Next Year's Game?

[Aren_Hill]

My hope would be optional bumpers and also to have the only rules that govern the robot geometry to fit in the size box in starting configuration

fit inside the box at the start, only requirement

[GreerD]

I liked the strategy involved this year, but I didn't like all the rules governing the robot. I'd personally like to see the return of carpet and no bumpers. I'd also like to see the same sort of scoring on other robots, or something else to encourage more robot-to-robot interaction.

[Chris is me]

I think that if bumpers are optional then there should be some incentive to use bumpers on your robot, like if you have bumpers they won't count weight wise or size wise. I'd hate to see a competition with hundreds of dinged, dented, and damaged robots.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I think that if bumpers are optional then there should be some incentive to use bumpers on your robot, like if you have bumpers they won't count weight wise or size wise. I'd hate to see a competition with hundreds of dinged, dented, and damaged robots.

2006 and 2007, you got the weight and volume free, just like this year. You just didn't have to use the bumpers. Probably about half the teams used them; maybe more.

[A_Reed]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I think that if bumpers are optional then there should be some incentive to use bumpers on your robot, like if you have bumpers they won't count weight wise or size wise. I'd hate to see a competition with hundreds of dinged, dented, and damaged robots.

If that is the case for the bumpers then you would have to limit them to prevent them to be used for some offensive purpose, i.e. wedged bumpers to funnel scoring objects into the robot. you would gain an advantage of going outside of the starting configuration at the beginning of the match.