Eggstraction

Objective:

To design a device operated by one person that will extract a Grade A Medium egg from the middle of a 4.25 meter radius circle.

Apparatus:

Each team will construct the device before the day of the competition. Each team will be responsible for the secrecy of their design. We will provide the eggs and they will be raw.

Regulations:

The device may be constructed of any kind of material. Participants can use pulleys, motors, carts, remote control vehicles, etc. to move the egg outside of the circle. The operator cannot touch the pavement within the 4.25-meter radius circle and cannot enter the space above the circle (an imaginary vertical cylinder). If a participant enters this cylinder the judge will stop the extraction and call “fault”. Two faults result in disqualification.

Procedure:

The circle will be outside on a concrete pavement like a tennis court or on a gym floor covered with plastic if it is raining. One team member will place the egg in the center of the circle. Another team member will retrieve the egg from the device once it is outside of the circle and hand it to a judge. The egg will be inspected by the judge within one minute of the extraction. Only one extraction will be made for each team's device. Each team will have 5 minutes to set up the device before the clock starts. No part of the device may be inside the imaginary cylinder before the clock starts.

Scoring:

Scoring will be based on time to complete the task. The team with the shortest time is the winner. Tie-breakers will be based on creativity.