first off thanks to: Rick TYler for suggesting the use of pucks as a scoring object in this thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d=1#post480010
well i took it one step further.. . . robot hockey.. . . this years game seems to me like football.. with field goals in the uprights (center goal)... and low goals as touchdowns.. .
ok.. so with hockey as next years game:
have the 3 periods like this years game, with one robot in goal on defence period, then ffa at the end where you can choose.. could have multiple pucks on the ice at once to make it more lively.... *low shooting speed rule as not to damage robots*.. we could also start all 6 robots at blue line, with a few pucks at the center ice, and autom would be to grab the most pucks or the single puck, and win the faceoff. vision tracking a neon yellow puck? and having the green lights inside the goal...
three main types of bots needed:
goaltenders
defence
offence
so 3 radically different robot designs, would be fun to watch a team try to do all 3..
PROS:
- new surface to play on (ice) means a lot of new ideas / innovation to have traction, so teams have to start a NEW drivetrain...
- real engineers etc looking at the robots might get ideas on new traction devices in the real world.
- new scoring object, but for those that played 2006 game it woulnt be too hard to change balls to pucks (put shooting wheel on side.. with puck flat.. . voila..)
- has a decent level of banging up on each other (against the walls), but most of the time it may be gentler cuz you cant ram against a robot in the middle of the ice.. .theirs not enuf traction.
CONS:
- need to find a venue with ice capabilities...
- might be a little colder for some..
- ice might get damaged quickly if robots fall over
- field might become more expensive to maintain in some places...
- ice is slippery for people to go on field
- im a crazy canadian .. .
EDIT: if you really dont like the whole ice idea.. it can still be played but on carpet.. . but with a different puck material..
tell me what you think / ideas to add..
-kevin