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This year in Into the Deep, the objective is to collect samples to score in net zones/baskets to score points. Additionally, human players can turn a sample into a specimen and hang it on the chambers of the submersible for additional points. Similarly to last year, robots can also hang to score points.

The first 30 seconds is the autonomous period. In the autonomous period, the goal is to score samples in their baskets or nets, or turn into speciemens and park before the end of the period. 

 During the remaining 2 minutes of the match, drivers take control of their robot. robots collect and sort samples from under the submersible in the center of the field. The yellow samples are scored in the baskets and the alliance specific red and blue samples are returned to the observation zone for the human players to collect. 

Human players can pick up sample delivered to the observation and add a hanging clip to create a specimen. Specimens can then be returned to the observation zone on the field where robots can pick them back up and score them on the chambers located on the submersible.

As time runs out, robots can either park in the observatiom or race back to climb the rungs on the submersible so they can ascend out of the deep. The alliance that earns the most points wins the match