Thread: Round Robot(s)
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Unread 13-03-2013, 18:34
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Re: Round Robot(s)

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Originally Posted by nathannfm View Post
Another picture with finished bumpers in competition, looks like those might even be reversible with that seem down the middle.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele...n/photostream/
The bumpers are reversible, I sewed them with the seem down the middle.

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Originally Posted by lorem3k View Post
From a strategic perspective, a circular robot would be harder to block, because any typical rectangular robot would just kind of "slide" to one side in a collision (though on the flipside, this would also make them less effective as defense robots).

From what I can see in the pictures of 2836 and 4743, there seems to be a lot of unused space inside their perimeter, but their robots don't seem to do a whole lot. I don't see any shooter on 2836's bot, and 4743's just looks like a simple 1-point dumper. I think they'd be able to use more of that space if their robots had more functionality, i.e a floor pickup or a 30-point climb.

Sorry if this post sounds harsh towards these two teams. I don't intend to put your robots down, just making some observations about how you've used your internal space.
The circle fits our shooter right along the edges, this is a shooter. Our circle robot is not a 1-pt dumper. Check us out at Troy, now that we have our programming worked out, your opinion will definitely change.
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