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AllenGregoryIV 28-02-2013 12:51

pic: Spectrum 3847 - Gamma Ray 2013
 

Pjohn1959 28-02-2013 12:52

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Nice!

What's up with the white??? No purple?

Bertman 28-02-2013 13:00

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Looks good, I am assuming the white will be to offset all the purple lights:)

Pjohn1959 28-02-2013 13:05

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You mean haze?

philso 28-02-2013 14:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pjohn1959 (Post 1241549)
What's up with the white??? No purple?

Their robot moves so fast that it changes colour due to the Dopler Effect. By rapidly alternating between driving away from the viewer (Redshift) and driving toward the viewer (Blueshift), they can make the viewer see it in their traditional purple colour.

Kevin Sevcik 28-02-2013 14:09

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Quote:

Originally Posted by philso (Post 1241596)
Their robot moves so fast that it changes colour due to the Dopler Effect. By rapidly alternating between driving away from the viewer (Redshift) and driving toward the viewer (Blueshift), they can make the viewer see it in their traditional purple colour.

Sweet. So they can use the sonic booms to knock opponents frisbees out of the air.

philso 28-02-2013 14:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik (Post 1241600)
Sweet. So they can use the sonic booms to knock opponents frisbees out of the air.

You are probably right. I suspect that the effect would be like what we see with the lady at 1:07 in the video below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=llUnIOEzieI


I also recall overhearing their team members talking about using the colour changes to confuse the drivers on the oposing alliances.

AllenGregoryIV 28-02-2013 16:41

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Our robots are always white. Home Depot doesn't sell purple aluminum spray paint. Plus our powder coater has a much better turn around time and does it for us cheaper because he does white jobs all the time and can just throw our stuff in with it.

We'll have purple lights at some point in the season but that's always the last thing that goes on the robot. Everything else has to work first.


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