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i agree this new game limits us horribly and it makes so many ideas crushed preventing innovation and big concept to first but i bet there may not be many rockie teams registered so there uping the diffuculty to veteran teams
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All the rules they right are to challenge you. The more like the real world the better the challenge. In the real world, you are going to be given rules for no real good reason. A boss might tell you he doesn't like your design and not tell you what is wrong with it. He might tell you if anything is wrong with it. As for the reaching outside of the original dimensions, I don't know about you but that is one rule that I'm having trouble working with. It is because of this that I think that it is the best rule of this game.
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i do agree. but no good to complain. we just have to deal with what we have and not what we want (i'm thinking, let us extend outside the bumpers:D ) would anyone happen to know how you are positioned during autonomous? i know that your trailer has to contact the wall, but assuming that your trailer is touching the wall, are you free to angle your robot as desired? that would help alot in autonomous, especially considering the low traction conditions.
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You can angle your robot any way you want, provided you do it by eye (no measuring devices).
I've never been so frustrated while reading a topic on CD. The GDC is not going to renege just because some of their rules are considered unfair. More and more, I see people forming opinions too early. Not just in FIRST, but in school and the real world too. If, after the championship, 90% of the robots really are the same, and few or none managed to overcome the "unreasonable" challenges, the GDC has failed. Until then, however, there's nothing constructive in criticizing these restrictions. This has been said before, but the real world is not reasonable, and restrictions don't go away because they're ridiculous. Better to accept them and spend time working around them instead. The truly ironic thing is that most of these restrictions appear to have logical reasons behind them. If a robot crashes into a wall or other robot with an extended manipulator, there could be damage to either or both of colliders. If teams built robots that could descore balls or block their trailers, they could eliminate the need to maneuver entirely. Just because the restrictions don't seem right to teams doesn't mean they aren't there for a good reason. |
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As I said, I know that there are a lot of reasonable explanations for the rules, I think most of us agree with them, but there is a difference between having the person who wrote a rule tell why it was put in than having some college kid tell us that the rule is there because so and so. No offense, Im sure you are smart and understand your stuff but you are NOT on the GDC and as such really can't explain their thinking. The scenario you described where a team eliminates the need to move entirely is just good problem solving. How is the GDC deciding they want robots to have to move a good reason? To me that is an arbitrary decision they made to make the game more exciting. Nothing wrong with wanting an exciting game. As far as teams potentially getting parts broken, that has always been part of the game, making your stuff robust enough to withstand collision. |
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Now, I don't think it does; while I do have my issues with it, I do in general like this game. But there are issues that are, IMO, hard to defend, and the "no extending beyond your footprint" issue is one of them. It has been allowed in nearly all competitions before, and yes, there have been collisions, but one of the challenges of the game has been to build a robust robot. |
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This probably has been said, but it seems like too much (due to all the restrictive rules) is being placed on hand-eye-ball-trailer coordination - not design, ingenuity, driving, etc
Still, there are some solutions, and it will be fun to see how everyone approaches this year's competition.; |
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Also, the reason they aren't giving a response as to why is because they are too busy monitoring all the teams out there that are confused by the rules or just simply trying to get around them. Let them answer the important questions of what and how. Then, ask them why. Until then, you should be busy with the bot. |
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If the Rules had statements from Kickoff saying, "Thou shalt not block thine trailer." and "Thou shalt not descore." and "Thou shalt not exit thy bumper perimeter." would we be having this discussion? We all would have gone, "Aw, crap, there goes that idea." and then got on with the design process. We wouldn't have anything to argue about. (Well, there's still <G14>, but ... :p ) So the bigger question becomes how can the GDC ensure that the rules come out as intended, the first time? I have one thought on that which I can't share now but will follow up on through proper channels as the season progresses. Anyone else with ideas is free to contact FIRST individually or make their feelings known in the feedback mechanisms that are available each season. |
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I think you are all right. The GDC went overboard this year.
Do they think we can face the challenges of everyday life on a 1/6 gravity moon? Do they think we can exist with a limited size robot? Do they think our teams can handle a weight limit of 120lbs? Do they think we can overcome programming issues for driving on ice? Do they think we can use new electrical parts and be effective? Do they think we can overcome these adversities and survive? Do they think we can use humans as an effective addition to a mechanical strategy? Do they think we can figure out how to pick up those balls made of plastice and spandex? Do they expect us to do all of this in just six weeks? And the answer to all of these questions is YES! This is the 40th annivesary of man's first step on the moon. Remember kickoff? The average age of the engineers working on Apollo was 28 at the time of the landing, making them 18 when John Kennedy challenged them, "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him back safely to the earth." You guys have 40 years of technological advantage over those engineers and all you have to do is get your robot to move a few feet and pick up some toys. Let's get moving! |
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The gdc could solve alot of problems at kickoff by changing that one segment were they play some kind of tv game. One hour before telecast they take a group and show them everything. Have them sign something or take away their phones. Then use their questions in that segment. I think the questions of blocking and descoring would have been brought up.
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They are trying to even the playing field between the teams but that is not going to happen no matter what they do. Teams with more experience are going to have an easier times then rookies and second year teams. I am not sure it is worth it though.
They are not letting us get extremly creative this year because they're are so many rules. I guess we will have to find different ways to be creative then ew have in the past. |
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And, once again, if you guys are complaining about limitations now, I'm going to make a proposal for next year. I'll give you the details now, though. It's one simple rule: "All robots shall be built using only what is in the KOP, plus $x from [insert supplier], plus a certain amount of a, b, c, and d materials from the local Home Depot." Oh, and the KOP will include items that are not in component form. All I'll say is that it's happened before, back in the "Dark Ages" before alliances. Now go look at those robots from the early to mid 90's. (Aside from many of them being built to handle balls...) What do you see? Creativity. |
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