That would be a lot fun!!!
But how would FIRST make them is the question…
a robot has to build a cube shape with ‘breakable’ poles (like what you use to put up a tent) but the claws are limited to only 3 ‘fingers’. The alliances can work together… but only in autonomous. and of course, the human player can hand the robot the poles but that’s it…
i like my idea…
yeah…
lol
sorry but, magnet showcase last night until 9 o’clock and pre-season jitters are NOT good when combined together:eek:
I like the football idea but 6 aside robot and human player(with alot of padding) football
Don’t bother. 1923 has hamster-drive perfected.
Do you have proof?
I’m sure if we checked their reciepts/invoices there’d be a nice little bill from Petland for fifty hamsters…
What if the game is like a pick up sticks game. Maybe poles of PVC would be used or something. That would be neat, and it would cool because poles are much more difficult to handle.
2.5 times, hmm??
It’s not like they’ve ever borrowed ideas from a previous year.
2004 had elements from many previous years.
I do think we’re do for the return of a low bar that you could choose to go under like in 01 and 03. Didn’t someone mention limbo?
they keep the “objects” simple, nuthing complex, something over the shelf. I like the idea of the five gallon buckets, handles removed ofcourse…We’re about due for a change of motors also, those CIM motors have about had their life span.
A three inch diameter steel ball (if I could find one) would weigh just about 4 lb., and would fit nicely inside the PVC. So the interesting dynamic properties that Dave mentions could be realized without using tungsten. Just a cost-saving suggestion. 
Quick someone start looking at the records for a purchase of 10000 3" steel balls!
Or just look for the FedEx truck with the rear bumper dragging on the ground…
A slight problem just occurred to me – if FIRST distributes 3" diameter steel balls, then the TechnoKats will be tempted to modify their air-cannon to fire the danged things! No one will be safe at the IRI! :eek:
they wouldn’t do that…it wouldnt be safe …but i do like the sound of “i graciously destroyed your robot in a professional manner”:] :]
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 100 times! Those tubes at the end of last year’s video were not a hint! They were a joke explaining where the “Rack ‘n’ Roll” idea came from!
I apologize if that was rude, but PLEASE!
Air cannon, What air cannon? O you mean that thing that destroyed a ceiling tile at IRI last year?
Well the cannon does speak for itself, but it is more like BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! I GRACIOUSLY DESTROYED YOUR BOT! DON’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS! THAT’S WHY THEY PAY ME THE BIG BUCKS! [/sarcasim]
Besides our next task is punkin’ chuckin’! [/sarcasim for real]
Oh? Really? And upon what information is this conclusion being based?
This is wierd, but maybe they will try something entirely new. They might be beginning to tire of balls, balls, pvc shape, balls…
All I know is that Bill Miller has a warehouse full of about 12,000 left-over tubes from last year, and is desperate to get rid of them SOMEHOW!!!
-dave
Dave, if you try something akin to the “Triple Replay” joke, I for one am not buying it. Now, I’m not saying you don’t have a use for those tubes in a future game, but I’m guessing not this year.
Better yet–bring 'em to the regionals with snow and hills nearby. Tubing races during breaks sounds fun.