It’s Tuesday. You know what that means.
The scores after the last round :
wgorgen
120
GaryVoshol
116
jaredhk
115
EricH
98
Wayne Doenges
81
gellnick
80
Osby
75
cgmv123
74
DonRotolo
73
GeeTwo
33
LuiTheFly
31
Richard Wallace
23
tpark747949
22
bardd
16
WayCoolSuperDude
12
Andy Baker
11
TheRealJamesOo
10
Zroegn
9
Amicus1
7
Bmongar
4
Ninja_Bait
3
Amanda_Morrison
3
rsisk
2
Zagar
2
cad321
2
BrianAtlanta
2
OtherCaleb
2
Greg_Needel
2
The rules, for the newbies.
And the picture:
As usual, the deadline is nominally Sunday at midnight Eastern time.
Go!
EricH
January 25, 2023, 6:13am
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While initial tests of inflatable bumpers were promising, some robots’ propensity for removing them (and then using them to incapacitate other robots) led to the decision to use pool noodles as the permanent solution, as well as G402 and G206.
(off camera)
Student1: “OK, that’ll work to load the tubes on the robot. But I’m pretty sure we’ll need a trained monkey to get them off.”
Student2: “Didn’t you ever read our mission statement? ‘Relevant real world experience.’”
Student1: “So we should ask Q&A?”
It puts the tubes on its aluminum frame or it gets the hose again
Blue Robot: “This relationship isn’t going to last because you’re carrying to much baggage. Oh, I will be taking my ring back too.”
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They remembered to practice two of the three Rs: rigor and relationships. However, they mistook the third R for “rings,” shirking “real world experience.” When it was time for competition, well, oops.
Red Robot: Do these wheels make me look fat?
Blue Robot: No, but these tubes do! Let’s try taking a couple of them off and see if it helps.
Why do I think this meets the definition of theft?
Inner tubes do not meet the definition of the required Robot Signal Light. Adding a blue inner tube full of helium though will reduce robot weight.
Let’s get judgy!
First place goes to:
Second place goes to:
EricH:
While initial tests of inflatable bumpers were promising, some robots’ propensity for removing them (and then using them to incapacitate other robots) led to the decision to use pool noodles as the permanent solution, as well as G402 and G206.
And the burn award goes to:
Which means the scores are:
wgorgen
122
GaryVoshol
118
jaredhk
117
EricH
103
gellnick
90
Wayne Doenges
84
cgmv123
76
Osby
75
DonRotolo
73
GeeTwo
33
LuiTheFly
31
Richard Wallace
23
tpark747949
22
bardd
16
WayCoolSuperDude
12
Andy Baker
11
TheRealJamesOo
10
Zroegn
9
Amicus1
7
Ninja_Bait
5
Bmongar
4
Amanda_Morrison
3
rsisk
2
Zagar
2
cad321
2
BrianAtlanta
2
OtherCaleb
2
Greg_Needel
2
Onward!