Finally the year?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by plutonium83

Perhaps thats what the judges where saying at championships regarding the camera and the gyro being really important in next years game, to the point that it is critical for robot to work. From what I remember he mentioned that next years camera will be much more sophisticated.

My only question is.. does a gyro measure three dimentional space?

the gyro only measures the angular heading of your robot.

[mechanicalbrain]

the CMU camera was pretty sophisticated! im having trouble thinking of a task that calls on something more! mabye knowing depth!

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

the CMU camera was pretty sophisticated! im having trouble thinking of a task that calls on something more! mabye knowing depth!

Perhaps what they might have in the future is a more powerful camera that can be used for auto and also be used for the driver to control the bot underwater.

[Gary Dillard]

69 posts and 1150 views - does the expression "beating a dead horse" mean anything to anyone? This thread was supposed to be a JOKE ; I didn't expect anyone to STILL be debating the merits / consequences of an underwater competition AS WE DO EVERY YEAR in the traditional "What do you think this years game will be" thread. Maybe I should write a white paper about the issue and give a talk at next year's national conference on it.

Will some Administrator please put me out of my misery and close this thread before it takes on a life of its own. I promise to only post real rumors from now on.

[Conor Ryan]

it's the off season. we're supposed to think Extra Big, Big and Unrealistic, and take Gary's Sarcastic Jokes seriously. What else do they have us do?

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by cdr1122334455

it's the off season. we're supposed to think Extra Big, Big and Unrealistic, and take Gary's Sarcastic Jokes seriously. What else do they have us do?

I don't know Conor, but if I was so have a say on this, I would just blame it all on Gary.

[RbtGal1351]

IF theres water in the game, maybe there will just be a small VERY SHALLOW stream for us to cross for extra points.

Also, i cant believe rookies haven't been brought up in this thread -- imagine a rookie team waterproofing their robot as well as having the struggle of just building it!

[mechanicalbrain]

Originally Posted by RbtGal1351

IF theres water in the game, maybe there will just be a small VERY SHALLOW stream for us to cross for extra points.

Also, i cant believe rookies haven't been brought up in this thread -- imagine a rookie team waterproofing their robot as well as having the struggle of just building it!

Actually rookies were brought up a couple times. You underestimate their ability. I read about a group of kids who was about as rookie as you can get entering in a underwater compitition not only did they do well but they won beating MIT and many other colleges. (i have no idea why a high school group was in a college compitition) If its a requirement people manage thats why we do our best work when we push ourselves. I guarinty you teams could do it and actually water proofing a robot is'nt as hard as it sounds.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

I don't know Conor, but if I was so have a say on this, I would just blame it all on Gary.

I agree. If there is water in the 2006 game, I will blame it on Gary.

-dave

[Gary Dillard]

Aha - finally something new to debate:

Is the probability of finding water in the 2006 game higher or lower than the probability of finding water on Mars?

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Aha - finally something new to debate:

Is the probability of finding water in the 2006 game higher or lower than the probability of finding water on Mars?

You aren't going to give up, are you?

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by dlavery

I agree blame it on Gary.

-dave

Yes, blame Gary. For everything.

And may I suggest that if a water element isn't possible for the robots, why not for the human players? Maybe a dunking booth, and the robots have to gather up balls to toss to knock the human players in?

Heidi

[mechanicalbrain]

That would be cool! Design a robot to throw something. It could even be safe if FRIST used a net around the field

[RbtGal1351]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

Yes, blame Gary. For everything.

And may I suggest that if a water element isn't possible for the robots, why not for the human players? Maybe a dunking booth, and the robots have to gather up balls to toss to knock the human players in?

Heidi

that would be awesome!!

i can just see it tho, lets go test our robot... who wants to get wet?

[richardp]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

Maybe a dunking booth, and the robots have to gather up balls to toss to knock the human players in?

Heidi

If that would be the case then I would hope that the "human players" could be a mentor only position (I wonder who would win in a Dave vs. Heidi tryout?)
Worst case senario IRI turnaround match.

Also if anyone hasnt noticed that 120 AMP main breaker is waterproof (or so they claim.......)