controversial opinion?

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Posted by Daniel.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


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

Posted on 7/15/99 3:08 PM MST


In Reply to: controversial opinion? posted by Daniel on 7/15/99 10:57 AM MST:



Let me try this again cuz I think you guys missed my point. I am not disputing the call of the refs. Under the current rules I think everything they said was correct. I'm being a little more revolutionary then that...

I feel that the theory the anti-tipping rule is based on is flawed. I feel students shouldn't be encouraged to build an unstable robot. Maybe an additional change would need to be made, such as allowing robots to grab onto the field boarder. But in the end, I feel robots should have to stay off the ground on their own merit. And trust me, robots can and will.

So lets not talk about my team's match. I've talked about that plenty in another thread. I'm talking about the future now. As I said before, robot's shouldn't get a “get out of jail free” card whenever they make their robot vulnerable. I think we're still a little too squeamish.

-Daniel