This year, teams are each issued inflatables of three different shapes of the FIRST logo, one red triangle, one white circle, and one blue square. Robots must take these inflatable tubes and hang them on three level racks at either end of the field. The top level racks are worth 3 points, the middle 2, and the lowest is worth 1. Lining up the inflatables to form the FIRST logo doubles the score of the row. Teams need to be careful to get the logo right however -- and to refresh all your memories: triangle, circle, square. FIRST also incorporated a special "neon" colored circle inflatable which can only be used during autonomous. This doubles the score of any inflatable placed on the same peg.

Another key part to the game are the 4 towers located near the center of the field. Towers are inactive until the last 15 seconds, when they begin to flash. Teams are allowed to approach the towers and deploy minibots when the towers become a steady color (at 10 seconds). The first minibot to reach the top receives 30 points, the second 25, the third 20, and the fourth 15.