POLL: What surface do you want to see?

[BaldwinNYRookie]

Whatever the game is I do think the field should be bigger. It get's cramped especially with six robots on the field at a time.

And though this is my rookie year I got to see last years field at the Brunswick Eruption earlier this year, and I do prefer last years field. It gave a team more options. Do you want to herd balls, cap those whatchamacallits with the bigger yellow balls, hang your robot (which was much more dramatic to watch than anything I've seen in this years game), or all three?

[Pin Man]

Water is defintly not going to happen... As much as I would love to see it... But I mean robots, high schoolers, and water is not a great mix... I would like to see something with tunnels and or something like that...

[Allison K]

Originally Posted by Pin Man

Water is defintly not going to happen... As much as I would love to see it... But I mean robots, high schoolers, and water is not a great mix... I would like to see something with tunnels and or something like that...

Tunnels would be cool. Possibly something like the 2003 center structure, but a tunnel with game pieces underneath. Robots could use the CMUcam to find the game objects.

~Allison

[Clark Gilbert]

I think a mixture of carpet and "moonscape." For the rocks use something like a lava rock and a fine pebble rock (to mix it up a bit). Maybe put some sort of bumps made from wood under the rock mixture.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Pin Man

Water is defintly not going to happen... As much as I would love to see it... But I mean robots, high schoolers, and water is not a great mix... I would like to see something with tunnels and or something like that...

There is one very simple, straightforward little fact that makes is explicitly clear that we will never, ever have a water-based game in FIRST:

It would require that Dave wear a bathing suit.

OK, now that you have that nasty litttle image burning in your mind, go ahead and try to get some sleep tonight.

-dave

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by dlavery

There is one very simple, straightforward little fact that makes is explicitly clear that we will never, ever have a water-based game in FIRST:

It would require that Dave wear a bathing suit.

OK, now that you have that nasty litttle image burning in your mind, go ahead and try to get some sleep tonight.

-dave

Hee hee.

[Vince]

Hmm.... water and robots. Sounds like something the Coast Guard Academy might do as a summer outreach program.....

[Pin Man]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Hee hee.

I LOVE IT! haha... *whistles* Mr. Lavery in a bikini! hahaha


Allison: maybe like video cameras on the robot to with night vision to see in the tunnels and the drivers look on a comp screen or something...

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by dlavery

There is one very simple, straightforward little fact that makes is explicitly clear that we will never, ever have a water-based game in FIRST:

It would require that Dave wear a bathing suit.

OK, now that you have that nasty litttle image burning in your mind, go ahead and try to get some sleep tonight.

-dave

Hmmmm... I'll have to see what I can work on... In the meantime, everyone will just have to enjoy this random effort

And to contribute to the actual thread, while it was a tad frustrating watching our robot try to get up the ramp in stack attack, the multiple surface types was really cool, so I wouldn't mind seeing that again!

Heidi

[team222badbrad]

Astro Turf or other similar "fake grass."

I really want to see real grass, now that would be a sight to see!

Say good bye to carpet burns and hello to grass stains!

Carpet = Old, at least make it colorful, next year!

as a little suggestion to throw out, the game would be pretty insane with 8 teams, an octagonal field, filled a foot and a half deep with packing/shipping popcorn. now that would be crazy.

[Jay H 237]

Something like chain link fence or some type of grating is always interesting.

Also even easier for field set up would be to have something like landscaping 6x6's dividing the field. You could either drive over them or be forced to go around them.

Another option would be to create "rollers" for the robot to cross in an area of the field made out of pvc pipe laying horizontally.

(hint...........hint, Dave )

[Rombus]

Wow, alot of cool ideas:
Tunnels would be very interesting, i had another interesting idea with use of cameras:
What about having the drive team in a box of some sort, there only inputs are a field spotter with a radio, and a cam on the bot?

Also another note to everyone here: We all know chances of water and ice are nill, but if you want to see it, pick it I'm quite surprised this thread went so well so far! Alot of great ideas!

[evelyn1503]

i think it wiold be cool to have tha playing felld of ice it would change things defonetly

[Chris Sturrock]

well call me boring. but I just like the carpet.

so simple, and you dont have to make any special modifications, and it will still be simple to drive.