Breakaway Discussion

[viperred396]

Originally Posted by dodar

Does anyone see any struggle this year for teams to be able to drive onto the platform at the finale time?

I think this could be pretty hard to get up there because it is 20 in from the ground and even if you can get to the top of the bump you still have a 8 inch gap to get up there.

[Liu_yiang]

Overall, I think it's a good game. 2 problems with it though:
1: <R19> and Frame Perimeter. The 3 inches rule is an absolute beast to work around. The X-bot shall be remembered.

2. Hanging doesn't seem to have much of a point. In the last 20 seconds, wouldn't it be feasable to have a fast bot score 2 points and thus win the round? Hanging points are only for when all is said and done.

Other than that, I think they did a really good job with the game. I've been showing my non-robotics team friends the video for playing the game, and they are actually pretty interested in going to see it. Dean's homework is gonna be easy this year.

[dodar]

OK if you build your bumpers and back then with a frame but it is separate from your drivetrain, i.e. they arent connected by bolting them together or welding, would that be legal?

[johnr]

If the target is black and white, the floor stripe white and the ball is white, will the refs be wearing zebra shirts this year?

[viperred396]

Originally Posted by johnr

If the target is black and white, the floor stripe white and the ball is white, will the refs be wearing zebra shirts this year?

I also think it will be filmed with a black and white camera

[Pausert]

Originally Posted by johnr

If the target is black and white, the floor stripe white and the ball is white, will the refs be wearing zebra shirts this year?

You can still distinguish between the vision target by shape. Tracking relies on finding the eccentricity of the vision target, so I don't think this sort of interference will be a problem.