The contest involved building a robot from a kit that could attain a higher score than the opposition by placing the softballs into the colored goals, possessing the “atlas ball”, and by being parked on the platform or hanging from the bar.

Competitors were put on two-team alliances in the qualification matches.

The robots' main objective was to score softballs into a low corner goal for 1 point each or score softballs into a tall, triangular goal for 3 points each.

A robot parked on the platform and not touching the foam mats would win 5 points.

A robot hanging from the bar at the end of a match without touching the platform or the foam would win 15 points.