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Re: We're not really mean
Posted by Andy Baker, Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 5/4/99 7:34 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: We're not really mean posted by Tim Murray on 5/3/99 4:20 PM MST:
Tim,
Allow me to reply to your note point by point.
: i remember the technokats robot having illegal
: materials on their treads. These materials were not completely illegal
: however their use was.
Hang on a sec... first you claim that our treads were illegal, and then
they're not. Make up your mind. If they are, where is the rule?
: They used half pieces of EMT conduit which would
: tear up the playing field floor.
We didn't just use these treads in Chicago, we also used them in Yipsi
and in Orlando. From what I remember, we didn't damage any of the carpet.
Sure, simply looking at our treads would make you think that they would
rip the carpet, but they didn't. We were inspected and passed easily.
Also, the refs were looking for any damage produced on the carpet during
any match we were in. No damage was done.
: FIRST let the team compete anyways.
: This seems like an indication to me that this robot was made to be an
: aggressive robot that might've been designed to do 'mean' things. I'm
: not pointing out the rules violation but using EMT conduit on tank
: treads??? that sounds like they might've been trying to do a little more
: than just be aggressive. I'm just questioning team 45's motive behind
: that and if there's an explanation for that just like there was for the
: other questionable components of their machine.
Hello? Do you remember that there was this octagon platform in the middle
of the field that teams were trying to pull to one side of the field? We
saw that part of the game and said that we wanted to best traction possible,
in order to pull the puck wherever we wanted to take it. You you call that
mean? I suppose it is if we are pulling it right through your machine, but
I call that part of the game. The EMT conduit gave us the best traction we
could get (too much, actually, but's that another story!). That is simply
why we used the EMT. I guess you can say that we had some 'mean traction'.
We did not use the treads to tear up anyone's machine on purpose. Once,
in Yipsi, we go into team 264's electronics with our treads. Once it
happened, our driver was ordered to stop. After some re-wiring, team
264's machine was able to make it to the next match. Before nationals,
264 put a better guard over their electronics and we put a guard on that
end of our treads to keep this from happening again.
I take offense with your claim that we tried to do 'mean' things. Cite the
match and stake your claim. Don't just offer your opinion without backing
it up with facts. As you can see from my other posts, I'm pretty open-
minded and cool about things. For obvious reasons, your post ticked me
off. If that was your intent, then it worked.
: Tim Murray
Tim, hopefully, we will be at the Rumble. I will be happy to talk with
you then about our designs and our intent.
Andy Baker
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