12 balls fit in the goal???

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Posted by Travis Covington at 1/7/2001 1:54 AM EST


Student on team #115, MV ROBOTICS, from Monta Vista High School and Hitachi Data Systems - 3com - NASA Ames.



im not sure but i recall there being a max? of 12 black balls that will fit into the goals?

20 balls are in the human player station...

12 x 2 = 24 balls able to fit into the goals

24 - 20 = 4 balls (out of the OTHER 20) needed to be picked up at the other end of the field... assuming u drag both goals over to the human player station ..THATS ALL???

Is anyone thinking what i am thinking??

jus curious (one of my 5 million ideas)

-Travis

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Posted by Elaine Owens at 1/7/2001 3:04 AM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from Mckinley High School and NASA Ames/Hawaiian Electric /Weinberg Foundation.


In Reply to: 12 balls fit in the goal???
Posted by Travis Covington on 1/7/2001 1:54 AM EST:



I get what you're saying... but wouldn't that be too easy?

Elaine

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Posted by Travis Covington at 1/7/2001 3:58 AM EST


Student on team #115, MV ROBOTICS, from Monta Vista High School and Hitachi Data Systems - 3com - NASA Ames.


In Reply to: Re:12 balls fit in the goal???
Posted by Elaine Owens on 1/7/2001 3:04 AM EST:



of course!!

but isnt it awesome?!!

(well kinda) still brainstorming...

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Posted by Elaine at 1/7/2001 6:23 AM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from Mckinley High School and NASA Ames/Hawaiian Electric /Weinberg Foundation.


In Reply to: Re:12 balls fit in the goal???
Posted by Travis Covington on 1/7/2001 3:58 AM EST:



He He He... You know what? We are going to the same regional as you guys... I think? We are going to the Silicon Valley Regional. If you guys are going there too, I guess I'll see you there!

Elaine

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Posted by Jon at 1/7/2001 11:25 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


In Reply to: 12 balls fit in the goal???
Posted by Travis Covington on 1/7/2001 1:54 AM EST:



As my friend and i watched kickoff, we saw that the max looked around 12 with the balls over the top of the goal.. ie with a 48" ball on top, the max came down to 11 or 10, does everyone think this seem pretty accurate?

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Posted by bill whitley at 1/7/2001 11:44 AM EST


Student on team #70, Auto City Bandits, from Powers Catholic High School and Kettering University.


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Posted by Jon on 1/7/2001 11:25 AM EST:



As part of my team watched, we figured that we figured that we could fit 10 small balls in, and still get the 30" ball in. I think we are building a chute tomorrow so we know for sure how many balls we can fit.

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Posted by Jon at 1/7/2001 12:07 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


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Posted by bill whitley on 1/7/2001 11:44 AM EST:



: As part of my team watched, we figured that we figured that we could fit 10 small balls in, and still get the 30" ball in. I think we are building a chute tomorrow so we know for sure how many balls we can fit.


quality! we'll probably build ours in the middle of the week, so i'd appreciate a heads up!

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Posted by Ken Leung at 1/7/2001 5:42 PM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: 12 balls fit in the goal???
Posted by Travis Covington on 1/7/2001 1:54 AM EST:



Well... actually if you try hard, and shake the goals around a little bit, you can fit a few more balls in. In fact, the whole reason they have so many balls is that, they are really looking for choas in the field, and really hopping balls going under the bridge, and I bet they design the bridge so that ball will easily slide under them... So, since it's the same field, everyone will be on an even ground, and it doesn't matter how many balls you get in, it's how many MORE balls you can get in than other groups of robots...