Update #6

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Bah. -7 is a warm day. As long as they have a long sleeve shirt, they'll be fine.

Downright balmy for Minnesota!

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Bill Moore

Downright balmy for Minnesota!

Unfortunately true right now I have to walk to class in a few minutes and the current Wind chill is -23 according to weather.com. I would venture a guess it is worse than that here on campus (wind tends to be stronger here than most other spots in the cities because we're right on the Mississippi).

[Wayne Doenges]

In 2006 we used a fish net to catch all the poof balls we shot, from our robot, in the pits.
Does anyone know where I can find a 50" diameter fish net

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

Does anyone know where I can find a 50" diameter fish net

Somewhere North... near Lake Michigan I'm sure.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

Does anyone know where I can find a 50" diameter fish net

Mine broke pulling in a northern last summer.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Mine broke pulling in a northern last summer.

Al, was that northern really 50" diameter? And was it the one that got away?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Richard,
I don't know how big it was, the net broke and it got away!

[ahecht]

What really worries me is this:

While your robot is in your team’s pit space any hybrid receiver must be disconnected from your robot.

The Molex headers used to attach to the OI are quite fragile and easily bent, and if teams have to unplug them after every match, we could see a lot of teams with bent/broken/loose connectors. Especially for teams that hot glue the PWM connectors together so that one doesn't come unplugged.

I understand the intention, but a properly programmed robot will only listen to the IR board in auto mode, and a robot in the pits should NEVER be in auto mode in the pits unless precautions are taken to make sure that it is absolutely safe no matter what it does (since a freshly programmed auto mode can do anything without warning).

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ahecht

I understand the intention, but a properly programmed robot will only listen to the IR board in auto mode, and a robot in the pits should NEVER be in auto mode in the pits unless precautions are taken to make sure that it is absolutely safe no matter what it does (since a freshly programmed auto mode can do anything without warning).

Remember, the Robocoach can control the robot during Teleop mode.