Three-team alliances?
 

Posted by Eric , Student on team #253, MRT - Mills Robotics Team, from Mills High School and Fairchild Semiconductor and NASA Ames Research Center.

Posted on 5/3/99 11:19 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: alliances posted by Andy Grady on 4/27/99 8:54 AM MST:



I liked what FIRST did for the finals in Florida. Why not have alliances
consist of three teams for the whole competition? Although you have
three teams, only two compete per match. That way, alliances can use
the two best-paired or functional robots while accomdating the robots
that still need tweaking.

Eric

jeztek@jps.net

Re: Three-team alliances?
 

Posted by Andrew Trax, Coach on team #180, S.P.A.M., from Southfork,Martin Co. High and UTC.

Posted on 5/4/99 3:44 AM MST


In Reply to: Three-team alliances? posted by Eric on 5/3/99 11:19 PM MST:



Unless there were some rule mandating a minimum number of games played rather than
just on the bench, like Little League, some teams would spend very little, if any,
time on the field. Imagine being on a team with a not so great robot and
watching rather than playing. That would be heartbreaking. I'd rather lose
than not try.
But there's no saying what will happen in the future. They may come up
with a game that puts three or more on a alliance AND on the field.

RC Limitations?
 

Posted by Dodd Stacy, Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 5/4/99 8:05 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Three-team alliances? posted by Andrew Trax on 5/4/99 3:44 AM MST:



I kind of like the possibilities of fielding alliance teams of 3, 4, maybe up to 6 'bots all playing at once on a bigger field. Does anyone know a reasonable limit on the number of separate RC systems that could operate in this context without significant interference problems?

Dodd

No practical limit...
 

Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 5/4/99 7:00 PM MST


In Reply to: RC Limitations? posted by Dodd Stacy on 5/4/99 8:05 AM MST:



I think that FIRST has 24 channels that they use for the RNET's but I think that that is just a limit they have imposed upon themselves.

If we want to go to some other type of spead spectrum wireless lan type system, I think we could expand to as many robots as we could practically fit in a gym.

The folks at NUWC have proposed going to a wireless ethernet type card. The bandwidth on such a system would allow much more interesting control schemes as well.

Joe J.

3 team QM's
 

Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 5/4/99 7:45 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Three-team alliances? posted by Andrew Trax on 5/4/99 3:44 AM MST:



Good Idea.

I tried to get some comments on a similar proposal about a week ago.

No takers.

Maybe folks didn't see it.

Joe J.

P.S. I think I will post it again, but as a new thread.