Posted by Thomas A. Frank.
Engineer on team #121, The Islanders/Rhode Warrior, from Middletown (RI) High School and Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
Posted on 1/5/2000 7:04 PM MST
Hello All;
Based on the Brunswick truck report, and a reliable report I
received that says we are going to be allowed bumpers that extend up to 6’
beyond the initial 30x36 box dimensions (but must be at least 6’ off the
floor), allow me to provide a likely scenario…
3 on 3 ‘air hockey’ with bowling balls as the scoring implement.
Meets all the criteria that Dean would want:
- teaming
- anyone can tell what/when a score occurs
- robots can be either defensive (goalie) or offensive
- easy field layout
- takes advantage of the new control systems ability to handle
multiple units in close proximity
Well, what do y’all think?
Tom Frank
Posted by Thomas A. Frank.
Engineer on team #121, The Islanders/Rhode Warrior, from Middletown (RI) High School and Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
Posted on 1/5/2000 7:05 PM MST
In Reply to: Based on the provided intel reports… posted by Thomas A. Frank on 1/5/2000 7:04 PM MST:
Those are inches, not feet, sorry!
: Hello All;
: Based on the Brunswick truck report, and a reliable report I
: received that says we are going to be allowed bumpers that extend up to 6’
: beyond the initial 30x36 box dimensions (but must be at least 6’ off the
: floor), allow me to provide a likely scenario…
: 3 on 3 ‘air hockey’ with bowling balls as the scoring implement.
: Meets all the criteria that Dean would want:
: 1. teaming
: 2. anyone can tell what/when a score occurs
: 3. robots can be either defensive (goalie) or offensive
: 4. easy field layout
: 5. takes advantage of the new control systems ability to handle
: multiple units in close proximity
: Well, what do y’all think?
: Tom Frank
Posted by Michael Martus. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.
Posted on 1/5/2000 8:14 PM MST
In Reply to: Based on the provided intel reports… posted by Thomas A. Frank on 1/5/2000 7:04 PM MST:
I bet the bowling ball companies would love to endorse our efforts.
They could ‘Strike out’ for education, even ‘Pin’ a ‘score’ for their product. I bet this would be right up their ‘alley’, making sure that we do not land in the ‘gutter’.
Posted by Erin.
Student on team #1, The Juggernauts, from otc-ne, oxford high school and 3 dimensional services, rochester hills, mi.
Posted on 1/6/2000 7:36 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Based on the provided intel reports… posted by Michael Martus on 1/5/2000 8:14 PM MST:
here we come, BRUNSWICK-
teaching high-school age kids the art of PINSETTING!
Oh my gosh- I can’t wait. Mr. McIntyre is going to have a whole bunch of future pinsetter-engineers on his hands at OTC.
Don’t we all wish for bowling pins.
ALSO-
What do you guys think of a competition on WATER?!!
Mr. rice said, ‘WOW THAT WOULD BE FUN!’
and a bunch of the Juggernaut members thought that maybe it should become a poll!!
Just a little info on what we did today.
2 DAYS UNTIL KICK-OFF!! NASA PARTY AT MY HOUSE!!