Posted by Tony K at 1/6/2001 10:12 PM EST
Student on team #292, PantherTech, from Western HS and DaimlerChrysler.
In Reply to: mini-field help...
Posted by Anton Abaya on 1/6/2001 10:04 PM EST:
Hmm... but would you have to make an additional mini-robot to play in it? That could be expensive, considering all the mini-motors and mini-control systems you'd need. In other words, what would be the purpose of an arena that you can't practice in?
Am I missing something?
-Tony K.
: hey all...
: last year we made a mini-arena that was 1/8th the size of the playing arena. It was such a success that we wanted to do it again.
: now, for the balls last year, we found that ping pong balls tend to be almost 1/8th their size and worked out great for our mini-arena. Anybody have any ideas for the big balls? I wonder if tennis balls would work...hmmm.... did i just answer my question?
: eh...go build a mini-arena. it's cheaper to build and you can make 10 of them for 1/8th the price of a real arena
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: -anton