Author: Tom

Exercise Blue 14

Equipment
Sheets, in triplicate / Obstacles for ARS (chairs, tables etc.)	A ‘key’ to be collected

Time Limit	Area Required	Preparation Time
25 minutes	Small/ Indoor	5 minutes

The teams must each devise an instruction list for one team member, which will allow him/her to manoeuvre around some obstacles, collect a key, and then be guided back to the ‘cell’ to unlock it and allow the group their freedom.
No obvious language words are to be used, and as the robot is only simple, so ‘complex’ commands can be declared void, or require a software reboot.
During the installation phase of the software, you can swap the command sheets between teams if you have more than one team in the room, especially if the software installation is done outside the room.

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Exercise Blue 14

I will read the following exercise to you twice. On the first reading listen carefully, you may take notes on the second reading and have the opportunity to ask questions. Are you ready?
You have been taken prisoner, by an Alien race. They are holding you in a locked pen, from which you cannot escape. They have retired to one of their ante rooms to decide your fate, not realising that one of your group is not a human after all, but an Android Robot Slave (ARS). Unfortunately, although they have not realised this, you know that your ARS is a cheap model, but the best that Squadron funds could afford. / Your ARS has a limited capacity for instructions, as it only has a 286 Processor (6 MHz) with 2 Mb of RAM. It is not multi-tasking. You must devise a code for your ARS so that it can be given instructions. The ARS then needs to be programmed with the Encoder, so that it can follow your instructions. / You must devise a list of ten commands for your ARS, to enable it to manoeuvre through the room, past the anti-human traps, to where the Key to your cell is openly lying. The commands cannot be in normal speech format, otherwise the half listening guards (outside the room) may hear what you are saying, and suspect something is afoot. / You have 10 minutes to write your programme list. One of you will then be declared the ARS, and taken to one side to have the Encoder installed. / You will then have a further 10 minutes to manoeuvre your ARS to fetch the key, and unlock your pen, so that you may make your escape. / The Android Robot Slave Encoder needs to be written in triplicate: / One for the Team / One for the ARS / One for the ‘invigilating’ staff who will decide whether your instructions are reasonable.
You have 3 minutes from the end of this briefing to brief your team. / Have you any questions? / (answer by re-reading the relevant part of the briefing) / Check understanding: / How long do you have to write your program? (10 minutes) / What will happen if you use human words? (you will be discovered)

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