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That's a lot of fuel
It just occurred to me: There will be a lot of fuel on the field.
Once the hoppers are dumped, 560 Fuel: 100 Fuel (50 on each side) waiting to be dumped through the loader 300 fuel (50 per bot) moving around the field, or being dumped/shot into the Boiler. Note: Once a bot dumps its load into the boiler, by the time it picks up more fuel, the Boiler will have processed dumped fuel. So you are not likely to have fuel in the bot and boiler at the same time. That leaves 160 fuel rolling around on the field. Even allowing for 50 overflow on each side, that is 60 fuel rolling around the field. What's the strategy for dealing with excess fuel behind the Alliance Wall? Do you just dump it on the field? That's better than letting the other alliance dump the overflow fuel into their robots at their Alliance wall. |
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Expect kamikaze bot dumping all fuel in 30 seconds so 560 on floor potential
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As usual, Randal has it covered
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http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ci...le-d_1905.html
Have fun, virtual high five to the first person who figures out the surface area of the field, and the even spacing necessary to fit all the balls on the field. Bonus, how tightly can they be packed, and what percentage of the field does it actually cover? |
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There's gonna be fuel rolling around the alliance station and loading lanes, as well. You can even so one little fuel go running for his life in one of the field tour videos. Some poor human player is inevitably going to step on the fuel and fall over, probably while carrying a tote full of even more fuel.
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It is going to be interesting carrying 150 lb robots off a field covered in balls. :ahh: I pity the field reset people.
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As a third year resetter I pity me too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Seems like each event needs a contest for best ball vacuum for field reset. Points given for ease of use, battery efficiency, and time required to gather balls.
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I'm thinking something similar to this floor squeegee, probably with wheels on the far edges and maybe one in the middle to quickly corral the fuel:
Floor Squeegee Get the fuel pushed away from the bots quickly so removal can happen safely. I'm also thinking of making a couple of exactly sized boxes to dump fuel into that measures out 50 of them for easy *counting* to put back in the hopper containers. Just fill the box and dump it in. Trying to come up with ways to make my field reset crew jobs a little easier and the new CNC Router that will be mounted in the garage this weekend will need something to work on. |
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Two people with battery pack powered leaf blowers for the win?
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Maybe the "fuel picker-upper" is what they left out of the game design manual.
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Some other PCH Volunteers and I were discussing a lot of the same suggestions already mentioned here, Then I found this (rather expensive) tennis ball retriever:
![]() It inspired me to make one up for the fuel. I have a very basic sketch and plan down for a version built out of plywood and plexi using polycord to lift the fuel. I'm mainly waiting to make sure that 1. FIRST does not have a better solution for field reset already in the works 2. confirmation of bin size I was planning on making it push powered, but I'm wondering now if maybe a CIM to drive the collection mechanism... :hmmm: |
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Holonomic Zamboni.
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