QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!

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Posted by Joe Ross at 1/28/2001 9:59 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!
Posted by Andy Grady on 1/28/2001 9:17 AM EST:



RAVENS!!! (ok I'm a little late)

The way that I look at it, there are 3 different types of people who watch and participate in the competition.

First, you have the the robot designers and builders. As one of them, I like this competition because there are so many different tasks. This year you aren't limited to just picking up balls or hanging on a bar. You can balance goals, pick up 2 sizes of balls etc. This leaves a lot of room for very cool robot designs.

Secondly, there are the strategists. Because there are so many different possible robot designs, there are even more strategies. Some people will have to change their focus (ie no more defense) but the number of permutations make this really interesting.

Last, you have the spectators. I don't think this will be very interesting to watch. Unless you have a vested interest in one of the teams, I can't imagine that you would want to watch more than a few matches.

IMO, FIRST has made a game that is interesting for team members, but has forgotten to make a game that will spread to the general puplic.

Joe Ross
Beach Bot, Team 330