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mrnoble

15-12-2016 16:55

Re: New AndyMark Product Game Hint???

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery (Post 1621557)

That international game piece option was available in 2016, as well.

Yeah, that's just a good response to the years of problems with international teams being unable to get the most basic stuff to compete. I agree that it doesn't give anything away.

mrnoble

15-12-2016 17:18

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Originally Posted by pfreivald (Post 1621528)

Of the four possible hints

Sorry, I'm out of it. What are these hints? I am aware of the dirigible in the teaser video, but I have yet to see any other hints. I haven't been sauntering through CD very much lately, though, so I am sure I've missed it here. Would you mind terribly sharing what the possible "hints" were? Thanks.

pfreivald

15-12-2016 17:18

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery (Post 1621557)

That international game piece option was available in 2016, as well.

I wasn't aware of that.

Ah, well. Back to the speculation that I'm probably wrong.... :D

ctt956

15-12-2016 17:49

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Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss (Post 1621445)

But what if da red wunz go fasta!?

Add a few flame stickers. Problem solved! :p

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Originally Posted by Branden2648 (Post 1621534)

Andymark just uploaded a new video on Facebook with the following http://imgur.com/a/PHbIB

I started to think that dice(any size) might be game pieces. I see a Rubik's Cube in that picture...Vex Starstruck has a cube-shaped game piece... There's also a small toy robot between the large grey wheel and the stack of wheels. Minibot hint?

nuclearnerd

15-12-2016 18:08

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Commander Canada wishes all of our friends across the world a wonderful holiday season. #omgrobots #WeWouldntDareDoATeaserInThis #NahWeWould

https://twitter.com/andymarkinc/stat...84665857986560

What Christmas goodies has Nick been baking for us?

Christopher149

15-12-2016 18:20

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Originally Posted by Michael Hill (Post 1621556)

New LED Strips at AndyMark (WITH CONNECTORS EVEN!). What could this mean?

http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-3543.htm

That FTC teams want lights?

Vyrotek

15-12-2016 19:03

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https://twitter.com/andymarkinc/stat...84665857986560

:ahh: What the heck is holding up the Canadian flag right at the beginning? That seems to resemble a pole climbing or zipline minibot/mechanism of some sort...

Munchskull

15-12-2016 19:29

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Originally Posted by Vyrotek (Post 1621599)

I don't know what it is but I don't like it...I have heard the whispers or horror stories of mini bots.

Andrew_L

15-12-2016 20:45

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I hate to say it, but that's definitely a pole-climbing minibot. You can see the two motors (top one on the left side of the chassis, bottom one on the right side of the chassis), and the power connector wires falling underneath the frame. The frame has cutouts to guide the minibot along the pole near the top.

Sperkowsky

15-12-2016 21:03

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Originally Posted by Andrew_L (Post 1621655)

What do you think the limit switch at the top is for? Seeing if the minibot hits the top?

frcguy

15-12-2016 21:07

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Originally Posted by pfreivald (Post 1621528)

The Nerf Howler is also in stock and readily available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.co.au, and elsewhere...which, combined with an earlier not-supposed-to-be-a-hint-but-was-totally-a-hint, tells me the Nerf Howler is not the game piece.

An item's availability on Amazon and other retailers is not a very good indicator of it being used as a FRC game piece, especially since FIRST almost always has game pieces made with some kind of branding on them.

Andrew_L

15-12-2016 21:08

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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky (Post 1621658)

What do you think the limit switch at the top is for? Seeing if the minibot hits the top?

For you youngin's that weren't around in 2011, a common minibot design included a limit switch at the top to cut power to the motors as soon as the minibot impacted the plate at the top of the pole.

frcguy

15-12-2016 21:09

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Originally Posted by Andrew_L (Post 1621660)

For you youngin's that weren't around in 2011, a common minibot design included a limit switch at the top to cut power to the motors as soon as the minibot impacted the plate at the top of the pole.

What are the chances that the minibot shown is from 2011 and AndyMark is just messing with us?

Andrew_L

15-12-2016 21:10

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Originally Posted by frcguy (Post 1621662)

What are the chances that the minibot shown is from 2011 and AndyMark is just messing with us?

Almost 100%.

EDIT: 100% chance that it's a minibot from 2011. Whether AM is just trolling or not I don't know, nor is it late enough in December for me to actually care. :rolleyes:

Knufire

15-12-2016 22:44

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Originally Posted by frcguy (Post 1621662)

What are the chances that the minibot shown is from 2011 and AndyMark is just messing with us?

Because of how overvalued minibots were, the top teams iterated on these until there was pretty substantial design convergence to the minibot you saw in the video. Very similar to the arms race of can grabbers in 2015.

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