Water Game 2017

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2018 Railgun Rampage!

[Chi Meson]

Originally Posted by TehSwegGey

#GDCLeak https://goo.gl/ijJHpx

Oh, bring it on!

DO

BRING IT AWN!

says Groton, CT!

[Twepeler]

I feel like 2017 should be a baseball game of sort. Don't know how it would work out but would be cool to see

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by Twepeler

I feel like 2017 should be a baseball game of sort. Don't know how it would work out but would be cool to see

Probably have 10 pages of rules on stealing bases.

[domi]

In FRC, "anything" can happen.

[jfish872]

Think about how difficult it would be to actually have a water game, robot design, field design, hoping that the water doesn't leak out everywhere.

If they could overcome the challenges involved, an actual water game could be the best thing ever.

[Gravity]

Originally Posted by jfish872

Think about how difficult it would be to actually have a water game, robot design, field design, hoping that the water doesn't leak out everywhere.

If they could overcome the challenges involved, an actual water game could be the best thing ever.

I still think an aerial game would be cooler. You have 3 dimensions to play in while still maintaining the safety of the robot.

Plus flying would be really neat.

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by jfish872

Think about how difficult it would be to actually have a water game, robot design, field design, hoping that the water doesn't leak out everywhere.

If they could overcome the challenges involved, an actual water game could be the best thing ever.

There would only be one competition, and it would be here.

Originally Posted by Gravity

I still think an aerial game would be cooler. You have 3 dimensions to play in while still maintaining the safety of the robot.

Plus flying would be really neat.

There could be 3 dimensions to a water game too if diving is allowed. An air game would also be cool; maybe that's why there's 3 venues for CMP in Houston next year. Robots will fly from one to the other.

[jfish872]

Originally Posted by ctt956

There would only be one competition, and it would be here.



There could be 3 dimensions to a water game too if diving is allowed. An air game would also be cool; maybe that's why there's 3 venues for CMP in Houston next year. Robots will fly from one to the other.

But wouldn't that contaminate the water? What about all the people whom actually want to swim in that pool? How would people bring the bots on and off the "field"?

I know that the water game is a joke and all, but still so many questions...

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by jfish872

But wouldn't that contaminate the water? What about all the people whom actually want to swim in that pool? How would people bring the bots on and off the "field"?

I know that the water game is a joke and all, but still so many questions...

ROVs don't make the water any more contaminated than a person does. You can swim with robots too, it's not dangerous. It's easy to put them in and out on the side of the pool.

Here's an example of an underwater robot performing an underwater task for an underwater game, in case you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzNtnjIrqk

[jfish872]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

ROVs don't make the water any more contaminated than a person does. You can swim with robots too, it's not dangerous. It's easy to put them in and out on the side of the pool.

Here's an example of an underwater robot performing an underwater task for an underwater game, in case you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzNtnjIrqk

They would need very strict quality control though, much stricter than what they have now. Otherwise bots could leak and fail.

The real question is what the challenge would be. What if they found a way to combine air and water games, like if the robots would dive down to grab little blocks, and then fly up and place them on high platforms...

[OccamzRazor]

I am just going to leave this here but......we already had a water game....where were you?

[jfish872]

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor

I am just going to leave this here but......we already had a water game....where were you?

I don't think that fully qualifies as a water game. They need more water than what was in those blue balls.

They need at least a pool that can house 6 robots easily in order to have a proper water game.

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor

I am just going to leave this here but......we already had a water game....where were you?

That seems like a really bad idea...

What happened if/when a ball popped?

[jfish872]

Originally Posted by frcguy

That seems like a really bad idea...

What happened if/when a ball popped?

They must have made them out of extremely thick rubber, so they wouldn't pop, or else there would have been quite a bit of cleanup to do after every match...

They probably had lots of extra balls incase a few popped.