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Unread 10-03-2006, 20:25
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Re: Week 2: So how's that Field Working?

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Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank
When I noticed that the blue 'bots weren't moving, I checked and saw that their LED's were still solid blue (disabled mode) instead of rapidly blinking (autonomous mode). I alerted Melissa, the scorekeeper, and she killed the match.

Ricky from IFI would have noticed it on the scanner if the match had gone on any longer. (On a side note, that scanner is amazing - it picks up all sorts of useful information such as battery voltages and disabled states, just by intercepting the communications between the various RCs and OIs. It's thanks to it that the staff is able to warn teams on the field about dead backup batteries and the 8.3V bug. So far, we've been able to catch and rectify every single control system problem brought about by a team's negligence, before the match starts.)
I've walked past it a couple times, and it looked fun to play with, but I never got a chance to stop and look at it. I assume it's also because of this that they know if anyone is operating over radio


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Originally Posted by KTorak
** We were told to E-Stop if we flipped over and were dead for the match to avoid issues with offesnse/defense and the back bot because i disabled robot does not count as one of the 2 robots.
That is not a bad idea.. hopefully I'll never have to think like that.
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