We're really not that mean.

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Posted by Daniel, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M Gunn Senior High School and NASA Ames.

Posted on 4/30/99 8:20 AM MST


In Reply to: Not mean but in violation posted by Tom Wible on 4/30/99 7:36 AM MST:



You say the Kokomo robot was built to intentionally tip other robots? “Clearly”? Please explain. I see no forklifts...

All I see is a highly versatile arm that can be used to push robots away from the puck, hold down baskets, and even to pick up floppies (if they had chosen that rout). Besides, I've never seen Kokomo intentionally tip a robot. When did you see this?

Just 'cuz a robot has the potential to abuse the rules, doesn't mean it does.

Perhaps I should just let Andy respond to this message, he knows better than I do. But just for fun I challenge you to challenge the principle behind the G-Force robot. That's more in my league.

Think about it this way, why would a team build their whole robot to conflict with a rule *intentionally*. Seems like suicide to me...6 weeks of sleep deprivation just to get DQed? Naw, nobody's that out of wack ;-)


Let me know if you’ve got any problems with G-Force…
-Daniel