New Off-season Defenses

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

Another Idea:

The Kool Aid Defense.

Take a large sheet of paper. Hang it in the former portcullis without the gate. Every time a team breaks through the paper successfully AND the audience yells "OH YEAH" the team gets points. Audience participation is required to receive points.

You'll need a lot of tape and paper, however it will increase audience participation.

Could get one of those screens with magnets on them.
http://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Scree...et+screen+door

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by efoote868

Could get one of those screens with magnets on them.
http://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Scree...et+screen+door

Remember what happened to the low bar fabric? That screen isn't nearly as thick, and while it may look like it would hold up, it's probably cheaply made like most infomercial products. And if a magnet on that stuck to something on a robot... wait...I have an idea! Fairly weak magnets that may or may not chase/stick to robots!

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by ctt956

Fairly weak magnets that may or may not chase/stick to robots!

Our robot has steel plates on it. This would be fun.

[dmelcer9]

How about strip curtains (these are those plastic curtains at the car wash). They would reduce visibility, but not too much. I was thinking the curtains can be about twice as high as the low bar.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by dmelcer9

How about strip curtains (these are those plastic curtains at the car wash). They would reduce visibility, but not too much. I was thinking the curtains can be about twice as high as the low bar.

Robots are allowed to be 54" tall, so any defense should be designed around that constraint and allow 60" of clearance or you've set a new arbitrary height requirement.