08-07-2009 06:50 AM

Roger

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According to the Indianapolis International Airport Art Program, it's called "Elemental Indiana" by Dale Enochs -- number 5 and maybe 6 on the interactive map. His resume doesn't mention any FIRST connection. He does do lots of small and large stone work.

For that area of the airport, between ticketing and security, they probably wanted some soothing Indiana-themed background art to walk by. In the boring, sit-and-wait areas you want something more exciting, like a giant marble roller.

Looks like a nice airport.

08-07-2009 10:12 AM

IndySam

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Just shows we are ready for the Championship to be here.


There is a lot of nice art in the new airport. The large sculpture in the parking garage was programmed by one of our mentors.

08-07-2009 12:48 PM

bellpride

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We noticed it as well when we checked into our Southwest Airlines flight.

08-07-2009 01:19 PM

Molten

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Hm... Anyone know how to make this happen? At this rate that is the only way I'm making it to the championship.

08-07-2009 01:39 PM

Roger

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[bolding mine.] Is that Breath in the garage? [Not quite ready for show.] Or electroland on the bridge connection -- a rather interesting piece of work, which looks like fun to walk under and must have been a lot of work to program. Check out the video at the end in the link.

C'mon! We gotta get to the Championship*!
Not yet -- I'm still playing with the garage connection art!

I wish my jobs were this much fun. My one major creativity was a 4-foot tall address number in front of a building we're working on. Looked great, major avenue visibility, more than just a box with words stuck on it -- shot down like Snoopy.

Have Indianapolis talk to FIRST, put in a better deal than what is current. Make sure it all works for everybody.

*Just sayin' -- y'know?

08-07-2009 01:48 PM

youngWilliam14

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Flo has been adamently talking to FIRST about moving championships here. he's met with them a few times, and i would be suprised if it doesn't happen. now if only we could convince the cnn center to follow...

08-07-2009 02:08 PM

Roger

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Even better would be Six Flags or similar right next door...

08-07-2009 03:52 PM

DonRotolo

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You mean that IRI is not The Championship?

08-07-2009 04:13 PM

Schnabel

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Well, we don't really want FIRST to know, but their championships are just qualifiers for IRI.

08-07-2009 07:01 PM

IndySam

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Bids have been submitted, FIRST has visited the facilities, final presentations have been made. It's all up to FIRST now.

08-08-2009 09:21 PM

Ericgehrken

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Indianapolis would become the capital of FIRST outside of New Hampshire.

08-11-2009 12:58 AM

joshsmithers

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Anyone else notice the pac-man about to eat the logo?

08-12-2009 01:06 AM

Qbranch

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*chuckle* I do now!

-q

08-12-2009 11:26 AM

MiniNerd24

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I'd be pretty ironic if that artwork ended up as this year's clue.

08-12-2009 05:18 PM

Karibou

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Hmm...I can see it now...a Pac-man styled game...fun

08-12-2009 10:19 PM

Mr. Pockets

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Heh, just watch out for the evil, robot devouring ghosts

08-19-2009 08:57 AM

Taylor

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I just hope we don't get squished cherries, strawberries, or oranges in our sprockets.

08-21-2009 07:50 AM

Roger

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You can have your PacMan wall -- San Francisco has a tornado next to one of their gates...

Not sure of the connection between tornados and airplanes -- you'd think they'd want to remind customers of bad weather.

Okay, I'm going way off the original subject, but at least it's still an airport -- and it's pretty cool besides!

08-21-2009 01:46 PM

delsaner

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o_O
A maze-like game, with walls low enough for drive teams to see, but high enough so robots cant go over them...

08-21-2009 02:24 PM

Roger

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Maybe not. Remember we're getting that little laptop for the driver station. Could be video back to the drivers, so walls the drive teams can't see, but robots can drive thru/under.

08-21-2009 05:32 PM

Mr. Pockets

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Yeah, but can you imagine the massive pain that it would be to set up? Plus unless you want the layout to be memorized by match 5 you'd need to change the maze every match which would mean that the time between matches would be longer and, feasibly speaking, fewer matches could be played per day...

But, it'd still be cool. It's actually sort of funny. When I was asking my brother if he could think of a good FRC game this was almost exactly what he proposed. Suppose great minds think alike.

08-21-2009 06:07 PM

Rion Atkinson

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Well... If you REALLY want to get complicated...

Then you could have a field that would work like the fun metal rod where to stick your hand on one side and your hand pops out of the other. Except each would have a hydraulic on it. then you could have preset feild and you click a button. THe rods change and presto. You have a new field in a matter of minutes.

The problem... Money... not to mention to hole to fit the hydraulics...

08-21-2009 06:35 PM

EricH

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Actually, you're making this too complicated. Divide the maze into small squares. Put a pivot point for each square in the middle. Randomly choose which squares get rotated and how much (90, 180, 270, or 360 degrees). Rotate and lock down. Note that the squares are probably going to be different shapes, so every time one gets rotated, the maze changes... Now you're doing it with several...

08-21-2009 06:39 PM

Rion Atkinson

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That would work too..

08-21-2009 06:50 PM

NorviewsVeteran

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I think this just became the wrong thread.

08-21-2009 07:51 PM

Chris is me

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Never say "can't" in robotics.

*builds 10-foot tall simswerve*

08-21-2009 08:06 PM

Molten

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Or just put a rule with a penalty for climbing over walls. Physics aren't the only way to prevent certain designs. Though physics is the one that people tend to overlook.