Support Robot Concept

[Chris is me]

I like the idea of a robot that has an arm at exactly the height of the lane loader that goes from the lane, grabs a tube, then brings it to the midfield and "passes" it to a teammate. However, the rules currently prohibit robots taking tubes from other robots.

[Patrick Chiang]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I like the idea of a robot that has an arm at exactly the height of the lane loader that goes from the lane, grabs a tube, then brings it to the midfield and "passes" it to a teammate. However, the rules currently prohibit robots taking tubes from other robots.

Thought that rules would only apply for opponents. Like, if you pin your own teammate, there wouldn't be a penalty, right?

[nuggetsyl]

Love the idea but i think i see 2 problems with it. I do not see the tubes making all the way across the field(maybe you can roll the round ones). The second is the pipe for the end game would get in the way. But more power to you. I would love to see it in action if you guys build it.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Patrick Chiang

Thought that rules would only apply for opponents. Like, if you pin your own teammate, there wouldn't be a penalty, right?

Sadly, no. I'm hoping it's an oversight that will be corrected in an Update.

<G49> ROBOTS may not attempt to POSSESS a GAME PIECE that is being POSSESSED by another ROBOT. Violation: PENALTY

[pandamonium]

I can kick it the full length of the field and reach a height of approximately 15 feet. another proof of concept is that robots could throw the much larger and much heavier trackballs 7 feet in the air.

so one or two of there robots will have to block our zone, which would mean that they are not scoring which I think I would still be ok with

accommodating the different sized tubes wouldn't be that difficult.

yes there are some design challenges but I think they can be overcome.

[Josh Goodman]

The idea of a feeder robot is solid. Basically in it's simplest form, the feeder robot's job is to either gather tubes from the field or from its own human player and drop them in the alliances scoring safe zone. This allows your big scorers for nonstop scoring.

Now, the best way to do this IMO is literally hanging onto game pieces and moving super fast so that no matter what, the game piece will always be in the possession of your alliance.

Like this launching method (if it worked) it might be faster, but it's easily defended. Teams would recognize this and you would not be picked because of it. So I do think the feeding option is excellent, but launching tubes I don't think is the best way of going about it.

[Lil' Lavery]

This is assuming that your scorers will be able to pick up off the ground. I think that's a pretty big assumption.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

This is assuming that your scorers will be able to pick up off the ground. I think that's a pretty big assumption.

It might be... but if you can't pick them up off the floor, you're stuck driving to the other side to get game pieces every single time. That's a pretty big handicap to have, considering past experiences of game pieces littering the floor.