pic: 2007 Game Hint?

[Tazlikesrobots]

Looks like someone has attended a MATE ROV competition. But an underwater competition could add another element. The ability for a robot to move in any axis (x,y,z)!

[Joe J.]

I was looking at this picture and those colored dots on the back of the robot, if you zoom in on them a few times and they kind of look like people. the red dot is the body/shirt, the light colored circle is the head which looks like it has to black dots as eyes. Awhile back there was that picture of the curling robots on a FIRST Field (I think Dave posted it but I can seem to find where it is to be sure) anyway I have it on my computer, and I looked at the top edge of the picture and you can see the first row of the audience and the reflection people on the robots back look just like the audience in the curling picture.

Maybe I've been reading the 2006 Hint Discussion thread to long and its making me see things....

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Philmont629

Awhile back there was that picture of the curling robots on a FIRST Field (I think Dave posted it but I can seem to find where it is to be sure)

It was actually an external link that has since been broken.

If it's not somewhere else in the galleries, I will upload it there later.

edit: I couldn't find it in CD-Media, so I uploaded it.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...le&picid=12245

[David Sherman]

I think the four colors being reflected on the robot may indicate we will have not just blue and red alliances but green and maybe yellow too. That would be a lot of robots on the field. One thing that keeps popping up in my head is the little plow bot is always used as an example of building strong or limitations of designs...so this may be not something that will happen to all robots. The blue line looks like it is part of the blue starting box. Not quite sure why he felt like putting fish in. I also think having projectiles this year made the game more exciting, I don't think they will get rid of the projectiles idea...just tweak it.

[mei-li]

I see fish..O__O .. underwater game?? that would be COOL!! I'd be really happy if this is true!!

[IA-Howitzer]

Our team has been discussing the water game for a while and all I kept thinking of is that there is probably just a water obstacle in the center of the feild (like a river...) which is why the robot is surrounded from its opponents. There must be some kind of dry lanfd, otherwise you cant get your robots on and off the field. So, again, I think there is going to be a river of water dividing the field in two and I also agree that it may be something like capture the flag (apart from the tagging). I think you will have to go to the other side if you really want to score lots of points. Also, thats gonna be a LOT of water to pump into the georgia dome next year...

Regarding the colors, I'm guessing it's three (blue, red, and green) like the hint we were given at nationals about the vision sensing next year.

[Balrock]

An underwater game?! AWESOME!!! Though it'll be kinda hard to waterproof the whole electronics system; I mean, one gap and your whole system is SCREWED! It's a very challenging task, but it'll all be fun in the end (if we don't spring a leak). Alright everybody, it's sink or swim (no pun intended)...

[Tetraman]

Capture the Flag

[Rohith Surampudi]

What is up with these CLOWNFISH

[KJE]

ya I think that the banana has to do with a banana boat and the shadow is actually a boat on top of the water and we have to build a boat that will do something on the water

[Davie Byrne]

Since last years game hint was incredibly obfuscated, i'm going to take a stab at it.

fish picture - one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish - writen by doctor seuss
doctor seuss - born in springfield mass.
springfield mass - Kurt russels birth place
kurt russel - in the film 'escape from new york'
'escape from new york' - had a sequel called 'escape from la'
'escape from la' - la has an ocean
la has an ocean - as does florida
florida - has orange trees

thus robots must be able to pick oranges from 8 foot tall trees, and place them in baskets.

am i close?

[bear24rw]

Originally Posted by Davie Byrne

Since last years game hint was incredibly obfuscated, i'm going to take a stab at it.

fish picture - one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish - writen by doctor seuss
doctor seuss - born in springfield mass.
springfield mass - Kurt russels birth place
kurt russel - in the film 'escape from new york'
'escape from new york' - had a sequel called 'escape from la'
'escape from la' - la has an ocean
la has an ocean - as does florida
florida - has orange trees

thus robots must be able to pick oranges from 8 foot tall trees, and place them in baskets.

am i close?

Exactly.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Davie Byrne

Since last years game hint was incredibly obfuscated, i'm going to take a stab at it.

fish picture - one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish - writen by doctor seuss
doctor seuss - born in springfield mass.
springfield mass - Kurt russels birth place
kurt russel - in the film 'escape from new york'
'escape from new york' - had a sequel called 'escape from la'
'escape from la' - la has an ocean
la has an ocean - as does florida
florida - has orange trees

thus robots must be able to pick oranges from 8 foot tall trees, and place them in baskets.

am i close?

Wow, that logic's just crazy enough to possibly be correct!

[litchfieldc]

Well, well, well. Another under water hint. Didn't we get this last year, and it turned out to be nothing more than a hint that our speed controllers would be water proof. Maybe I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be slightly dangerous to have electricity powered robots on the field (unless of course, FIRST will be providing us with shells), not to mention the wet floor hazards following each match. I would love an underwater game, but I seriously doubt FIRST would do it, then again, I've been proven wrong millions of time before (actually make that everytime, millions is an understatment.

[windup zeppelin]

well,I', wondering if maybe this competition will involve making a bouyant robot. Eh, seems farfetched.