Posted by Andy Grady.
Other on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and Nypro Inc…
Posted on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST
Hi all, here is another question of the week…
Question 12/3/00: Ramp, puck, wall, fence, ditch,or other…what obstical would you like to see in the upcomming game?
Posted by Andy Grady.
Other on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and Nypro Inc…
Posted on 12/3/2000 9:52 AM MST
In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andy Grady on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST:
I must be slipping in my old age…its question of the week ladies and gentleman =)
Posted by Erin. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.
Posted on 12/3/2000 10:37 AM MST
In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andy Grady on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST:
Moguls…like on a double black diamond ski run in aspen… that would make great argument for robust robots!!
-erin
Posted by Meg Z…
Student on team #349, Robahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Co…
Posted on 12/3/2000 2:13 PM MST
In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andy Grady on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST:
How about other robots on the field as part of the game, not competing, but only providing obstruction for the playing robots?
Meg 
Posted by Jon.
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Posted on 12/4/2000 7:45 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Meg Z. on 12/3/2000 2:13 PM MST:
That’d be neat, it’d be like one of those games where you have to time your movements because the field is a puzzle as well and you can only accomplish certain tasks when things are in proper alignment…
j
: How about other robots on the field as part of the game, not competing, but only providing obstruction for the playing robots?
: Meg
Posted by Nate Smith.
Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.
Posted on 12/4/2000 9:14 AM MST
In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andy Grady on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST:
: Hi all, here is another question of the week…
: Question 12/3/00: Ramp, puck, wall, fence, ditch,or other…what obstical would you like to see in the upcomming game?
I’m guessing a bottomless pit would be too much to ask? =)
Nate
(Maybe if i get the time, I’ll write a serious reply to this…I did love the ramp last year though)
Posted by Raul. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.
Posted on 12/4/2000 11:02 AM MST
In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andy Grady on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST:
I just like goals that move. 1996, 97 and 99 all had goals that moved one way or another. I liked the strategy twists that are introduced when 1 team can potentially move the goal away from another.
Raul
Posted by Ken Leung.
Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.
Posted on 12/4/2000 4:46 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Raul on 12/4/2000 11:02 AM MST:
: I just like goals that move. 1996, 97 and 99 all had goals that moved one way or another. I liked the strategy twists that are introduced when 1 team can potentially move the goal away from another.
I will have to agree with that one. The games were especially exciting when teams were fighting for the puck back at 1999. But if the goal is the size of 2000’s goal, or even just the ramp, it seems to me it will be too big to push around…
How about a movable puck with ramps on the side, or maybe the bottom half of a cone, with some sort of smaller goal in the center of it? seems like a good compromise between 1999 and 2000. 
Just like Nate, I will actually need some time to think of a serious answer… I WILL be back.
Posted by Andrew Rudolph.
Student on team NASA KSC/Michael Krop Senior High School from Michael Krop Senior High School sponsored by NASA Kennedy Space Centre.
Posted on 12/4/2000 5:01 PM MST
In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andy Grady on 12/3/2000 9:51 AM MST:
A bottomless pit! or just a big hole with pads at the bottom. maybe put a bar up top to swing across?
Andrew
Posted by Jessica Boucher. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.
Posted on 12/4/2000 6:25 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andrew Rudolph on 12/4/2000 5:01 PM MST:
: A bottomless pit! or just a big hole with pads at the bottom. maybe put a bar up top to swing across?
: Andrew
Kinda reminds me of those foam pits I used to jump into at gymnastics class
But wouldn’t that be a tad hard for teams to build?
-Jessica B, #237
PS - I think its a great idea, though!
Posted by Matt Leese.
Other on team #73 from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.
Posted on 12/5/2000 8:29 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andrew Rudolph on 12/4/2000 5:01 PM MST:
Hrm…how about a ball pit like they have at McDonalds? I used to love them as a kid. Then again, I think I still do…
Matt
Posted by Lora Knepper. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / Boston College High School and Seeking Sponsorship.
Posted on 12/5/2000 4:34 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE DAY!!! posted by Andrew Rudolph on 12/4/2000 5:01 PM MST:
Love the idea Andrew =) just one question…
What if it is bottomless…what happens when your robot falls in it then?? gulps There goes the competition!!
~Lora
Posted by Matt Leese.
Other on team #73 from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.
Posted on 12/5/2000 4:52 PM MST
In Reply to: Falling into the Pit posted by Lora Knepper on 12/5/2000 4:34 PM MST:
Which is why you build a flying robot.
Matt ducks and goes back to reading CD
: Love the idea Andrew =) just one question…
: What if it is bottomless…what happens when your robot falls in it then?? gulps There goes the competition!!
: ~Lora
Posted by Lora Knepper. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / Boston College High School and Seeking Sponsorship.
Posted on 12/5/2000 4:55 PM MST
In Reply to: Flying Robot! posted by Matt Leese on 12/5/2000 4:52 PM MST:
: Which is why you build a flying robot.
: Matt ducks and goes back to reading CD
Throws a floppy at Matt Hmm…ME, EE, and now Areo E too? Well there are a lot of NASA teams out there…flying bots would be interesting =)
~ Lora
Posted by Ken Leung.
Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.
Posted on 12/5/2000 6:08 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Flying Robot! posted by Lora Knepper on 12/5/2000 4:55 PM MST:
: Throws a floppy at Matt Hmm…ME, EE, and now Areo E too? Well there are a lot of NASA teams out there…flying bots would be interesting =)
weird… that mean strategies won’t be just Ground vs. Ground, but also Air vs. Air and Ground vs. Air (SAM~!!!)
Maybe not flying robots, but a field with two level, like a ground level and a ‘roof’ form by rails where robots can get on from ramps and move around on it. And if the bottom robot can lift up their alliance from under, they score points, and/or the other way where the robot on the rails lift up the bottom robot away from the ground to score points (too hard?).
As for balls, there will be a goal on the second level, so the robots can score by picking up balls on the ground, go up the ramp and score OR the bottom robot transport ball up the to second robot on the upper level and score points.
Lots of team work in this kinda game.
Posted by Erin. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.
Posted on 12/6/2000 5:53 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: Flying Robot! posted by Ken Leung on 12/5/2000 6:08 PM MST:
Just think if FIRST made flying or rather ‘hovering’ a spec in the game.
Certain teams would have the upper hand, yes, (Boeing, NASA, Leer, etc.) but what about all those car companies and car component companies that sponsor teams? (Delphi, GM, Ford, DiamlerChrysler, etc.) maybe if that happened, FIRST would change the technological course of everything and while teams with auto sponsors were building their robots they were really becoming stepping stones to the hovering cars often depicted in futuristic movies!!
hey, it could happen. i wouldn’t mind a flying svt cobra, would you?
just a thought.
-erin
Posted by Patrick Dingle.
Student on team #5526, Big & Little Red, from Cornell University / Ithaca High School and Cornell University.
Posted on 12/10/2000 2:39 PM MST
In Reply to: Falling into the Pit posted by Lora Knepper on 12/5/2000 4:34 PM MST:
: Love the idea Andrew =) just one question…
: What if it is bottomless…what happens when your robot falls in it then?? gulps There goes the competition!!
: ~Lora
Even worse, what happens at the kickoff, when they get volunteers to act as robots?
Patrick
Posted by Lora Knepper. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / Boston College High School and Seeking Sponsorship.
Posted on 12/10/2000 6:03 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Falling into the Pit posted by Patrick Dingle on 12/10/2000 2:39 PM MST:
: Even worse, what happens at the kickoff, when they get volunteers to act as robots?
: Patrick
Good point! Who wants to volunteer guys?? ;o)
Posted by Matt Leese.
Other on team #73 from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.
Posted on 12/10/2000 7:53 PM MST
In Reply to: Oh my…good point! posted by Lora Knepper on 12/10/2000 6:03 PM MST:
: Good point! Who wants to volunteer guys?? ;o)
Just remember it’s for a good cause…
Matt