First version of Pick and Place Challenge 2026

[SparkRibeiro21]

Description

The goal is to have a lot of different pick and place tasks, this way new teams could focus on what they could do, and more advanced teams could showcase a lot of different pick and place scenarios.

The robot tidies up the kitchen table after a dinner. The tableware and cutlery must be placed inside the dishwasher. The snacks must be placed inside the trash. All other objects must be stored into a cabinet with shelves. Objects are sorted on the shelves based on similarity, for instance an apple is stored next to other fruits. The robot has to set a table for breakfast for one person.

[adamgolding1]

Tasks:
what is the arrangement of chairs around the table? are they removed for this task or does the robot need to work around chairs or teams can request chairs can be removed prior to start of task?

tableware - clarification about any two objects, what objects are available? plate, cup, bowl?

where will the breakfast items be located? or does the robot need to find them?

Score: Rename Dues ex machina to Autonomy skip penalty

[SparkRibeiro21]

Hi Adam,
Sorry for the late response but here it is:

Tasks: what is the arrangement of chairs around the table? are they removed for this task or does the robot need to work around chairs or teams can request chairs can be removed prior to start of task?

I did not add this because this was never on the previous tasks: Storing Groceries, Serve Breakfast nor Clean the Table. However I agree that this sometimes happens in competitions and is more transparent to have it has a stated penalty on the rule book. I will add this!

tableware - clarification about any two objects, what objects are available? plate, cup, bowl?

I have it like this:

\item\textit{Tableware}: Any two objects (except cutlery), at least one of which is a plate (cup, plate).

I don't think should be mandatory to be a cup and a plate because some competitions may have different tableware they want to use. So this is why I have it like this

where will the breakfast items be located? or does the robot need to find them?

\item \textbf{Breakfast items:} The breakfast items are a bowl, a spoon, milk and cereal. 
The object distribution is as follows:
\begin{itemize}[nosep]
	\item\textit{Bowl and Spoon}: On top of the dishwasher.
	\item\textit{Milk and Cereal}: Inside the cabinet, next to their respective category.
\end{itemize}

I think this is quite clear where the breakfast items are located

Score: Rename Dues ex machina to Autonomy skip penalty

Has this already been decided in a meeting?
Maybe has been a meeting I did not attend...
If so we should change all the tasks.
Maybe a pull request for this change is necessary so we do not miss it.

[LeroyR]

I dont think we can fit a 10 minute task into the schedule. (On the day with restaurant)

All other tasks are 7 minutes, fitting into 3h timeslots.
We can maybe just raise the scores a little to compensate? (if the task is designed for 10minutes.)

[TKang-P]

Suggested change

	\item\textit{Tableware}: Any two objects (except cutlery), at least one of which is a plate (cup, plate).
	\item\textit{Tableware}: Any two objects (except cutlery), at least one of which is a plate.

I don't think we need it unless you meant 'at least one of which is a plate or a cup.'