply across every programme, including the Student-Powered requirements and the Code of Conduct.
- Safety rules, including signed waivers for every student and adult supervision at all times.
- In-Person Event rules, covering timed rounds, which attempt counts, when a score can be challenged, and the fact that a Team Coordinator may not help during a Mission Objective.
- indi Mission rules, the ones specific to this programme.
- Robot and hardware rules, and Mission Field rules.
- Mission participation guidelines, awards, and the Championship Event advancement criteria.
- Season specific terms and a glossary, which is worth reading once before anyone argues about a definition.
Always work from the current version
Mission Manuals are updated during the season, and a new version takes effect the moment it is published. Every published version is official and mandatory at every event, and it replaces the one before it. Download a fresh copy before an event rather than working from one saved in August.
Questions about anything in it go to support@teamalliance.org.