Curling + Robots = Sweeet

[Mike Martus]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Dagnabbit, some one has been peeking through my design notebook again! I had just figured out how to squeeze the length of a curling track into a standard FIRST field length, by combining it with banked curves from a NASCAR track. But since you figured it all out, I have to throw away the whole idea and start all over again.



-dave

Dave you have way to much time on your hands, go watch a movie....I suggest I Robot.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Mike Martus

Dave you have way to much time on your hands, go watch a movie....I suggest I Robot.

Seconded.

Do my eyes deceive me, or is that far blue robot from 2004's animation? I remember one of the blue robots that year following the line with a lot of eyes in the front.

(Yes, I too have too much free time.)

[Denman]

Originally Posted by Josh Hambright

The basic concept is to incorperate the Canadian pastime of Curling into a robotics challenge.

and because i'm bored too, its most likely from scotland not canada , also The uk won the curling at the winter olympics on another slightly unrelated note

[John Gutmann]

I read some posts in this thread then I suddenly thought of some simple ways to solve peoples problems:

do you need ice?
No, there is a product that is pretty much fake ice, it is some sort of plastic or polymer i think, and they use it for skating rinks,

Maneuverability.....
well for this i have a few ideas, first one is what allot of people on here talk about, HOVER-CRAFTS, and the other one is a walking robot with spikes. I don't know how good the walking robot will be if you need a smooth continuous Motion but it may be a start. You could just even do a custom wheel with spikes, you have no treads so it may even save weight!

[Josh Hambright]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

I read some posts in this thread then I suddenly thought of some simple ways to solve peoples problems:

do you need ice?
No, there is a product that is pretty much fake ice, it is some sort of plastic or polymer i think, and they use it for skating rinks,

ACK! not the return of the much feared and legandary, HDPE!

[Barry Bonzack]

I think that three legged robot in the animation has met its match.

Man, Dave, talk about a head ref's worst nightmare for a FIRST Field.

[Denman]

i predict a new rule for volunteers

5427.a You must be able to ice skate

[mechanicalbrain]

You know I love seeing new ideas as much as the next guy and it pains me to do this but.... Robot curling has been done. sorry

[Denman]

car curling has been done here lol
scrapheap challange did it, not sure if its anywhere online
http://www.channel4.com/science/micr...s/car_curling/

[[527]phil]

http://www.coldproducts.com/ezproducts.php

You mean this stuff? I've skated on it twice, not quite the same thing but it works. I'm not sure how durable it is but it might be an option. It's expensive though and getting traction on it would pose a challenge. But then again, thats why we're in FIRST right?

[Kevin Kolodziej]

I'm sorry I didn't find this thread earlier...it's giving me more ideas for Milwaukee in the spring...and no, I'm not talking about the regional. =)

Kev

[Arkorobotics]

This picture got me all exicted, but I think it would be a cool idea. You never know ...