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Unread 10-01-2006, 23:36
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Re: What is the hardest (yet possible) task in this year's game?

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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Okay, couple things wrong here. First of all, assuming an autonomous challenge, you could, by yourself, only shoot ten balls. Now, That is a ball every 7/10 of a second, which (look at you watch) is not that short a period using a flywheel to throw them. Now, the challenge assumes that you SHOOT the balls in 7 seconds, so you get three second grace period to find and lock onto the target. Sounds pretty possible to me, especially if you did it without moving from your starting position.
With a fixed angle 'cannon' and the camera used only to aim the robot at the giant 30" hole, you should (if you maximize the height of the cannon and the muzzle velocity) be able to hit with all 10 balls. The only problem will be getting your throwing mechanism up to speed with enough sustainable momentum to complete firing in 10 seconds.
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