Crazy robot idea for this year 2

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by staplemonx

Check out flying ball, no unsafe operation unless their is a control issue, in some ways no different than a ground based bot.

In some ways no different, but different in one crucial respect: it's a lot harder to protect the scorer's table and the front row of spectators. A control issue on a regular robot rarely leads to a departure from the playing field; that's hard to guarantee on a flying robot. And because it's above the field barrier, disablement doesn't mitigate the threat nearly as well. (Plus, as determined by the required parts, it would have to weigh a minimum of around 20 lb—that's a lot of momentum to arrest.)