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Ball Damage
Hi,
After test firing for an hour (about 150 test shots) we stripped off about 10 - 15% of the surface of the ball. The ball is still useable but sure is ugly. Any idea if there are limits to ball damage by a bot? Shooting a ball one time causes no noticeable damage...but 150 it becomes obvious to everyone. Regards, ChuckB |
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Re: Ball Damage
Generally in the past: Unless your robot rips a couple of new balls to pieces, the Ref usually won't even question it. They expect wear and tear. So if you mess up an old ball, no worries.
They'll replace balls as necessary to make sure they are reasonably consistent, but you have to take some variance into account in your design. |
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Re: Ball Damage
i noticed that the part where the 2 colours meet seperates very easily, and once there's a rip it only gets worse.
however this dosn't take out any chunks of the balls, the foam stays intact. by limit i guess you mean when a ball would be taken out of the game? i think as long as the ball keeps it's original shape it'll be kept in play.. since balls can be scored on either net i doubt some colour wear would get them replaced. unless they are worn down creamy coloured balls of foam? anyways i apart from them being ugly i don't think you should worry. |
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Re: Ball Damage
Ball wear is a definite concern, especially for shooter bots. Any non-sphericalness (yeah, I just called up Noah Webster and had that put in the dictionary) will distort the ball's path. I've seen quite a few pics and movies around with people using belt sanders etc. to move balls - while I realize these are only mockups, similar methods will be used. So be advised - don't design a robot that is based on perfectly round balls.
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Re: Ball Damage
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In 2001 the black balls which were inflatable became eggs. First just left them on the field as long at they were inflated. I suspect that balls will remain on the field as long as they can roll. also just out of curiosity what kind of thrower are you using when you are messing up the balls, might it have something to do with the material the ball touches? |
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Re: Ball Damage
For reference, I put a question in at FIRST Q&A to see if they've set a criteria to determine when a ball is Too Pooped To Play. We shall see what we're going to have to deal with.
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Re: Ball Damage
Also teams need to consider how much the ball will be broken in...
a new ball when compacted will shoot further than a used ball that isn't as tough and squishes easier |
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Re: Ball Damage
we played with the ball (in dodgeball fashion) around the shop and saw how much the ball was damaged after a few hours. Besides a few gashes and holes in the ball we seemed to make the ball alot less rounder than it was. Good thing we ordered an extra 24 we will have plenty more to use. When does first think the ball has expired?
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Re: Ball Damage
What if a ball has split in half during a match. Like if it splits in half from being run over or just over use or shot too many times. How would FIRST score the two halves of the ball?
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Re: Ball Damage
Well, if they were destroyed during firing, they probably wouldn't roll down to the camera for scoring. If they were run over, they probably wouldn't ever make it into a scoring area. Regardless, we will see a half of a ball score eventually.
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Re: Ball Damage
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I hope im there to get it on video so i can put it in this years robotics movie. What about balls that get gashes or holes that might be still be playable. would anyone think that the balls should be allowed to still be used with some chunks taken out or gashes in them? |
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Re: Ball Damage
im wondering if there going to keep vacuming the field after every 10 or so matches. All the junk comming off these balls might make some interesting field conditions!
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