View Single Post
  #1   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 02-02-2005, 09:02
dhitchco's Avatar
dhitchco dhitchco is offline
Awards/Photo/Video "wizard"
AKA: Doug Hitchcock
FRC #1511 (Rolling Thunder)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Rochester, NY USA
Posts: 333
dhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant futuredhitchco has a brilliant future
Re: Regarding <G13> - placement of the tetra by the human player.

It's been previously proven that the "optimal" place to get a tetra is from the auto-load station preferred over the human-load station; see other threads.

That being stated, the auto-load station is "X" inches off the floor. Why then would you want to add to the robot complexity by introducing a "new" position to some other height than what is already programmed in for the auto-load pick-up height.

Also, a floor-height pick-up position simply makes the human player do that much more work (bending, etc). It also introduces the risk that the human player (in bending over the field border) may also mistakenly come into contact with the robot (a rule violation)
__________________
The THUNDER just keeps getting LOUDER in 2008....
Team 1511 now supports over 15 FLL teams

RollingThunder....Winner of the 2007 Chairman's Award at Finger Lakes Regional and Spirit Award at Boston.....Winner of 2006 Finger Lakes Regional Engineering Inspriation and Boston Imagery awards.......Winner of 2005 World Championship Rookie All-Star (plus FLR Rookie All-Star, Buckeye Top-Seeded Rookie, GTR Champion, Spirit, and Inspiration)

"Gracious Professionalism is a WAY of life".....