Finally the year?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Cory

That's definitely untrue I haven't seen any 5 foot deep bathtubs lately.

A hotel isn't going to let a group of kids run a robot around in a pool guests pay to use.

But it'd be a great conversation starter to get people talking about FIRST!

[Koko Ed]

Every year I've been on here there has been talk about a water based game.
FIRST is about safety first and to make the game absolutely safe the kit would probably become pretty expensive as would other aspect of the game. If there is any chance of any thing going wrong then it just won't happen.
I just think were all

[Ashley Christine]

Hmm.. Water isnt safe.. but what about water in different forms? Ice cubes? or something... yeah, dont listen to me, I am just crazy!

[EricH]

Ed's right, we are (to some extent) beating a dead horse.

IF FIRST ever does a water game, we won't know until it's too late (can you say "at kickoff"?). Then we have to put 100 pounds of safety features on the robot, leaving the robot only able to move, if that. Then we're fixing a dead robot if something fails.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by EricH

Ed's right, we are (to some extent) beating a dead horse.

IF FIRST ever does a water game, we won't know until it's too late (can you say "at kickoff"?). Then we have to put 100 pounds of safety features on the robot, leaving the robot only able to move, if that. Then we're fixing a dead robot if something fails.

In other words : be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it.

[Mike]

For people saying you can test in pools, do you really think the local YMCA will let you put your metal robot, which may still have metal shavings on it, which also may have oil on it, into the pool where they teach 5 year olds how to swim? No.

Flat out, no. There may be water elements next year, but I guarantee it will not be in a pool.

[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!

[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?