So, who has popped their tubes?

[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by StephLee

We are now on official tube-throwing restriction since we've punctured/slashed both our tubes by throwing them at the rack. (But hey, we were getting pretty good at scoring them!)

So the edges of your rack are pretty rough? I don't think this will be a factor in an actual match because you know the edges of everything will be filed off, and there won't be wood splinters all over everything--it's diamond plating.

We haven't popped ours (?yet?), but we have yet to see what the actual robot will do to them. It would be interesting to watch a team's untested pneumatic manipulator reach down, line up with the tube, and with a simple "click" and "hiss" of the pneumatics, make a huge "POP" as the tube is subjected to the full force of the pneumatic...

But seriously, after I saw the game piece, I got the visual of it deflating and getting caught in our wheels, going around and around until the end of the match. Should be interesting. I hope someone keeps a count of destroyed pieces just for the heck of it. Just think, a record for "Most inflatable pool toys popped in March". That would be one for the books.

JBot