[FRC Blog] Duck Vine

[orangemoore]

Posted on the FRC Blog, 9/3/15:http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...blog-Duck-Vine

Duck Vine

Blog Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 15:45

Duck Vine
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...uck%20Vine.mp4
One squeaky duck toy = a squeaky duck toy

Dozens of squeaky duck toys = the Visigoths descending on Rome



Frank

(Is it possible to embed videos in a post?)

[EricH]

Well, guess I better go start figuring out how to play "Duck, Duck, Goose" with a robot now.


Oh, and all y'all complaining about the lack of contact last year, there IS contact in that game. Just not aggressive contact!

[JB987]

Interesting game piece...

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by JB987

Interesting game piece...

Other than the mishap this previous year I don't think FIRST has every given away a game piece like this ever.

[Mike Schreiber]

My biggest concern if that is a game piece is not robot related at all... It's how annoying that sound is going to be all year.

[logank013]

Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber

My biggest concern if that is a game piece is not robot related at all... It's how annoying that sound is going to be all year.

Would it be illegal to add an amplifier to your robot? You could have your drive team wear ear muffs and have a super loud amplifier to stun every team and spectator around. Haha.

[dodar]

Does anyone else just watch this and laugh hysterically when he does the big push?

[a2alexa]

Originally Posted by dodar

Does anyone else just watch this and laugh hysterically when he does the big push?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR0sO8mYuVU

This is also worth watching.

[RamZ]

Originally Posted by logank013

Would it be illegal to add an amplifier to your robot?

R8 ROBOT parts shall not be made from hazardous materials, be unsafe, cause an unsafe condition, or interfere with the operation of other ROBOTS.
...
B. Speakers, sirens, air horns, or other audio devices that generate sound at a level sufficient to be a distraction

Technically, it was

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Electronica1

Easy work around would be handing out Vuvuzelas.

Check the admin manual 4.12.3

[MikLast]

Originally Posted by logank013

Would it be illegal to add an amplifier to your robot? You could have your drive team wear ear muffs and have a super loud amplifier to stun every team and spectator around. Haha.

Coming soon to an FRC event near you:
MLG FRC
Airhorns in the background

[runneals]

Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber

My biggest concern if that is a game piece is not robot related at all... It's how annoying that sound is going to be all year.

I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING! Maybe they'll have to pass out earplugs I would also imagine it would make a dog go CrAzY!

[ShotgunNinja]

I doubt it'll be the game piece. This year's piece has to be triangular, since the last two were square and round.

[Rachel Lim]

I am torn between this being the most awesome game piece ever, because we could squeak them nonstop, and this being the most terrible game piece ever, because we could squeak them nonstop...

[ratdude747]

We're missing the real challenge: manipulate this "gamepiece" without breaking the noisemaker rule!

And you thought this year required delicate handling...