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hrm, with 3 castors, maybe they could be pulling some kind of wheelbarrow...where you have one castor, but the robot has to lift part of the plywood off the ground before it can push it?

FIRST doesnt make things obvious...so I came up with the first thing I could think of that wasn't so obvious...

Enough guessing for now...save the headaches and use some patience....Saturday is near :)

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Circular Saw?

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I think it could be a rotating (on castors) "gun" with 12 barrels. The robot could place tennis balls in them and tilt it to roll the ball to the other side of the field. Or maybe even shoot the balls :D

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THREE Casters???
Perhaps a triangular puck....that would add a neat twist
Only enough room for 3 bots...hmmmmm!!!
Probably, with all this lumber, there will be stairs or elevated goals.
Perhaps platforms throughout the field with scoring objects on them.
I'm just relieved I don't see "inflatable clowns" on the Bill of Materials.
:confused: :confused:

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...so, this is a Field Bill of Materials, right? It's not just for whatever occupies the field, but for the entire field itself.

So, maybe our good friend, the tried and true rectangle, is making a departure?

I mean, why else tell teams what they need to build a field when many, many teams have preexisting fields that were built to the rectangle's specifications?

Hmm.

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one of the member from 408 was telling me that what if its a shape of pyramid with stairs... and the 3 casters on 3 corners... the bot has to try to move that somewhere and then get on top of the stairs... to score....

SOUNDS INSANE TO ME!!!! :ahh:

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Actually, i think ya might be a tad off on that. I seem to recall it being discussed last year that the basic field will remain the same. This would definetly appear to be the objects that comprise the field, as denoted by the casters. I personally see absolutely no use for 3 casters in a field minus the elements the comprise it, but if you'd like to enlighten me, feel free.

The just I got from FIRST is the rectangle stays for a long time, BECAUSE so many teams have preexisting fields.

oh, and one more comment:


Let's get ready to RUMMBBLEEEEE!!!!

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Wow these are some really crazy ideas, I was thinking maybe all of that plywood, and all those screws would be used for some wierdly shaped thingamabob that the robots need to either get on or push around.

Also maybe the casters are put on to game pieces that balance... off of a center post, but split up so each one moves freely.

-Aaron

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Am I crazy, or did FIRST say that we will have a square field this year? I thought it was for money issues?

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Maybe the screws aren't for assembling anything at all ... Can't you just see robots trying to cross a giant pit of screws? Maybe there's a small tri-balance bridge over the top of the pit and if you get pushed in, you're doomed!!!! :p :yikes:

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Where's the carpet?

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::is overwhelmed w/ hypothesis::
just some of many ideas/comments:
I find it interesting that there are no fittings of any sort to go w/the 2 smaller size pipes. And that ther is soo much of them. Perhaps some sort of grating out of the steel pipe?? How is it going to be connected to anyhting?

3 castors? odd.....

awful lot of wood. sound slike there will be a platform. I'm guessing the carriage bolts ar for legs of some sort.

I am wondering what 1/4-20 stuf is for. Hex nuts and bolts are not much good through wood without washers. Whay are there only 2 of each. I doubt they arer going in to wood. Lag screws or carriage bolts are far more effective, unless thye are bolting somehting on either side.
This brings up the issue of the 3/4 in deck screws. What are they for? Those are not thick enough to go through much. Perhaps to secure the toilet flange?

I'm thinking on the level of what can possible connect to what?

Why 3/4" and 1/2" inch plywood?

Soo many questions.

my head hurts :confused: :confused:

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Note to self: must not dissapoint Jessica. :)

-dave



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Vmax = 10 ft/sec

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It must really crack you up to read these sort of threads.

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Vmax = 10ft/s... it may just be that the thread in which you posted this "end-liner" is leading me on, but is that another thoroughly layered hint of yours (ie. a^2 + ....)? Oh, and I too hope you don't dissapoint Jessica! As in, no puck.. but I guess there is one, eh? :)

Vmax... the only thing I can relate that to is Harmonic/oscillatory/circular motion, with the max velocity occuring when x (displacement from relaxed/rest state) is equal to zero. Does that mean we are starting on a platform and then have to clear some obstacle to get into the "game zone?" Wait, why ask if you won't give an answer? Throw me another one of these, so I can have another thing to chew on.