Design a Game for FIRST!!!!

[sanddrag]

Underwater would be cool but there is too much risk of people making robots not watertight. Also, it would be kind of hard for the spectators to see. I like the aerial idea but I'm not sure what the robots could do. I was thinking of having two large conveyor belts running in opposite directions across the field somewhere near the center. Also, maybe if there was a ramp like this year but with a converyor belt running up to the top on both sides.

Or motorized spinning turntables on the field.

Or a four sided ramp with no flat spot on the top. Like a pyramid. And there is no way around it so you must go over. And the pyramid's edges are at 45 degree angles to the field edges. Oooo!

Or howabout a field where none of it is level?

What our engineer wants to see is a 20 foot verticle wall in the center of the filed that the robots have to get over. Oh I could just imagine the damage.

I slso like the idea of a multilevel field. Maybe three or four levels where it is possible to have a robot underneath another one but on a different level. Maybe with elevator lifts or many ramps. That would be cool.

The possibilities are endless!

[Rickertsen2]

OOOO a multilevel field would be awesome!
Soo would stuff that moves( conveyer belts spinners etc)
I think that this years game was not well planned out.

[Mike Schroeder]

Originally posted by Rickertsen2

I think that this years game was not well planned out.

I beg to differ, It was very well planed it has been planed since Dave Lavery started asking everyone On CD what they would like to see,

I doubt that you will see mechanical devices like conveyers and such, these also would me impractical seening as these feilds are transported from site to site and are ussually set up 2 or 3 days in advanced

[LBK Rules]

Kill the carpets. Bring in the dimond plate. That would be awesome. No solar cells. Robots made with spent Uranium.

[J2Kraatz]

Well if we can get a chance to decide the future of First why not lead it into a dark room of ideas.

[J2Kraatz]

Well if we can get a chance to decide the future of First why not lead it into a dark room of ideas.

[T967]

How about some kind of Game that almost demands that robots interact with each other. For example this year the two teams that climbed on top of each other. Problem was they didn't have too they did it to kind of show off. I always wondered what would happen if robots got smaller and there was more than 4 on the field? Allow better sensors, for example, CMUcam Vision Sensor, this gem made us so excited we were just about to ditch about every sensor and program we had, but a mentor then pointed out it was not allowed!!! The thing is awsome, cheap, reliable, and would be great but we couldn't use it! I mean if they want us to build bots that will react with the enviroment, why not better sensors? (check out the CMU cams video's) Really, the optical sensors aren't all that great. The ruggedness of this years game is a must. Maybe add random rugged terrain. Every field has different terrain. Now not only do you have to scout other teams you have to scout your field!! Welp thats all i could go on for hours.

[Rickertsen2]

moving things would be cool but impractical and are not going to happen.

I retract my statement about the game not being planned out i just think that it might not have been tested very well. There were too many bins for the little field.

[Eric Bareiss]

keep the 2v2 format (no 4v0, ca. 2001)

Why not bring back another game like 2001? Was it still fun? Was it still hard? Well then what's the problem?

Also imagine the design innovations that would come about if teams didn't have to worry about getting their robots destroyed. Very few innovations have come out of this year and I think that is something FIRST has to look at. If everyone makes a tank who's raising the bar?

[Simeon]

i'd like to see a game where the top scorers of the matches are mainly PUSHERS...

seemed like all these simple pushing robots took top spots