1986 Robot POV Video

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

That's the count I got too.

Apparantly 13 discs x 3 = 39, not 49 as it says on my notepad.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

Apparantly 13 discs x 3 = 39, not 49 as it says on my notepad.

We've got some kids on the team that are pretty good at math; maybe you could get some help from them?

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by Jaxom

We've got some kids on the team that are pretty good at math; maybe you could get some help from them?

Much too late for that. I blame Mrs. Miller, my 1st grade teacher, for experimenting with "new math" in 1968.

[JesseK]

Are all of the fields marked by dark tape and/or tire tracks like what's seen in that video? If so, there are tons more points of reference on the field than I originally thought. Parallax for line-up will be almost non-existent (heavy sigh, we don't compete until weeks 5 & 7).

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Are all of the fields marked by dark tape and/or tire tracks like what's seen in that video? If so, there are tons more points of reference on the field than I originally thought. Parallax for line-up will be almost non-existent (heavy sigh, we don't compete until weeks 5 & 7).

Both Hub City and Greater KC had dark tape to keep the extra pyramid carpet connected to the main carpet.

The tire-tracks in the center of the field might just be shadows from the pyramid bars or side net bars and the overhead lights.

In Hub they tried to mark the starting locations of the discs with a small piece of tape, but most ground pick-ups scraped the tape up along with the discs. You'll see some X's marked with sharpie on the carpet instead to mark those positions.

PS. In match 25 we did score 110 points. 42 in Auto, 48 in teleop (9, 9, 9, 9, 12) and 20 climb.

[jspatz1]

All of the apparent lines other than the taped carpet seams are shadows from the field lighting. The square carpet under the pyramids is defined in the field drawings, so it and the primary longitudinal and lateral carpet seams should be fairly accurate reference points.

[Ravage457]

I was like wow, great driving and awesome robot it awesome to see videos like this, i always wonder what a robot point of view is like