Car Nack Predicts 2011-2

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

A team without a Hostbot would have a lot of difficulty competing at all...

Are you confusing hostbot with deployment mechanism? Hostbot refers to the entire robot.

I thought the Deployment mechanism was considered the Hostbot.

[Zuelu562]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I thought the Deployment mechanism was considered the Hostbot.

The HOSTBOT is the main FRC Legal Robot as defined in the Robot Manual Section 4. The MINIBOT is the separate entity that is inspected separately. Combined, the MINIBOT and the HOSTBOT become the ROBOT.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Zuelu562

The HOSTBOT is the main FRC Legal Robot as defined in the Robot Manual Section 4. The MINIBOT is the separate entity that is inspected separately. Combined, the MINIBOT and the HOSTBOT become the ROBOT.

Ah, I see.
Well I wonder how effective a loaner minibot would be without a deployment system to get it to the pole?

[Jared Russell]

<R11> says the MINIBOT does not count towards the robot's starting volume - you could probably make a loaner minibot that deploys itself when it hits the tower base...

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Jared341

<R11> says the MINIBOT does not count towards the robot's starting volume - you could probably make a loaner minibot that deploys itself when it hits the tower base...

The MINIBOT is exempt from weight and size constraints in <R11>. But is it exempt from <R14>?

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

The MINIBOT is exempt from weight and size constraints in <R11>. But is it exempt from <R14>?

Would be a great question for Q&A.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Jared341

<R11> says the MINIBOT does not count towards the robot's starting volume - you could probably make a loaner minibot that deploys itself when it hits the tower base...

I don't know that I would want my team's MINIBOT sticking outside the frame perimeter of another team's HOSTBOT before the endgame, unless all three robots on the opposing alliance were dead in the water, heh.

[pfreivald]

I'll bet a lot of teams are in our boat: As nice as it would be to win another cooperitition trophy, devoting the cash toward it (not to mention the time) is prohibitive...

...especially considering that (pfreivald predicts) all truly effective MINIBOT designs will have effective HOSTBOT designs that integrate with them, and are not general deployment mechanisms...

[IKE]

So at least 1 Car Nack prediction is true. Kettering did not have a 4 minibot deployment match.