New numbering rules?

[evanperryg]

Originally Posted by Foster

On the other hand when I look across the 4000 teams building a robot, your team's biggest issue is the back light. I'm humbled that you have solved, designed and are ready to build a robot and have extra, nay, vast amounts of extra energy and build time to move a lighted team number to the top of your build list.

I've added your team to my personal "robots to watch" list, can't wait to see how you make out.

My point is that the rule is oddly specific. I get that the specificity is for the sake of simplicity, and of course im not wasting time developing light stuff when there's much more important work to do. Im not sure how you're planning to do lights but if it's taking vast amounts of time and energy during build season, you're doing it wrong. If you'd like to look, my base code is already available on CD, and it was before kickoff. I work with arduino as a hobby, not because i think it is the most essential part of the robot, and when one of my hobbies just so happened to cross with robotics, i decided to take advantage of the opportunity.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE:

Originally Posted by MrForbes

There are still more than 10,000 square inches of space on your robot to fill with your wonderful graphic design. Just make the numbers so us blind old folks can read them, please?

Originally Posted by EricH

This. I would also suggest the following test:

If you (Edit: or, preferably, your grandparents) cannot read your robot's numbers from 50 yards out (150 ft), give or take a bit, then you may want to reconsider font, size, or stroke. Why 50 yards? That would be some of the farther scouts who are wishing they'd brought binoculars to read your numbers.

Oh yes, the lights we're using are the old AM2640s, so if anything we may have an issue with blinding people But, if we were to do backlit designs, they would be done using frosted lexan so it'd be easier to read. (i know the feeling, theres a reason i stick to pit scouting lol)