Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 (Post 1098890)

No, but we joked around during the summer about a basketball game. We designed how it could work, what drives to use, entirely hypothetical stuff.

When we watched the video, we were as shocked as ever! We made some small adjustments to fit the game, and our design was done. Ended last 30 minutes of the meeting by starting the drivetrain, and ordering parts.

I swear I'm going to wake up any moment in bed, it being 5:00 AM, Sunday morning, and this was all a dream.

*For the record, we didn't just magically devise stuff for basketball-like games over the summer. We did a variety of sports, from tennis to baseball, and even water polo (You never know!). It just so happened that during that time we agreed a basketball-like game would play like Aim High, and built off of that.*

Originally Posted by R18

Robot elements designed or created before the Kickoff presentation, including software, are not permitted.

Originally Posted by Christopher149 (Post 1098976)

I hope it was sufficiently vague, because:

Originally Posted by Garten Haeska (Post 1099001)

Just though of this while playing Runescape. What if the two robots that we're going on the cooperation bridge left like with 20 seconds left in the game to make sure that it would get done. Would either one of those robot still shoot there basketballs while they are on the bridge, I mean I don't see any rules that this would violate. But correct me if I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by gyroscopeRaptor (Post 1099025)

Nothing in the rules is stopping you from making this shot, or even a fullcourt shot from the reload station. Physics, on the other hand, may disagree.

Originally Posted by sharontron (Post 1098901)

I would love to get some feedback about my idea for a robot design. Haven't pitched it to my team yet, but I figure I can try the waters on this forum.

In a word: pyramid. With pneumatic suction capacity. The drive train would be a pair of military tracks to develop proper traction for the platforms. Balls would be sucked up via a vacuum that extends from the bottom of the pyramid into the tip of the pyramid's eye.

An arm would extend from the top of the pyramid, grab the ball, and begin dribbling it to increase the potential angle of impact.

A bit complex, but I feel that the dribbling component artfully captures the spirit of basketball. Woodie Flowers talked about Eat Pray Love, the book, in his speech, and in the book, they artfully capture one woman's soul-searching endeavors. This can capture the soul of basketball!!

Would love some suggestions. Thanks!

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 (Post 1099026)

Physics never disagrees, it just makes it harder sometimes! :p

Originally Posted by joek (Post 1099070)

WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks complex...



just remember -9.8 m/s/s

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 (Post 1098982)

Essentially, what we designed was: Kitbot on steroids (changed to pneumatic wheels after the video), some sort of hopper to collect the balls, and a turreted shooter. Not very detailed, but once we saw the game, we finished off the details and now have everything set!

Don't worry, it's legal. We spent 4 hours today checking the rules, and we wouldn't dream of breaking them.

Originally Posted by DjMaddius (Post 1098378)

According to some trig I just did, it will be 9.14811439598141 degrees when its down. For some reason, this doesn't seem right but it may well be!

Originally Posted by DjMaddius (Post 1098378)

According to some trig I just did, it will be 9.14811439598141 degrees when its down. For some reason, this doesn't seem right but it may well be!

Originally Posted by brittanycb (Post 1107103)

A team mate and i used your measurement in CAD and it didn't seem right. So we checked the math in CAD and the measurement we got was 15.83 degrees. We think that when you did your math, you didn't double one of your measurements.
Thanks,
Brittany :)

Originally Posted by cosmicexplorer (Post 1107746)

From the bumper rules, it seems like the largest gap a team can have on the narrow end of the robot, assuming a width of 27 inches, would be 11 inches, given that bumpers must be extended at least 8 inches from each exterior corner. Is this correct, or are wider gaps permitted?