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orangemoore
03-09-2015, 21:00
Posted on the FRC Blog (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog), 9/3/15:http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-Duck-Vine
Duck Vine
Blog Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 15:45
Duck Vine
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/Duck%20Vine.mp4
One squeaky duck toy = a squeaky duck toy
Dozens of squeaky duck toys = the Visigoths descending on Rome
Frank
(Is it possible to embed videos in a post?)
Well, guess I better go start figuring out how to play "Duck, Duck, Goose" with a robot now.
Oh, and all y'all complaining about the lack of contact last year, there IS contact in that game. Just not aggressive contact!
Interesting game piece...
orangemoore
03-09-2015, 21:42
Interesting game piece...
Other than the mishap this previous year I don't think FIRST has every given away a game piece like this ever.
Mike Schreiber
03-09-2015, 21:45
My biggest concern if that is a game piece is not robot related at all... It's how annoying that sound is going to be all year.
Rachel Lim
03-09-2015, 21:45
I am torn between this being the most awesome game piece ever, because we could squeak them nonstop, and this being the most terrible game piece ever, because we could squeak them nonstop...
ratdude747
03-09-2015, 22:34
We're missing the real challenge: manipulate this "gamepiece" without breaking the noisemaker rule!
And you thought this year required delicate handling... :D
Electronica1
03-09-2015, 22:35
Best bumpers ever :P
Actually, on further reflection...
It's a witch game. Water may be involved in some way, as might wood, but it's definitely a witch game.
And the inspectors will need to use their biggest scales.
*ducks*
Jacob Bendicksen
03-09-2015, 22:43
something something ducks ponds water water game confirmed
something something ducks ponds water water game confirmed
But the opposite of water is space.
Space Game Confirmed
Also, its fun to see that a duck vine translates to "Guess the 2016 game!" for everyone.
Also, its fun to see that a duck vine translates to "Guess the 2016 game!" for everyone.
It's not that it's a duck vine. It's who posted it.
And some of us are here just to have fun--and see how many people actually think we're serious.
Darkseer54
03-09-2015, 23:08
Ducks... as in Duck, North Carolina. North Carolina being the Old North State. North of the US is Canada. Canada produced the Canadarm, a robotic arm which is on the Space Shuttle. KUKA robotics also produces robotic arms, one of which can be seen here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIJME8-au8)playing ping pong against world renowned player Timo Boll. He was born on March 8, 1981, which was also the date of an accident at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan which led to the spill of thousands of gallons of radioactive wastewater. Japan also had a nuclear incident because of the 2011 Tohuko earthquake and tsunami. Natural Disasters were the center of the 2013 FLL challenge, Natures Fury. In 2013 the FRC challenge was ultimate ascent, in which we had to throw frisbees and climb pyramids. The Pyramids of Giza are the most famous pyramids, and the Great Pyramid of Giza housed Khufu, of which the only depiction is a Ivory Figurine. Ivory is generally gathered from Elephants. One of the most iconic loves of elephants are peanuts. Hundreds of uses for peanuts were found by George Washington Carver, for whom we have named a division. The first pick for Playoffs in the Carver division was team 1717, D'Penguineers. Penguins are one of the only flightless birds. However, they were depicted as flying by the BBC in 2008 as an April Fools joke. One of the BBC's most famous pranks however was their 1957 Spaghetti Tree prank.
In conclusion we will have a spaghetti game, or at least Frank likes spaghetti.
wilsonmw04
03-09-2015, 23:38
Ducks... as in Duck, North Carolina. North Carolina being the Old North State. North of the US is Canada. Canada produced the Canadarm, a robotic arm which is on the Space Shuttle. KUKA robotics also produces robotic arms, one of which can be seen here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIJME8-au8)playing ping pong against world renowned player Timo Boll. He was born on March 8, 1981, which was also the date of an accident at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan which led to the spill of thousands of gallons of radioactive wastewater. Japan also had a nuclear incident because of the 2011 Tohuko earthquake and tsunami. Natural Disasters were the center of the 2013 FLL challenge, Natures Fury. In 2013 the FRC challenge was ultimate ascent, in which we had to throw frisbees and climb pyramids. The Pyramids of Giza are the most famous pyramids, and the Great Pyramid of Giza housed Khufu, of which the only depiction is a Ivory Figurine. Ivory is generally gathered from Elephants. One of the most iconic loves of elephants are peanuts. Hundreds of uses for peanuts were found by George Washington Carver, for whom we have named a division. The first pick for Playoffs in the Carver division was team 1717, D'Penguineers. Penguins are one of the only flightless birds. However, they were depicted as flying by the BBC in 2008 as an April Fools joke. One of the BBC's most famous pranks however was their 1957 Spaghetti Tree prank.
In conclusion we will have a spaghetti game, or at least Frank likes spaghetti.
The logic: Infallible.
But the opposite of water is space.
Space Game Confirmed
Also, its fun to see that a duck vine translates to "Guess the 2016 game!" for everyone.
FRC Space Jam
hectorcastillo
04-09-2015, 00:03
Has anyone else given a thought to the items in the other two cages? Perhaps the ducks are red herrings. In which case ducks are now fish and I've broken biology.
logank013
04-09-2015, 00:05
My biggest concern if that is a game piece is not robot related at all... It's how annoying that sound is going to be all year.
Would it be illegal to add an amplifier to your robot? You could have your drive team wear ear muffs and have a super loud amplifier to stun every team and spectator around. Haha.
Does anyone else just watch this and laugh hysterically when he does the big push?
Would it be illegal to add an amplifier to your robot?
R8 ROBOT parts shall not be made from hazardous materials, be unsafe, cause an unsafe condition, or interfere with the operation of other ROBOTS.
...
B. Speakers, sirens, air horns, or other audio devices that generate sound at a level sufficient to be a distraction
Technically, it was :p
Would it be illegal to add an amplifier to your robot? You could have your drive team wear ear muffs and have a super loud amplifier to stun every team and spectator around. Haha.
Coming soon to an FRC event near you:
MLG FRC
Airhorns in the background
orangemoore
04-09-2015, 00:30
Easy work around would be handing out Vuvuzelas.
Check the admin manual 4.12.3
Michael Hill
04-09-2015, 01:04
FRC Space Jam
Everybody get up, it's time to slam now
We got a real jam goin' down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam,
Alright...
GaryVoshol
04-09-2015, 06:12
This bin holds the entire supply of game pieces currently in North America. All the others will need to be imported by teams. Expect to receive them about 2 days before Bag n Tag - plus or minus a week.
A seagull rather than a duck:
http://camon.it/en/22/54/latex-seagull
Drivencrazy
04-09-2015, 09:10
Notice the fork trucks in the background as he backs away from the ducks.
Forklift Simulator game confirmed. Again.
jman4747
04-09-2015, 09:18
If that's the game piece I'm buying a safe to lock it in when we don't need it...
Y'all just don't understand
Those ducks have no bones
First never shows game pieces
The missing bones must be the game pieces.
The game will be a takeoff on operation.
Start working on your manipulation arms & hands.
logank013
04-09-2015, 13:10
If that's the game piece I'm buying a safe to lock it in when we don't need it...
Our team as it is should get some sort of locking mechanism for old game pieces. Old Basketballs from Rebound Rumble are sometimes thrown at least once during meetings and practices. Same goes with exercise balls from Aerial Assist. Frisbee come out of storage time to time. So much chaos ;) With that said, I don't think we will have to worry about anyone using totes or recycle bins as toys next year... haha.
Jared Russell
04-09-2015, 14:53
Presenting the 2016 FRC game: Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt is played by two alliances of three robots each in a 54 foot by 27 foot arena with rubber ducks starting perched in and around a variety of field structures. The objective of Duck Hunt is to 'hunt' as many ducks as possible and retrieve them using your alliance's Duck Obtainment Gizmo, or D.O.G. The D.O.G. is a wheeled receptacle that starts in front of your alliance's player station and can be pushed around the field.
You score one point for every duck that ends up in the D.O.G. at the end of the match. Robots may pick up and manipulate (or even throw) ducks in order to feed them to the D.O.G. Special bonus ducks are worth 3 points each, and start perched higher than the maximum robot height limit of 60" (no vertical extension is allowed). To knock down bonus ducks, robots and human players may throw/shoot Poof Balls at them. But be careful! You'll want to park your D.O.G. (or maybe a teammate) underneath first to make sure the opponent doesn't get them all!
Additional bonus points can be earned by shooting Poof Balls at your OPPONENT's D.O.G. One point is awarded for each Poof Ball that ends the match inside the D.O.G.
Good luck, and watch out for flying ducks!
Presenting the 2016 FRC game: Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt?
Done.
Frank isn't giving us a hint.
He's inferring that on a match-by-match basis, the aggregate group of us will be fine with this game. But on a holistic scale, there will be a fragmented group who will be so annoyed with the upcoming game that they will come together and consider sacking FIRST HQ.
wilsonmw04
04-09-2015, 17:19
Frank isn't giving us a hint.
He's inferring that on a match-by-match basis, the aggregate group of us will be fine with this game. But on a holistic scale, there will be a fragmented group who will be so annoyed with the upcoming game that they will come together and consider sacking FIRST HQ.
sounds like a prediction for every season.
AdamHeard
04-09-2015, 17:24
Duck Hunt?
Done.
Great use of 2d parts to achieve complex 3d geometry!
DonRotolo
04-09-2015, 18:11
Does anyone else just watch this and laugh hysterically when he does the big push?Yes. That might not every get old
Y'all just don't understand
Those ducks have no bones.
Ice cream also has no bones. I think there is a connection...
Ducks McGucks?
(Or, technically, Seagull McGeegull)
Seriously: This may have been a potential game piece in for testing. The background looks like the basement of FIRST Place.
GaryVoshol
04-09-2015, 20:11
My dad used to sing, "I love bananas, because they have no bones."
But the opposite of water is space.
You obviously missed Solar Slingshot (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1480677&postcount=62). (It's a floor wax and a dessert topping in one!)
My dad used to sing, "I love bananas, because they have no bones."
'F it were my dad, it would have been "b'nanas got no b'nones", "b'nanas got no b'nones".
SamcFuchs
06-09-2015, 12:03
Presenting the 2016 FRC game: Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt is played by two alliances of three robots each in a 54 foot by 27 foot arena with rubber ducks starting perched in and around a variety of field structures. The objective of Duck Hunt is to 'hunt' as many ducks as possible and retrieve them using your alliance's Duck Obtainment Gizmo, or D.O.G. The D.O.G. is a wheeled receptacle that starts in front of your alliance's player station and can be pushed around the field.
You score one point for every duck that ends up in the D.O.G. at the end of the match. Robots may pick up and manipulate (or even throw) ducks in order to feed them to the D.O.G. Special bonus ducks are worth 3 points each, and start perched higher than the maximum robot height limit of 60" (no vertical extension is allowed). To knock down bonus ducks, robots and human players may throw/shoot Poof Balls at them. But be careful! You'll want to park your D.O.G. (or maybe a teammate) underneath first to make sure the opponent doesn't get them all!
Additional bonus points can be earned by shooting Poof Balls at your OPPONENT's D.O.G. One point is awarded for each Poof Ball that ends the match inside the D.O.G.
Good luck, and watch out for flying ducks!
Bonus ducks! (https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/3/38/Sf14_merasmus_minigame_duckhunt_bonusducks_01.wav? t=20141030022730)
Ginger Bread
06-09-2015, 12:31
I found a wonderful remix of the vine
https://video-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xla1/v/t42.1790-2/11981484_942391832469729_2140623216_n.mp4?efg=eyJy bHIiOjU3NywicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=577&vabr=321&oh=71f9fa1ab4e928d1d3346d1ad58947b5&oe=55EC8070
saikiranra
06-09-2015, 20:42
Actually, on further reflection...
It's a witch game. Water may be involved in some way, as might wood, but it's definitely a witch game.
And the inspectors will need to use their biggest scales.
*ducks*
And coconuts?
And coconuts?
Carried by swallows, of course.
Now, whether those swallows are African or European is an open question.
SamcFuchs
06-09-2015, 20:47
I found a wonderful remix of the vine
https://video-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xla1/v/t42.1790-2/11981484_942391832469729_2140623216_n.mp4?efg=eyJy bHIiOjU3NywicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=577&vabr=321&oh=71f9fa1ab4e928d1d3346d1ad58947b5&oe=55EC8070
Mirror please?
Ginger Bread
06-09-2015, 21:17
Mirror please?
I think you might have to like the page on fb to watch it, but basically when they press down on the ducks the second time it plays the John Cena music.
Mike Schreiber
08-09-2015, 12:09
Carried by swallows, of course.
Now, whether those swallows are African or European is an open question.
The GDC will fail to specify and it will cause a disaster at the Week 0 event (or whatever we decided to call it) and cause several team's robots to need complete redesign.
pandamonium
08-09-2015, 16:55
So is it just a coincidence that this video is posted on the same day that Tom Brady's suspension was overturned? I am actually serious when I say this points to footballs being used as game pieces not deflatable duck toys. Also 50 years of NFL? If footballs will be used as game pieces this will be the year.
EDesbiens
08-09-2015, 16:59
So is it just a coincidence that this video is posted on the same day that Tom Brady's suspension was overturned? I am actually serious when I say this points to footballs being used as game pieces not deflatable duck toys. Also 50 years of NFL? If footballs will be used as game pieces this will be the year.
I like that :)
Darkseer54
08-09-2015, 18:07
NFL was founded in 1920.
However it is the 50th Superbowl, which I'm guessing was what he was referencing.
The GDC will fail to specify and it will cause a disaster at the Week 0 event (or whatever we decided to call it) and cause several team's robots to need complete redesign.
And due to not knowing about the difference in airspeed velocities, I suspect a number of teams will be in [the Chasm Of] despair. I also predict that the Blue alliance will do quite well.
OMG, its a convergence
https://www.facebook.com/JamieandAdam/videos/730071183764875/
tindleroot
10-09-2015, 01:10
OMG, its a convergence
https://www.facebook.com/JamieandAdam/videos/730071183764875/
Notice the white toy robot in the bottom left hand corner. It is obvious that the 2016 game will require teams to build small hordes of robots to perform various functions, the most important of which is dancing. The team whose robots have the craziest moves and the best performance to "Never gonna give you up" will win.
Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP1Qdn1w-vI
runneals
10-09-2015, 03:06
My biggest concern if that is a game piece is not robot related at all... It's how annoying that sound is going to be all year.
I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING! Maybe they'll have to pass out earplugs :D I would also imagine it would make a dog go CrAzY! :P
ShotgunNinja
10-09-2015, 11:41
I doubt it'll be the game piece. This year's piece has to be triangular, since the last two were square and round.
Does anyone else just watch this and laugh hysterically when he does the big push?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR0sO8mYuVU
This is also worth watching.
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