Painting our robot

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by EricH

Umm, yeah, about that...
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11423 on the bumpers
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11406 on the robot.

Sorry, but I do think that GP and the GDC are of the same mind on this one.

I would like to point out that I DID write "If this has not been asked on the official Q&A ." Wouldn't it have been easier for the rule to be something like:

C. Robots shall have no exposed component that is the same color as the vision targets.

...or some such. The GDC has pointed out in the past that what looks like ambiguity in the rules (like "intended") is usually put there on purpose. Why muddy the waters with "intended" when the rule is "don't use these colors?"

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

I would like to point out that I DID write "If this has not been asked on the official Q&A ." Wouldn't it have been easier for the rule to be something like:

C. Robots shall have no exposed component that is the same color as the vision targets.

...or some such. The GDC has pointed out in the past that what looks like ambiguity in the rules (like "intended") is usually put there on purpose. Why muddy the waters with "intended" when the rule is "don't use these colors?"

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=73592

It's quite possible that the camera sees a nice, deep, dark green as the target, or a nice, deep, dark red as the target. At that point, teams could say, "Hey, Team XXXX is breaking <RYY-Z>!" And team XXXX says, "No, we aren't!" And a dispute ensues, that can't be resolved. Hence the "intent" part of the rule.