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Other Surfaces?

Posted by Dodd Stacy.

Engineer on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon High School and CRREL/CREARE.

Posted on 10/29/99 8:10 AM MST


In Reply to: Carpet is here to stay posted by Andy Baker on 10/28/99 8:29 PM MST:



I'm waiting to see FIRST surprise us with a change of surface - rubber floor matting or something like the Orlando pit floor. With or without ramps, steps, or barriers (easy/cheap to build, please, guys). I agree that they will stick with some kind of surface that is available industrially and relatively easy to transport and lay down on top of delicate floors (like basketball courts), but a change in the friction characteristics of the surface would send all the old teams who have figured out four wheel drive/track skid steering etc back to the drawing board for more development.

It seems to me like some of last year's machines pushed the rule re carpet damage to such extremes that it's hard to imagine how the Tech Inspectors can fairly test and ok '00 machines that push the traction envelope just a little bit further. Personally, I'd like to see a game/rules playable on hardwood basketball courts without damage, so we can demo the machines full tilt around at various schools right on the gym floors w/o having to schlep carpet around with us.

Whatever happens, I expect Woodie and Dean to throw us at least two twists this year comparable to Alliances and those bizarre floppies!

Dodd





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