Update #19

[GBIT]

The ninteenth update realesed:
http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/Upd...pdate%2019.pdf

lets get the discussion going

[Uberbots]

thats a good thing to know... unfortunately we had no troubles with our camera anyway...

[Taylor]

Assuming the continued use of cameras in future games, hopefully this will be an ongoing practice at FIRST events for years to come.

[Kyle]

I like this idea each event and venue always has different lighting set ups with different heights for the lights and different bulb set ups and stuff, good idea FIRST hopefully this will continue on to future games with the camera. Good Job FIRST.

[Schnabel]

Wow, and I just saw that there was an update 18 today about 1 hour before this was posted!

Sweet. At both our other regionals, We couldn't get our two cameras tracking because the entire rack glowed green. We're still wondering how to fix this, and should have ample oppertunity at Davis.

[Beth Sweet]

Yay! An update that is pretty likely not to be controversial!

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

Yay! An update that is pretty likely not to be controversial!

Someone will find a way to flame FIRST.

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Someone will find a way to flame FIRST.

But that wouldn't be cool... Because they are doing their best. Many times people don't give them enough credit. (I used to be one of them, then I volunteered for field crew at SVR... it takes a lot more than people think to run something like this, so cut them some slack!)

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Someone will find a way to flame FIRST.

Since someone extended the challenge...

[sarcasm][argument="Colbertian"]Why wasn't this part of the practice schedule from day one in 2005? For fifteen weeks of competition now, we've been forced to take guesses at the exact values on the field--and now, only two weeks of regional competitions will get a benefit from it. Now there's going to be a HUGE advantage for teams that have this extra hour of testing time when they get to Atlanta! The sky is, in fact, falling![/argument][/sarcasm]

I'm glad FIRST has seen the light about helping us to see the light.

[StephLee]

That's an excellent idea, I'm glad they've made it available. It'll help out a lot of teams in the next two weeks, I'm sure.

[chrisstruttmann]

This is good. Team Voltage never had trouble seeing the green light, we just saw the ceiling spot lights every once and a while. The software team had to scramble to do some code changes, but hey, that's what we're used to.

--Chris

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Since someone extended the challenge...

[sarcasm][argument="Colbertian"]Why wasn't this part of the practice schedule from day one in 2005? For fifteen weeks of competition now, we've been forced to take guesses at the exact values on the field--and now, only two weeks of regional competitions will get a benefit from it. Now there's going to be a HUGE advantage for teams that have this extra hour of testing time when they get to Atlanta! The sky is, in fact, falling![/argument][/sarcasm]

I'm glad FIRST has seen the light about helping us to see the light.

Actually, you can make a legit arguement here. While I dont care really, I just feel like playing Devil's Advocate. This could have been very important to teams heavily reliant on cameras in the first three weeks, and ultimately cost a team a trip to Atlanta because their guidance system wasn't working as fluidly as hoped, and therefore lost, instead of winning the Championship. We all know one ring could be huge in Finals this year...

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

Actually, you can make a legit arguement here. While I dont care really, I just feel like playing Devil's Advocate. This could have been very important to teams heavily reliant on cameras in the first three weeks, and ultimately cost a team a trip to Atlanta because their guidance system wasn't working as fluidly as hoped, and therefore lost, instead of winning the Championship. We all know one ring could be huge in Finals this year...

One tube can also be important when you score five in teleoperated mode and only needed that sixth to turn the match around and beat the two ramp lifts your opponents had...

[Nawaid Ladak]

if u want us to work on our autonomous, why not just let us stack. (reference back to Update 18)