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Originally Posted by Donut
Also, does the 5 in a circle somewhat remind anyone else of the Ishihara Test for Color Blindness?
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Here is an example of this test
Also last year at nationals the possiblity of color changing lights was addressed. Here is another thread discussing that topic.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=46942
Now to my idea. The CMUCam would make a return. The basis of the game would be somewhat like the Milwaukee VEX challenge
King of the Rings.
http://www.wirobotics.org/vex/2006/index.html Here is a rule manual for those that do not know what the game is all about.
As already mentions the game piece would be kid-sized pool tubes, like life preservers. This is because the clue is a zoomed in picture.
Around the field would be poles, on which the tubes are stacked on, kind of like 2005's
Triple Play. This is where the camera comes into play. Near each pole is a color changing light. They change randomly between a limited amount of colors. Then the Ishihara Test for Color Blindness comes into play. Only poles with lights of a certain color can be scored. Maybe for one round red lighted poles count.
The diamonded plated circle functions like the circle in
King of the Rings This is the king of the hill portion of the game. Which ever robot gets on the platform at the end of the match gets points.
The only things that I have not accounted for are
1)the number five on the diamond plated circle in the clue
2)the lights change color but there is no real targeting involved. This though could be a built in element so rookie teams can try to place rings on plates while still giving experienced teams the challenge of using the camera to perfect dropping of tubes.
So what does everyone think?