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Lords were responsible for management of the lands around a castle. A chamberlain ran the household.

Since the area we are talking about is outside the Stronghold, I suggest Lord.

All hail Lord Koko Ed!

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The videos are not rules. In fact, that one has a line that directly contradicts a rule. I don't find anything in the rules that says what action a player has to use to enter a BOULDER through the EMBRASURE.

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The Defenders of the Realm.

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Call the RI's "Sourcerers"?

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Carry on.

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The Order.

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This quote was to indicate that having a two-ball auto, while benefiting your score at any level of play, is not necessary at all during district/regional season since so few teams will probably be doing it. Resources could be better spent putting in some extra cycles, or perhaps breaching a new set of defenses. This will more actively help your score over time (assuming you score enough to make up for your single ball auto). A good team doesn't need a two ball auto to win a regional, therefore putting extended resources towards this at the cost of other features is not necessarily a good idea. At Einstein, or IRI, maybe a 2 ball auto will make the difference between closely matched alliances, though, and it will be necessary. The team has to decide for itself if the advantage is worth it and if they have the resources to make it work.

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It truly is LIT! 🔥

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can anyone tell me how I post things on this website?

re: I mean like make a new post rather than just replying to one like on this board (Warning! I know nothing about thread sharing websites!)

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Uh, you just did. :confused:

FAQ

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This is my first year in FRC but I was really impressed by the video and animation, (though I've seen some other release videos and games since my older brother has been in robotics) looks fun but also pretty challenging haha
Looks like a real hassle to set up too.

Also my first time on chiefdelphi but I've been on a few other forums so I'll just have to get used to the layout! :deadhorse:

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The rules for selecting defenses is confusing me.

The way I understand it is that each alliance gets to pick 3 defenses one from each category that the audience is not picking. My question is that are there two full sets of defenses each alliance can choose from? Could both alliances pick the Portcullis from category A or will the blue alliance have to pick the Cheval de Frise from category A if the red alliance picked the Portcullis?

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Is it legal to have an aditional robot(drone) to the FRC robot?

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Each Alliance will have a full set to pick from. The one caveat is that the Audience picks one, so that set will not be available to either Alliance.

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Are you being serious?

I suppose it could be legal, but it sure couldn't go very far. Unless you don't mind collecting a foul and then being disabled because of G18.

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Definetly

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the drone would be used to hook up the chain onto the bar so its able to lift the robot up byt itself in the last 20 secs of the match

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And then have the fun of watching your drone (A) falling un-powered to the floor, and (B) lying there defenseless while 5, 150 pound, robots drive around the field.

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I don't see any violation as long as it goes straight up and remains attached to robot below via the chain at all times. Like to see it that would be some fancy flying.

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Since it's part of the robot, control signals for the drone have to go through the roboRIO. (R56) I think you'd also have to modify the wireless communication to the drone to go through the allowed ports in R60. And R57 only allows one wireless bridge, hard-connected to the roboRIO (R58). So even if you could get the roboRIO-drone control set up I don't know how you could legally do the wireless communication to the drone. Or were you thinking of a tethered drone?

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If it's connected by a chain I don't see why a tether would be so far fetched. The bigger challenge would be making it work with legal motors... I'm sure its doable. Practical, maybe.

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That would be difficult/near impossible to stabilize the drone to be able to not hit the tower considering it wouldn't have GPS or anything to keep it steady.

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Looks BA if completed, Very much so.

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With this game, There are so many options for robots. If you don't get what I'm saying, Let me paint you a picture. Last year there was only 2 types of robots that we saw at competitions. One that collected totes and stacked it inside of itself and one that stacked it using 2 arms and such. I'm glad there are so many different possibilities for the robots this year. It'll make competitions a bit more interesting.

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Regarding a drone: I would read the manual carefully about allowable motors. Also, power might be an issue if gets power from a battery.

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<Kicks self> Doh! Although since there is a computer in a drone, maybe they could claim it's a COTS computing device, and the propellers certainly are fans. :rolleyes:

Now the question (assuming you accept the absurdity of a drone as a computing device) is how much modification do you get to do before a device is no longer COTS? Adding a tether seems like a pretty big mod. Or can you buy a tethered drone?

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Robot rules say the only telecom usable on the robot is the radio. If you were going to do something g like this, it'd have to have all signals transferred through the radio. The drone would also have to be powered by the main battery.

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Once the defenses have all been "Weakened" do you still have to go through them to get to the opponents castle? Or can you use the secret passageway?

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I don't see any caveats to the secret passage rules that allow it to become an access path once the outer works are weakened.

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Uh, no. Check G20, there's no exceptions.

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So is G20 implying you can use it to get back to the neutral zone?

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No.
You can only go between the SECRET PASSAGE and COURTYARD, not the NEUTRAL ZONE. You can, however, enter/exit your own SECRET PASSAGE however/wherever you want.

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OK thank you. That rule seems a little more complicated than it needs to be.

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The rule makes the opponents' secret passage useless to be in, but prevents penalties from accidentally driving into their passage when in the courtyard. After all, with limited visibility it is possible especially for driver stations (particularly left of the castle from drivers' perspective) it would be easy to drive in it.

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This game definitely makes up for the lack of excitement last year. #bestGameYet ::rtm::

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Yes I know Pete!

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Just to let you guys know, the Portcullis or "Iron Gate" is a clear solid polycarbonate sheet with black lines painted on. So that forces you to lift from the bottom rather than in the middle. Can't wait to play in this game, looks challenging yet fun. ^_^

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I think that there is a lot to thing about in terms of strategy and just the design itself, but if you are able to build a multi-tasking bot things will go very well! Also I feel bad for field reset, recycle rush bothered my and that was just totes!

Team 2729 Storm Robotics!

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This has to be the most exciting (and complicated) game I've seen in my time in FRC. You have to really understand the ALL the game rules, or else you're going to wind up in situations you're not prepared for.