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Re: pic: Possible 2016 field?
Yeah. I would be really surprised if the field doesn't resemble the blueprint. That is just the kind of clue they would give us. It is so ambiguous that we can't really prepare for it, but it allows us to speculate.
My opinion is that the two spirals on each side are robots and the lines coming out of them might be the autonomous driving paths. One is straight, one is squiggly, perhaps to show the differences in teams autonomous modes, perhaps different difficulty levels.
I think the third robot for each side is the spirals that are next to each other in the exact middle of the field. They might be on top of the castle or something. These robots might have a special role which would explain the alliance building references.
It kind of looks like there is a human figure at the end of the squiggly line. Maybe this is where the robots interact with the human.
I wonder how complicated this field is going to be. It might pose a problem for teams that build field elements. And how will we prepare for interactions with a field like that.
The one thing that stumps me is: why bumpers? If this is a representation of the field, it doesn't look like there is much opportunity for interactions between alliances. The huge thing in the middle seems to separate both sides.
This is going to be awesome.
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