Hints @ Kickoff Broadcast

[Nate Smith]

Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me, I've already seen two sizes of balls, and it's not even 9:30am yet Manchester time. I don't think I've seen anything bigger than the 13" balls we saw last year. Anyone else catch anything I've missed?

[RebAl]

The orange ones are soccer balls as shown close up, looks like a Puma ball

[RebAl]

Here is what i have so far, updates ~15 mins

(9:03) Guy comes out of a box, small yellow balls fly across stage, they look like volleyballs or soccer balls.
(9:13) Autodesk announces that they have pre-modeled all of the kit of parts for inventor 5
(9:20) Guy tripps and orange rubber balls fly out, they look like kick balls
(9:22) Orange ball is shown close up and it is a soccer ball
(9:26) Robots will be shipped for free by fedex to one regional and the national
(9:36) Game called Zone Zeal

[soap108]

where there 3 diff colored balls?

could this be a 2v2v2 game??

[RebAl]

I have only seen yellow and orange so far

[Nate Smith]

Originally posted by soap108
where there 3 diff colored balls?

Looked like 2 colors of the "soccer balls"...multi colored perhaps? and one size of the smaller balls(the big box with the guy in it)...

[RebAl]

Woodie says robots will bumb into eachother and need to???
what could this mean, hey.... the gaol was revieled, its a flexable cage, 2 platforms and on wheels

[soap108]

hmm... does the top layer lift up to put balls underneath?

your guess : ______________


KA

[RebAl]

I think it does move but maybe it needs to be taken fully off for extra points????

[Nate Smith]

"Controls able to be operated by multiple people" ?...

Driving someone else's machine????

[RebAl]

or you need to take that thing off put the balls in then cover it with that plate??

[soap108]

Originally posted by Nate Smith
"Controls able to be operated by multiple people" ?...

Driving someone else's machine????

Not too surprising, actually. I can remember suggesting the idea to Dean at a Kickoff last year or year before...

KA

[soap108]

1 mentor 3 students... guess Tony and Innovation FIRST guys have been pretty busy on new Control Sys.

no mention of human player, hmmm.....


KA

[soap108]

Originally posted by RebAl
or you need to take that thing off put the balls in then cover it with that plate??

Need to put diff color ball on diff level of goal for higher points???

Might force need to use photo sensor?


KA