Crazy idea...or is it?

[EricH]

Greg, you've got a point, but it's been long enough that it might just be easiest to see what can still be used from that, then improve it. And the simulator from 1535 could be used to help.

Here is what I am seeing:

• Some real robots for each game. Enough to fill a regional, maybe.
• Limits like we get. Ideally, these would vary by game, but that is one thing to be worked out. (Cost, weight, size--those can be built in, though.)
• Random failures. You know, every now and again, something fails for no apparent reason. Possibly an option to turn this off.

Looking at the last attempt, it looks like it just fizzled due to lack of interest. However, it seems that a fair number of the contributors are still around. We may need to just start from scratch.

Of course, it might be easier to try going for one season first. Then add one at a time until all the games have been added.

As a note, I might not be able to do any actual work on this (modeling, programming, etc.) due to time constraints. If we did try this again, I think specialization would be key. One team works out the modeling, another the programming, another the controls, etc. Then a compilation team puts it all together and starts the testing.