Bot categories

Bots are often categorized by their various characteristics when it comes to competitions:

Battle Preference

Number of opponents

• OneOnOne (category): Bots that fight face to face, only two bots in the arena.
• Melee (category): Bots capable of facing multiple enemies. More than two bots in the arena.
• Overall: Bots suited for both OneOnOne and Melee fights.
• Teams: Bots designed to work as a group.

Scoring

• Survivalists: Bots focused on being the last one alive, bullet damage not required.
• FemtoBot: Basically rating = score / CodeSize. Bigger bots have to score more to be competitive.
• RamBots: Bots designed to fight at extremely close range, augmenting their score with ram damage.

Other

• JustForFun: Bots developed for amusement rather than battle.
• TechDemos: Bots built to show a special feature, and not intended for real battle.

Weight Class

measured in CodeSize.

• NanoBots (category): codesize < 250
• MicroBots (category): codesize < 750
• MiniBots (category): codesize < 1500
• MegaBots (category): codesize >= 1500

Lines of code

• HaikuBots: 4 lines
• SonnetBots: 14 lines

General Design

• MultiMode: Bots with multiple ways of doing things. Not specifically used in competitions.
• PerceptualBots: Bots that do not store any information in-between turns

Extends/Implements

• Extends JuniorRobot: Useful for teaching purposes.
• Extends Robot (category): Basic bots, with blocking methods only.
• Extends AdvancedRobot (category): Includes non-blocking methods.
• Extends TeamRobot (category): These types of bots are usually used in Teams.
• Implements Droid: No radar, more energy.

Combinations

• HaikuTeams