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pic: Fighting for the atlas ball
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Re: pic: Fighting for the atlas ball
Is this just for fun or is it at a little competition?
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It was very competitive. Each team had to come up with a team name based on a letter of the alphabet that was assigned to their team. Some team names included - Anonymous - Black Hole - Cool Blue - Demonic Rooster - EE - Team FIRST - Geezus - Heavy Metalz The eliminations featured the unique pairing of Geezus and Demonic Rooster. -j- |
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Looks fantastic. We did the same thing, only not as pretty as yours (used cardboard and carpet instead of steel and lexan). I think the students really had a ball with it, and the debriefing session at our next meeting will be interesting.
Lots of parents and teachers came to watch - hopefully that will help our team grow. |
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So, How was pushing the atlas ball? reliable? difficult? |
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Re: pic: Fighting for the atlas ball
The ball is bigger than the vex robots...presents some interesting design problems
Creating this into a brainstorming/teambuilding session was a great Idea...now if my team only had enough vex kits to do this |
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And the ball does NOT roll in a straight line! |
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![]() Ball gets under other bot and they go bouncing back Surprisingly the ball never popped during the match. It should still be interesting on the VEX scale. lol |
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Re: pic: Fighting for the atlas ball
Is the ball weighted in a certain part?
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(If you looked carefully on the balls in Atlanta, and perhaps elsewhere, you would see a little X on the top of where the ball would naturally rest. It really did speed the process.) |
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Yes, the ball isn't symmetrical. And surprisingly the heaviest part of the ball isn't necessarily the plug where you inflate it. If you look closely at the picture, you can see two small dots at the upper right. They are used as the "sweet spot" as Billfred said to help balance the ball on the toilet flange.
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