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Originally posted by Joe Ross
The Gyro was part of the Kit in '99. The Ibot was first shown on Dateline on June 30th of '99. It was obviously in development long before the game for '99 was even conceived.
I would think that the bigger coincidence was that in '99 teams had to climb 6 inches to get on the puck. The Ibot climbs stairs.
I agree with Matt that the inclusion of the Gyro had nothing to do with the Ibot, but it's anyone's guess about the puck.
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Doesn't the Ibot use a lot of gyro's in it's design? Also as a side note what was the newest part of this years kit then if the gyro was around for a while? I think there was a proximity sensor in this years kit?? Was that around before?
Also here's my theory on game design and how it ties in with Dean's inventions:
Ibot introduced in 1999.
It's main feature to climb stairs.
It's main technological advantage, a bunch of gyro's.
So we have now,
Game in 1999. Main part of game to climb a 6" puck equivelent to the rise of modern stairs.
Ibot and Game had same purpose
Game in 2000: Main factor to balance on bridge
Ibot and some robot's used the technology of the gyro very sucessfully
Ibot and game had same technology behind it.
Now: IT will be introduced in 2002
My guess is that This years game will incorporate the basic idea of IT into it.
And then in 2003 we will get down to having the same technology as IT in the kit and actually being able to have a "real life" application for that technology.
Just my guess.
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken!