Re: Water? Fuggedaboutit
 

Stairs Now there's an idea. Have a step in the middle of the field that you have to climb and also have a ramp about 30 degrees angle with a peak height of 2.5 ft either use the stairs or use the ramp to get to the other side.

Ooooohhh... I like that!
 

I'm really liking an idea like that!

- Katie

"Forget about friendship
Hey, let's destroy the enemy
That's one thing I've learned
My enemies are just as close to me...
Don't give up fighting
'Til nothing else stands in your way
Don't give up talking
Until there's nothing left to say
But no matter what you do -
Don't ever compromise what you believe!"
- The Ataris

Stairs w/ hoses
 

Good idea with the stairs. Along with stairs, we could have firehose as a scoring object. We could drag the hose around the playing field, up and over the stairs and place the hose into a fixture. That way, 6 months from now, all or our communities would have fire-fighting robots. In the wake of 9-11... this would be a way that we could make an impact.

Just a thought.

Andy B.

Well, for two years running, we've had relatively static game pieces on the field. 2000 moreso than 2001, of course. But, judging by the wording of the welcome letter who-whats-it, I think this year we'll again be battling over a single object that's a hefty point-scoring device. My crystal ball sees something that either rotates, or involves a large counterweight and a whole lot of scary, forceful oomph!(tm) when it's returning to it's rest state.

Discussion regarding NYC, Firefighters & Robots split to this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&threadid=1173

Stairs
 

Stairs would be really cool, plus after a little thinking, I came up with the following. Last season, the aspect that defined the competition was bridge balancing. Last season, Dean showcased his iBot at nationals. The main feature of this invention was the ability to balance on two wheels. See a connection? I surfed over to a site that has devoted itself to IT: Dean's newest creation. It seems from the patent drawings (pretty big page) that IT will be able to climb stairs. Some of the drawings feature Star Wars type legs (the large vehicles that had the lasers...its been a while) or a 3 wheel rotating design. I just wanted to put this out there.