Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

Pool noodles that are attached to your bot via 6-8" of string may work and not get entangled. The string would allow the noodle to freely rotate as intended by the original idea.. However, I'm willing to bet that better driving will work much more efficiently in the end.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

Find someone who was around in 2002. The tethers had a tendency to tangle at least a little when driven over, even the ones with metal reinforcing them.

And as for having another robot drive over it and not get a penalty... Outside the bumper zone contact, plus it probably goes past your bumpers, which makes you responsible. Not quite a non-penalty situation... but you could argue that it was their fault (if it was short enough)... So it would depend on the ref. I'm not exactly thrilled about using something that could make the ref make a difficult call.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

I like the idea a lot..although if entanglement with just string is an issure, perhaps bike chain...it works just as well...1799 put a length of bike chain on their chassis last year so that their bot would be ground when they drove around..(they had a problem with static electricity building up and than then their bot stalling for no reason.).

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

I respectfully disagree. You might not like <G22>, but it is crystal clear and easily enforced. Tying string on your robot is lawyering the game, in my opinion, and the time spent coming up with schemes like this might be more fruitfully spent learning to drive your robots in a way that did not violate <G22>.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

In my personal experience all string theory or any theory that using string theory as a base is far out in left feild. And is just more complex then anything needs to be (things that are mirco sized on the quantum plane made of super energy vibrating in more then 10^200 ways?!?!?!?!?!)

Also this may not volate the rule but the spirt of the rule which you will be called on too.. or we were *shrugs*

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

Make SURE that ALL the grease is off first if you use that. Something about robots not being allowed to lose lubricant or similar things on the field. (It's one of the first rules in the ROBOT section of the manual.)

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

word.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

this idea reminds me of the 2002 game when there was some team that a rope that popped out like 10 feet and got them into their home zone for extra points.

The problems are:
entanglement(illegal contact outside the bumper zone)
not having a lot of control of the rope because it is a rope which is not stiff(may cause even more g22s)
it cant be very long because you have to stay within an 80 inch cylinder

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

You know, its kinda funny how we are talking about entanglement in a topic about string theory

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

Quantum Robot Mechanics anyone?

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

I was very excited to see this thread, until I figured out what it was actually about. I was pumped to read about actual string theory.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

I believe they do because it wasn't greasy when I touched it, but yeah.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

... I had a good feeling it wasn't about that string theory. I've read way too many books and seen too many movies on string theory as well as read way too many posts on Chief to know that this wasn't the real deal. Come on Karthik, you should have known better! ...

*Sarcasm Meter*

On another note, I believe this topic needs to officially be asked in a Q&A. This could seriously alter any strategy of the possible Einstein teams and maybe, just maybe, we will have some penalty free matches...

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

Perhaps to resolve the entanglement issue just have a big metal stick poke out from behind the robot. This stick should be at bumper height and should be retractable.

Re: String Theory: <G22> at the Championships
 

See <R06>. While it mentions "metal being used as a traction device", it's fairly clear the intent is you should not have metal on your robot dragging on the carpet.