This number (9328490238209) when converted from hexadecimal to text, becomes 39 33 32 38 34 39 30 32 33 38 32 30 39. When these numbers are plugged into in ASCII table, they become these characters: ‘! &”’RS !& RS’. Why does this matter? When this is googled, the search comes up with a few things about remote sensing. Remote sensing, if you don’t know, is the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it. Why is this relevant? Two reasons:
1. The day FIRST released
this , AndyMark released
this mysterious video .
2. Today, AndyMark tweeted a little
GIF that was retweeted by FIRST. What do the two videos from AndyMark have in common? Treads.
What do treads and remote sensing have to do with an FRC game? Remote sensing = images of terrain. Treads = meant for traversing rough terrain. AndyMark is now selling “
Rhino Track Modules” .These modules are perfectly priced for FRC and are being released just days before the season begins. If it isn’t obvious by this point, it should be obvious now. The field will be different this year (the 24th anniversary of
Maize Craze). Our robots must traverse rough terrain to accomplish the assigned task (but that’s a theory for another day).
Plus, we’re going to war, right? A deciding factor in any battle is the terrain upon which it is fought.
