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Darn, look's like he must have been listening in on Team 190's design meetings. Back to the drawing board. :(
(btw Randall, you will be hearing from our lawyers). |
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WATER GAME!
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I love how there is like 4 or 5 posts with this same thing it. Made me laugh. GG.
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SO MUCH HAPPINESS.
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FIRST Design XKCD
![]() I love this, but unfortunately, there are a few rule infractions here: 1) No part may detach from the robot. 2) That is WAY above the height limitation, even during the FINALE. 3) There are no bumpers on the robot. So if you were thinking about using this design, make sure the tower stays connected to the robot and within the frame perimeter which is surrounded by bumpers, and only extends to 60". Maybe a really intense light focused onto the sensor would work. |
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Wow, that is awesome.
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I love how within 20 minutes of the comic going up there were three threads about it on CD already. I love you all.
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If only the alt text had been something to the effect of "Should've thought of this to keep the static down last year!" I would literally be rolling on the floor.
Two thumbs up for this comic! |
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I love it!
Does this mean Randall is mentoring a team in the Cambridge, MA area? |
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Improved design: drop the telescoping pole with lighter, use an IR laser instead!
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Can we get an official count on how many rules are broken?
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OH EM GEE! I was so excited when I saw the "FIRST Design" in my bookmark, I didn't believe it would actually be FIRST. I had the thought..=]
ANYWAY! Looks like our next team update will need to include a new definition of "field elements"... =] |
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Okay, so I'd like to settle this once and for all. I didn't see anything in this year's rule book about lasers being illegal, but as far as I remember, it's been in the ones from every other year. Does that mean that lasers are legal this year, or am I remembering the past incorrectly? Obviously, lasers would have to pass safety inspection, so if there was a bad use for one, or it was pointed at eye-level for anybody, it would be banned, but I can think of several great uses.
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1. No bumpers 2. Detaching mechanism 2a. The robot probably has two power sources (and possibly two controllers) since both the robot and the detached mechanism are actively moving at the same time. Theoretically this could be done by a complicated spring/catch system using only stored energy, hence the sub-point. 3. Definitely extends above 60" and probably 90", and it's not touching a tower 4. Open flame plus interacting with elements outside the arena = definite safety violation 5. Umbrella is definitely extending outside the frame perimeter 6. Sprinklers would cause field destruction 7. The last frame clearly shows the robot in possession of two balls that's all I can think of for now...probably are more thoug |
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I'll keep the penalty log on that one, Nuttyman. (Though 7 is not the case; it's using one to herd another.) I'll also add some more.
1--<S04>, penalty, possible Yellow Card 2--<G41>, penalty, possible Red Card, and with it causing a rainstorm inside, that possible is a definite. 3--<S04> or <G30>; either way, penalty and possible Yellow Card 4--<S01>, penalty, disablement 5--<G30>, penalty, Yellow Card 6--<G26>, potential disablement 8--strategy aimed at robot destruction/disablement--<G36>, Yellow Card Penalty:5 Yellow Card:2-4 (intentionality says 4) Red Card:1-3, depending on how many yellow cards are pulled. That robot would be tied up in inspection for the rest of the event, under instructions from the Head Ref. |
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I demand a team update that allows this specific design to be legal! :p
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Putting FIRST in XKCD is like putting peanut butter in chocolate: it's one kind of awesomeness mixed into another variety of awesomeness. This is truly worth geeking out about.
Yes, I am all giddy about this. :ahh: :D Oh, and this strip seemed to bring out all the FIRSTers on the XKCD forums. |
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Illegal: any exposed laser (which would pretty much be the rest of them). <R02-D> is the rule in question. |
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i was excited to see that i WASN'T the first person to get this and want to post this because that means that i'm not the only one reading xkcd =D. I thought this was awesome and funny at the same time, and i'm glad Randall knows of us =)
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This comic is pure win. Million times win.
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Breakaway: Plowbot's Revenge
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Here are some obvious non-compliances with robot rules: <R02> F. Matches are not legal.No inspector would let that robot near the field, even for practice. Still, it's a wonderful cartoon.:D |
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Awesome application of Dean's Homework.
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I think we're assuming that the inspectors were ALL folks off the street with no training whatsoever for this one, given that in the cartoon it did in fact make it to the field.
Also note that <S04> disallows anything violating robot rules.:D With that list, Dave, that's 6x<S04>, better known as 6 penalties and 6 potential yellow cards assuming that it even made it to the field with the aforementioned highly underqualified inspection crew. Add that to the above and no ref crew would even think about letting it back on the field after the first match. (Aside from every other team in the event being mad at the team...) Oh, and add another possible penalty to the list:<G31> is at extreme risk of being violated. Penalty at minimum, red card if intentional or damaging. Note that almost every penalty carries a card with it. And that every listed penalty would happen every match (both senses of the word). Odds of it lasting longer than half of a practice match, or going a full match without getting disabled: 1/(10^-infinity). Odds of the inspection crew getting in trouble, should it enter the field: infinity/1. |
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Did anybody else hear angels' voices singing at this holy union?
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That broken robot in the end looks a lot like Team 1735's typical robot with the lattice on all sides. I wonder if that is a coincidence since the xkcd creators are from Mass.
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I like the umbrella sound, FWOOMP. Dozer looks good with an umbrella.
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A little something I threw together for those of you who want this to be your new wallpaper...the 1280x800 is for those of you with widescreen monitors.
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+2 Internets
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Like all brainstorming, there is no such thing as a bad idea, and illegal ideas just need to be bent a little to fit within the rules..
Here goes: You know, if you were to make this into 1 unit with proper height bumpers, climb the ball return tower, then extend to maximum Finale configuration with 2 Fisher-Price Magic smoke generators (motors with their drive shafts grounded).....Hmmmm |
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This has been a pretty good morning ladies and gents... and thank God it is early in the semester, otherwise I think my celebration of this would have been shorter*.
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So I was all set to have a terrible day today. Thanks xkcd!
Anyone want to bring Randall out to a regional? |
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RTFM RANDALL!!!!
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Pretty sure some of the CD folks would be more than happy to loan/donate/sell you some sarcasm and/or comedy and/or bad puns. Just make sure to account for them on the BOM.
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I was really really happy to see this comic :D
It isn't the first time that xkcd has been involved with FRC -- our team (2877 Ligerbots) has the first-ever XKCD sponsorship. (Apparently a few of his friends went to our high school. It's most likely a one-time feat.) Randall was a mentor, or something similar, when he was in college, on his little brother's team. He has some great stories about it. (now that I think about it, there's probably still a whiteboard with "xkcd.com -- DNE" somewhere in our team's room) |
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Wow. I love XKCD and this is just awesome. I say epic win and is there anyway we can put this on our t-shirts or buttons? xD
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This has got to be one of the best xkcd comics I have seen. The thing that makes it so much more awesome is that my team, #1719, is called "The Umbrella Corporation"... :yikes:
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