2011 Game Hint #1

[robocharger3005]

Hey FRC Nation,

We believe the photo is Little Eva and she recorded the song "Locomotion".

Maybe the game has something to do with motion and trains.

robocharger3005

[MaxMax161]

Hmm while reading all these posts I started to get an image of a maze like game where robots and/or human players dynamically change the field. Maybe the goal of the game would to travel the furthest or make the most turns (easier to count). There would be a bunch of different ways to move the walls so there would be a few robot niches. Maybe the end game would be that the robots can't move walls anymore and need to to get from one end of the field of the other. As I reread this is sounds totally nuts but entertaining anyway.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by robocharger3005

Hey FRC Nation,

We believe the photo is Little Eva and she recorded the song "Locomotion".

Maybe the game has something to do with motion and trains.

robocharger3005

this has to be a joke, right?

[swwrobotics]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

Little EVA - Locomotion - walking robots

from Wikipedia

Robot locomotion is the study of how to design robot appendages and control mechanisms to allow robots to move fluidly and efficiently. Although wheeled robots are typically quite energy efficient and simple to control, other forms of locomotion may be more appropriate for a number of reasons (e.g. traversing rough terrain, moving and interacting in human environments). Furthermore, studying biped and insect-like robots may impact biomechanics.

Originally Posted by robodude03

I definitely think you have something here. The column could be in reference to actually climbing something or "traversing rough terrain".

the same picture is a smooth column i think the grooves in the column could mean something about the terrain

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by IndySam

this has to be a joke, right?

Probably not -- probably someone who's trying to get his/her team acquainted with CD in a seemingly lower visibility way. Little does he/she know that game hint threads have more minions and trolls come out of nooks and crannies than any technical, funny, or inspiring threads ever created.

Welcome to ChiefDelphi, RoboChargers.

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Probably not -- probably someone who's trying to get his/her team acquainted with CD in a seemingly lower visibility way. Little does he/she know that game hint threads have more minions and trolls come out of nooks and crannies than any technical, funny, or inspiring threads ever created.

Welcome to ChiefDelphi, RoboChargers.

Little do they realize how closely the game hint threads are watched!

[JaneYoung]

What may be happening is the return to school after the holidays. Newly registered teams are checking their e-mail accounts and posting information they received over the holidays. Just guessing but - a rookie team wouldn't necessarily be checking e-mails/updates continually during the holidays. Heck, veteran teams don't.

So, this could be an explanation for seeing new members and new posts in these threads.

In the meantime, we can all be nice.

Jane

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

In the meantime, we can all be nice.

Jane

Nice? Isn't that a town in France?

[klmx30302]

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/....aspx?id=18713

HINT 2 IS OUT!!!!!!!

I'm hoping on the subject of a train-based game. Not where the bots have to be connected (to hard to program, and I can't use tank drive!), but where there is a train surrounding the field. That would be fun.

I've heard ideas of steam powered robots, but that's highly improbable, and illogical. What do you need to create steam? Water. What do robots hate the most? Water. I don't think there will be any steam or water this year, because it would be too easy to "accidentally" spill on another team's robot. Plus, if your robot gets hit or the water tank gets hit, then your robot will get splashed with water, decimating most team's robots before most of the matches are done.

I've also heard ideas of a mix of all previous competitions. That's possible, but it would be very difficult to do, and very confusing. Every game has at least one factor in it that would cause a confliction with the other games. There's the balls. All have had different weights, materials, and textures. Another example is that it would be hard to hang your robot if everyone's firing balls at the hoop you hang from. So I don't think it would be a mixed game.

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

I'm hoping on the subject of a train-based game. Not where the bots have to be connected (to hard to program, and I can't use tank drive!), but where there is a train surrounding the field. That would be fun.

I've heard ideas of steam powered robots, but that's highly improbable, and illogical. What do you need to create steam? Water. What do robots hate the most? Water. I don't think there will be any steam or water this year, because it would be too easy to "accidentally" spill on another team's robot. Plus, if your robot gets hit or the water tank gets hit, then your robot will get splashed with water, decimating most team's robots before most of the matches are done.

I've also heard ideas of a mix of all previous competitions. That's possible, but it would be very difficult to do, and very confusing. Every game has at least one factor in it that would cause a confliction with the other games. There's the balls. All have had different weights, materials, and textures. Another example is that it would be hard to hang your robot if everyone's firing balls at the hoop you hang from. So I don't think it would be a mixed game.

Never mind that second part. It seems as if it will be a mix-up game after all!

[perry3018]

Originally Posted by Jack Jones

Not sure - but think it could be Florence Ballard, who was one of the Supremes of '60s Motown fame.

EDIT:
If it is - one of their hits was. "You keep me hangin' on."

The girl is Eva little
she sang the logo motion

[IndySam]

[Robert Cawthon]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Not unless its cushioned. My head is sore from banging it against the wall.

Originally Posted by Robert Cawthon

Not unless its cushioned. My head is sore from banging it against the wall.

I guess SOMEONE doesn't like the idea of a mixed game. I'm not all too excited about it, but at least it will be interesting!