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Originally Posted by JB987
the action on the field must be visible (including the movements of game pieces) in order for spectators in large arena type venues to be able to follow the action...which therefore rules out any small objects like ping pong balls, tennis balls, etc. For over a decade all movable game pieces have been no smaller than the nerf balls in 06...for a reason.  |
I wouldn't count out tennis balls just because of their size, I think it would be quite easy to see them flying through the air and rolling around on the ground in any stadium we play in. They do play the actual game in stadiums much large than we have, and with only one ball. Also some people have said that they would be too small for FRC robots to manipulate but that would be part of the challenge, you don't want a game that's too easy do you? There may be some other reasons not to use them like the fact that they go bad and loose their bounce after a while. This might make using the same balls in week 1 as week 7 a problem.
Also just something I thought of: what if the field was not static, what if it shot out the tennis balls like a tennis ball machine and our robots had to do something with them before, say, they bounced once (from the rules of tennis). That could be something to use the counters and sensors for (counting the balls the come out of the field and counting what happens to them), as well as present a use for the Kinect. The driver would actually be able to swing to make the robot react.
Just some thoughts that might make someone else thing of something.
