"The 24" - Off-season Idea

[MDAWG25]

I, for one, would personally drive a robot 24 hours.

*I have programmed 22 hours straight before...

[bristyn_96]

I love the idea! It sounds like a really fun off season event to participate in. Challenge Accepted!

[JJackson]

Id be in... you may have to consider two sets of volunteers

[Justin Montois]

Originally Posted by JJackson

Id be in... you may have to consider two sets of volunteers

Or 4 sets of volunteers. Whatever it takes.

Is this thing scheduled yet?

[Alex2614]

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

Or 4 sets of volunteers. Whatever it takes.

Is this thing scheduled yet?

Unfortunately not. Still in the planning stages. I imagine it won't happen until next summer simply so we can make sure that we can make sure we plan everything properly and ensure a great event.

Originally Posted by MDAWG25

I, for one, would personally drive a robot 24 hours.

*I have programmed 22 hours straight before...

You would, Matt! I have no doubt!

[cmrnpizzo14]

I would be in but transportation would be the only issue! Justin, I think we need to get started on the Rochester carpool now!

[saikiranra]

I love this.

Although we would turn like Hobbits and start adding snack breaks in the middle of the night.

[brrian27]

That sounds pretty intense. A few suggestions:

-Like others said, some sort of sleeping area would be necessary. My team attended the Tempest N' Tampa offseason event at the University of Tampa a few years ago and instead of everyone going to hotels Friday night, each team had a taped off area in the hallway/rooms that served as a sleeping area. So teams brought air mattresses, sleeping bags, etc. Something like this gives teams flexibility in sleeping shifts and such.

-Definitely would need 3 or 4 shifts of volunteers.

-And to go a full 24 hours you would need a lot of matches and therefore a lot of teams.

[Woolly]

Originally Posted by brrian27

That sounds pretty intense. A few suggestions:

-Like others said, some sort of sleeping area would be necessary. My team attended the Tempest N' Tampa offseason event at the University of Tampa a few years ago and instead of everyone going to hotels Friday night, each team had a taped off area in the hallway/rooms that served as a sleeping area. So teams brought air mattresses, sleeping bags, etc. Something like this gives teams flexibility in sleeping shifts and such.

-Definitely would need 3 or 4 shifts of volunteers.

-And to go a full 24 hours you would need a lot of matches and therefore a lot of teams.

Or you could have just 6 teams in a Frisbee-recycling 24 hour long match. Thus a real endurance test for the robots involved.

[A_Reed]

Originally Posted by Woolly

Or you could have just 6 teams in a Frisbee-recycling 24 hour long match. Thus a real endurance test for the robots involved.

Tag team style? Keep the gates open and let the teams cycle on and off for battery changes.

[bEdhEd]

I would have to wonder if the audience would be able to cheer and scream for 24 straight hours.

[Sam390250]

This would certainly be a sight to see. I remember times I wanted to hide out and sleep in my pit at night to get some extra work done ;]

I definitely imagine a lot of students dropping like flies through the evening. Tensions would probably rise within teams as well, showing the teams who can truly work together in any circumstance. The stands might be full of sleeping patrons by 2am, and zombies into the early hours of the morning.

It would be interesting to see how this could play out, but I know I would not be able to survive without sleep or a shower for 24 hours at robotics straight.

[Tmaxxrox97]

Originally Posted by MDAWG25

I, for one, would personally drive a robot 24 hours.

*I have programmed 22 hours straight before...

I would be down with driving for that long.
It could be great driving practice... assuming I could actually remember what happened...

[dellagd]

Let me just preface this by saying that I'd love to do this and would be uup for it.

I feel like such an event wouldnt work because 1) There has to be people to run he field, and finding two for every job is hard, and 2) FRC is dangerous. People have to be aware of what there doing. If you forget that your driver station is in autonomous, and you think its in teleop (an easy thing to do awake), who knows, your robot could run over someone with its auton routine. Mistakes would happen. Especially with the high climbing this year, I'd be afraid being around tired (Which has been show to have quite paralyzing effects, like with tired vs drunk driving) people driving 120 pound robots at 12 fps around me.

[rtomp]

I think this would be amazing! Most of my best, most hilarious memories are from 12:00am to 4:00am You would defiantly need 3-4 sets of volunteers and referees though and maybe only let people into the pits at certain times