Mobile/immobile objects on field

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by Steve782

For the past three years, I (and some other people) have noticed a pattern with objects on the field. Every other year, FIRST has switched from a field with stationary objects to objects you can move around.

2001-seesaw ramp and bar across the middle of the field, immoble
2002-3 180 lb goals, mobile
2003-ramp and bar across the middle of the field, immoble

Carry your theory back far enough and you'll notice that it breaks down:

1992-1994: don't know
1995: immobile goal posts
1996: mobile center goal, but very hard to move
1997: immobile spinning tree in middle
1998: immobile ladders
1999: mobile puck
2000: immobile goals
2001: immobile seesaw with mobile goals
2002: mobile 180 lb goals
2003: immobile ramp

FIRST does not follow patterns. FIRST does not base its game off of FLL games. FIRST does not base its game off of Dean's inventions. FIRST does come up with the best game they can think of at the time instead of being held back by outside limitations.

[Adam Y.]

What was the puck?

[RoboCoder]

I personally dont believe in trying to find patterns in the games for FIRST, other than seeing what they generally include in the games. however, this year the three castors included in the BOM for the field seem to suggest that there is probably one mobile object in the field. However, there is also a VERY large amount of plywood and lumber included, which seems to lean towards the presence of stationary structures, possibly large ones, on the field. Could there be both mobile and immobile objects on the field? quite possibly. Either way we will find out soon enough but in the meantime you could argue it either way. *shrugs* just my $0.02, make what you want of it.

[Ken Leung]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

What was the puck?

The infamous puck of 1999. I have attached a picture of it from the first year we had a west coast regional, the NASA Ames regional in Bay Area, northern California.

The puck is a giant moving platform that's 8" high. You can fit about 2 robots on the puck, and it can be pushed around. The placement of the puck on which half of the field determine the multiplier of the score, and robots can get points by getting on the puck or at least lifting themselves off the group a certain height. The control of the puck was extremely important to winning the game that year.

There were also scoring objects call floppies, and you get 1 point for each lifted 8' off the ground.

[gsensel]

Originally Posted by Ken Leung

There were also scoring objects call floppies, and you get 1 point for each lifted 8' off the ground.

Not totally right. 1 point fo getting it off the ground. 3 points for getting it 8' off the ground.

[Rob Colatutto]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

1992-1994: don't know

1992 there were just tennis balls and corn on the field, no large movable objects.
1993 there were small balls and then larger balls, with stationary goals on the sides that were sectioned off parts of the field.
1994: I don't know either

Just the fact that there are casters in this years BOM leads me to believe there is something that moves, no telling how large or small it is, but something will move. At least, thats what I get from it.