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Posted by Kyle Huang.

Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School and Sun Microsystems, Nasa/Ames and Xerox PARC.

Posted on 1/9/2000 11:08 PM MST


In Reply to: Lights, Bumpers posted by Kyle on 1/9/2000 1:21 AM MST:



after having picked up a light, maybe it isn't such a big problem. but you never know
when you could be stuck in a situation in which you're a day away from shipping
and your robot is already ten lbs overweight... i saw one team weighing in their robot;
it was too heavy, but extremely close. they removed a velcro strip from their basket
and it was right on the weight limit, so they got to play. a light would definately have
held them overweight.

Thanks daniel, I neglected to realize that there aren't color seperated balls or floppies
this year, and robots can have motivation to score for their opponents. in this respect,
the lights would help a lot.

Yeah, i didn't goto CDI, so i don't know what light look like on a robot. but i still don't
think i would like them if i saw them. it just reminds me of one team at the NASA
Ames regional that attached a light and siren to their dolly, that went off whenever
it was moved. THAT THING was IRRITATING (repressed memories coming back)...

Bumpers:
I think that some teams will definately attach a bumper to a robot that isn't built so
robustly, with the expectations that it will protect them. but i wouldn't count on it,
if there are to be things such as arms (like last year). either way, this shouldn't
be an excuse to build a weak robot.