I'm back with some advice

[EricVanWyk]

http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2008...me-advice.html

Uh oh...

Any thoughts?

[TheOtherGuy]

...




water game?

[artdutra04]

You know what would suck?

If a warning like that meant that something as fundamental as the small CIMs or Kitbot chassis wasn't in the KoP anymore...

Either that, or they shrunk the maximum dimensions by an inch or two.

[MrForbes]

With 842 being the Championship Chairman's winners, this is as good a time as any to bring that up!

Seriously though, it looks like we might want to be exploring some other ways of making robots move around on dry land of various contours.

[waialua359]

[Roger]

Any thoughts?

Though Bill does not speak plainly, it appears he suggests that we shouldn't assume any particular robot design. He further hints not to make any large purchases of any particular material. There is a strong possibility that the game will be released sometime in January....

In other words, it may be much ado about nothing (the "inch or two" view) or we may be thrown for a doozy of a different game (the "how can robots move" view). I'm going for the latter.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by waialua359

In moments such as these, I think of:
- tums
- pepcid ac
- cookies and cream ice cream
- gingerale (an old cure)
- milk and crackers (another old cure)
- a tall mountain top from which to yodel angst
- carpet to pace a large path into
- juggling - I don't know why but it's fun
- coffee, a large cup of coffee

[MrForbes]

It's lunch time here.....

[EricH]

This advice is typically given, though not officially, at some time between September and January (or before) as some teams start experimenting.

I would assume that there is something besides the control system and the game that will be changing. Probably the dimensions (2005, changed the dimensions when we got C and 3v3), though maybe some key element is going to change.

81 days to kickoff... Too long!

Or...Oh, no! The No-Metal on Robots Rule!

[MrForbes]

We'll defintely be working on both the balancing 2 wheel robot, the 6 legged robot, and the wood chassis 8 wheel drive robot ideas this fall.

[Roger]

Wheels? Legs? Wood? Read the message again...

...do not assume any particular robot design...

[MrForbes]

Exactly! we're not assuming any one robot design will be right for the game, so we're developing several different ideas.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Roger

Wheels? Legs? Wood? Read the message again...

Which is, of course, why they are testing three designs.

I'm surprised they aren't testing the hamster-powered robot, the "Tinfoil Freshman", and the flying robot.

Of course, I'm certain team 71 is already done with their prototyping for about 200 different ideas, and the most recent would have been the game-figuring-out robot. Not sure if the prototype works.../

[Chath Maral]

Nooooooooooooo! X.x there goes my programming ideas... I really hope not

[TheOtherGuy]

Haha, the sad part is we actually were working on [designing] a 2 wheeled balancing robot for FRC competitions and a wooden chassis (which we'll actually probably use, unless this new game forces us to change it!)...

Wait, I thought 71 had their game-figuring-out robot working for several years now?