**FIRST EMAIL**/Future of FRC - Sneak Peek

[gam3fr3ak1]

water game?!?!?! =D

[Drew Hopman]

Originally Posted by gam3fr3ak1

water game?!?!?! =D

Ha....everyone knows its gonna be on ice next year.

[Tottanka]

it must be the new RC!
yea! are you ready to rumble?!

[JimWright949]

Originally Posted by Drew Hopman

Ha....everyone knows its gonna be on ice next year.

Oh no no no. Think about this... Overdrive played with four Alliances of two robots each. Go go green alliance!

The third robot on the field was introduced one year after the last RC change we may be seeing four soon. For the Seattle Regional that would mean every robot in the queue or on the field at the same time. Just something to think about.

-Jim

[Qbranch]

Oh no... are there matches running during this time?

-q

[whytheheckme]

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoO I'm so excited!!!!!!!!

NEW RC DEMOS!!!!!!

[dtengineering]

The big surprise will come when we find the FTC and FRC controllers are the exact same thing.

I have no inside information on that, by the way... but why not? (It is now, kinda...)

As Greg points out, with FIRST apparently severing relations with IFI there will likely be other KOP changes as well. The kitbot frame is one example.

Jason

P.S. My apologies... I don't think I've ever used TWO smileys in a post before!

[DonRotolo]

I also think we'll be seeing the new RC.

And, I predict*, its capabilities will wow the crowd. Care to speculate?
802.11 wireless - what can you do with a 11 Mb/s data stream for example?

Don

*Apologies to Looking Forward.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

what can you do with a 11 Mb/s data stream for example?

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On board video feeds?

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

- what can you do with a 11 Mb/s data stream for example?

Well, I know that I could crash the robot into a large object with even greater precision... but if you mean what could the kids do with it... yeah, they'd probably accomplish something creative and useful!

Of course if the data stream accomodated video... then there are all sorts of possibilities. Auto/hybrid could be replaced by "remotely operated" mode, where the drivers can't see the field, only a monitor.

Jason

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

I also think we'll be seeing the new RC.

And, I predict*, its capabilities will wow the crowd. Care to speculate?
802.11 wireless - what can you do with a 11 Mb/s data stream for example?

Don

*Apologies to Looking Forward.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ntrol+syste m
There is a little speculation for you.

I am hoping that the sneak preview is the new control system/KOP but there is no guarantee.

As long as the new control system is something fairly powerful and still comparable to what is used in industry (ie not lego mindstorms) and it can be programmed in a fairly standard language I will be satisfied.

As a side note (and most likely unrelated) Dean has been very interested in robotic blimps, there will be atleast 2 different ones on display this year in ATL

[Tottanka]

Maybe Dean is going to present his infamous prosthetic arm?

[fredliu168]

I'm betting on 2 alliances of 4v4, with a larger field.

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by fredliu168

I'm betting on 2 alliances of 4v4, with a larger field.

and 4 balls each?!?! that would be nuts lmao!!

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

I also think we'll be seeing the new RC.

And, I predict*, its capabilities will wow the crowd. Care to speculate?
802.11 wireless - what can you do with a 11 Mb/s data stream for example?

Don

*Apologies to Looking Forward.

IFI has that patented so it's pretty much out of the question.