**FIRST EMAIL**/Advance Material List for the 2005 Competition Now Available!

[J Flex 188]

Keep in mind that this list is deceptive because its only for a basic assembly of whatever it is that we are assembly. That may mean for instance, only one goal or only one corral (for lack of better examples) so the quantities may look strange now, but they will probably make much more sense once the game is revealed and to what extent the scoring objects are used.

[Manoel]

Originally Posted by andy

Also, 4-40 screws are really small, those are the size that fit through the holes in the speed controllers, I wonder what they are for.

Good luck everybody!
-Andy

It just ocurred to me, those can be for the chain link... Who knows?

[shamuwong]

Look at all the PVC and Endcaps. Possible game pieces?

What's up with the single ANSI 35 connecting link?

[Astronouth7303]

Based on the chain, the grease, and the project box, I'm going to venture that the field is going to be more interactive this year. And what's going in the box?

I've also heard it suggested that the paint is so that the IR doesn't reflect as much.

[Vince lau]

maybe the IR sensors will move around the field

[Max Lobovsky]

Everyone obsessing over clues and the BOM lists seems to forget that there is a much wider range of games then ones we seem to be restricting our thought (in orders of magnitude, robot size 10^0 feet, weight, 10^2 lbs, field size, 10^1 feet, power 10^2 watts, etc.) But the BOM seems to indicate that we are still dealing wiht a similarly sized field (lots of 10 ft pipe, 4x8 plywood, and 8 foot pieces of lumber.)

Of course, there are plenty of reasons for FIRST not modifying the game significantly, but I don't think the general stuff was a given

[sanddrag]

I think with the relatively small amount of materials (in relation to previous years) that the field will be mostly flat.

[663.keith]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I think with the relatively small amount of materials (in relation to previous years) that the field will be mostly flat.

I agree, I think that we will have some small complex element on the field. Whatever happens, its going to be crazy!

[andy]

What startles me the most, is the SIZE of the parts not the parts themselves. I wonder if the dimensions will be different this year (smaller) because the field parts are smaller?

[Peter Matteson]

My theory:
We're going to have a moving wall in the middle of the field the field. It will rotate on a pivot and will have clearance beneath it for shorter robots like the 2003 bar.

[Swampdude]

Yes this field uses substantially less material than the 2004 BOM required.

I can see the caps acting as almost a ladder rung retainer (if the pipe were penetrating wood on both ends, then capped on the outsides)

I'll bet the box will house a battery powered portable and durable beacon for field use - or have something to do with the magnet trigger

I'll bet that 12x12 lexan is a pressure plate, possibly a base as in "baseball"

and the magnet will be used in a triggering device on that plate, wired up to something that would trip a feature?

those (2) 3x? 8' long boards seem like a pedestal thats capped with the 4x8 plywood and layered with the 1/4" to brace the penetrated PVC.

One bold prediction is the lack of large field objects might mean an abundance of game pieces. Man I hope the people who said baseballs weren't right.

I think were making some sort of basket or ladder thing on top of the very low (2 1/2" high maybe) pedestal to collect said game pieces.

this clear field is also a good indicator of 6 bots at a time, to give more playing room.

Although it's safe to assume this is enough equipment for you to build test features and not necessarily full playing field objects.

I think the chain link is just to throw us off.

BTW I just happen to have a purple piece of clear film, which I looked through at the BEHR yellow sample color on the white background, and it made no difference, it just gave everything a purple hue but i still saw yellow and white and everything else

[dubious elise]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

#31
Item: 4 in. x 2 in. x 1 in. Project Box
Qty: 1
Cost: $2.69

the cost is 2.69, the paint is yellow, the glasses were purple.....could this be a sign for cooney robotics?
this field seems like it is going to be pretty complex and quite involved, i can see now why people have been saying that the fields may be smaller. my question is whether this field will make it too hard for rookie teams to work on. oh, and one more, aren't magnets generally considered to be a hazard around electronic components (eg: the controllers, etc)? it seems like an odd piece to implement.

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Swampdude

BTW I just happen to have a purple piece of clear film, which I looked through at the BEHR yellow sample color on the white background, and it made no difference, it just gave everything a purple hue but i still saw yellow and white and everything else

That's because I am an idiot. Purple light is not the opposite of yellow paint. Yellow paint reflects red and green, purple film accepts red and blue. Therefore yellow paint will not appear black through purple film, it would appear red. Green paint would be the opposite of purple film (and blue film would be the opposite of yellow paint).

[Rich Kressly]

Sunny Summer!!!!!
A color that ugly can only mean one thing ...
Inflatable Clowns!!!!!!!!!!!
(or Lavery's painting his house)

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

My guess? The magnet is meant to be installed on the robot. Points will be scored for capturing/docking with a magnetic field target during autonomous.

If the magnet is meant to be installed on the robot, why aren't they including it in the Kit of Parts? Nonetheless, I still like that idea. Anything involving scoring in autonomous would be awesome.