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efoote868 03-02-2017 15:02

Re: What will be the next technical growth leap for the average team?
 
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Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1639476)
To some extent, machine vision has been a thing since 2006 - teams used cameras effectively that year for the high goal.

2006 was the 2nd year for vision. 2005 had the green vision tetrahedrons in autonomous, but it was an impossible task. The green color was highly dependent on the field lightning conditions which were arena specific. Small changes in shadows would completely change vision.

In 2006, the high goal featured the lit target, which was excellent because the color was constant by angle, and surrounding lighting.

The CMU camera wasn't very advanced either, and while the PIC based control system was darn near bullet proof, the setup (and possibly the rules?) didn't allow much if any co-processing capabilities.

frcguy 03-02-2017 15:18

Re: What will be the next technical growth leap for the average team?
 
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Originally Posted by iyportne (Post 1639618)
The man just can't catch a break!

USAC once experimented with hydraulic 4WD sprint cars with the tubular frame as the reservoir. Perhaps someone thought that was a technical leap...well...until that first crash. But don't worry, things like that rarely happen in FRC, and especially not this year.

Got somewhere where I can read about that car? Sounds cool and a bad idea at the same time.

iyportne 03-02-2017 19:14

Re: What will be the next technical growth leap for the average team?
 
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Originally Posted by frcguy (Post 1639983)
Got somewhere where I can read about that car? Sounds cool and a bad idea at the same time.

Well, good question...that was back in the '70s when I was FRC age...without FRC, so I built racecars. I've searched but found nothing about it (sigh), ...that was back before Al Gore invented the internet...but to clarify it was a midget sprint. I saw it at a 1/2 mile dirt track in Wisconsin and saw this car perform...and the oil slick...and the hydraulic fluid on red hot headers...and the flames and smoke. Perhaps it was a local thing that they had to make a rule against after that event.

It was during the same era that Formula 1 was experimenting with 6 wheel cars...4 wheel steer. Yes, that was outlawed too, and documented.

Moral of the story - some technical leaps fall into deep deep holes.

http://jalopnik.com/5530175/the-life...eeled-race-car

Skyehawk 03-02-2017 22:20

Re: What will be the next technical growth leap for the average team?
 
Maybe not the biggest 'technological leap' but the kit drivetrains are vastly impoved even over the last 4 years.

Also, the FIRST alumni that have become mentors. Over the years the numbers have only increased. Experiance is extremely valuable.


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