*Originally posted by Jnadke *
**Besides, if it were frictionless, you could use airjets to move around. (fans, etc). **
now thats an idea…mount solenoids on the back of the bot to fire in short bursts to propel the robot
*Originally posted by Jnadke *
**Besides, if it were frictionless, you could use airjets to move around. (fans, etc). **
I’m talking NO FRICTION, like NO AIR EITHER!! so therefore you would have NOTHING to propulse against! TOTALLY FRICTIONLESS!!! NO GRAVITY EITHER!! CRAZY!!
I heard that all robots would be powered by the potential energy of falling sand. Each machine will start the round with a reservoir of 100 lbs of beach sand and it is up to the teams to make the falling sand do the work to move the machine. Of course, since the sand weighs 100 lbs the rest of the robot can only weigh 30 lbs.
Robots can steal sand from their neighbors during one round to have an advantage for the next round. Sand falling on the floor is forfeit.
Of course the Placebo vacuum cleaner from 1998 will be reactivated for after round cleanup.
WC
*Originally posted by Chubtoad *
**I’m talking NO FRICTION, like NO AIR EITHER!! so therefore you would have NOTHING to propulse against! TOTALLY FRICTIONLESS!!! NO GRAVITY EITHER!! CRAZY!! **
I think it’d be tough building rockets with stuff from Small Parts. I hope FIRST has found a good aerospace supplies firm…
Sand! Of course! Sand would be an excellent propellant…
*Originally posted by Chubtoad *
**I’m talking NO FRICTION, like NO AIR EITHER!! so therefore you would have NOTHING to propulse against! TOTALLY FRICTIONLESS!!! NO GRAVITY EITHER!! CRAZY!! **
No gravity = no mass. Nothing. Period. No competition. No students. No robot. It’s impossible to have no gravity and still have mass. Gravity is the attraction between two masses.
Since there is nothing around the playing field (or even no playing field), it’s safe to say there’s no FIRST competition, since it isn’t a FIRST competition without kids.
I’m still one step ahead of you… 
*Originally posted by Jnadke *
**No gravity = no mass. Nothing. Period. No competition. No students. No robot. It’s impossible to have no gravity and still have mass. Gravity is the attraction between two masses.Since there is nothing around the playing field (or even no playing field), it’s safe to say there’s no FIRST competition, since it isn’t a FIRST competition without kids.
I’m still one step ahead of you…
Who said we would use the conventional laws of physics? We’d use FirstPhysics! - Here you can have mass w/o having gravity. Duhh… 
I heard that the robots will move! (Lame)
Seriously though, these comments are really mean.
I heard the machine needs to purify water, and generate electricity.
Keeping in mind that FIRST will own the rights to everything you do.
Prototype Finished!!!
After compiling all the information leaks in this game, I have come up with the perfect solution!
http://nasaexplores.com/lessons/02-023/images/da-vinci-copter2.jpg
You’re all going down, because I’m going up!
*Originally posted by Jack *
**Who said we would use the conventional laws of physics? We’d use FirstPhysics! - Here you can have mass w/o having gravity. Duhh…
What’s your definition of gravity? Gravity is the result of mass bending space-time. It is the bending of space time. Modifying space-time could prove to be difficult, but if Dave’s right (and they’re using multi-dimensional wormholes) I guess they’re going to need to solve that problem anyway to prevent multiple particles (and strings) from phasing into a singular form. Of course, FIRST could just use diamagnetic levitation to nullify the gravity caused by Earth (see Floating Frogs). Oh great, now my brain hurts :(.
*Originally posted by SlamminSammy *
**What’s your definition of gravity? Gravity is the result of mass bending space-time. It is the bending of space time. Modifying space-time could prove to be difficult, but if Dave’s right (and they’re using multi-dimensional wormholes) I guess they’re going to need to solve that problem anyway to prevent multiple particles (and strings) from phasing into a singular form. Of course, FIRST could just use diamagnetic levitation to nullify the gravity caused by Earth (see Floating Frogs). Oh great, now my brain hurts :(. **
Is it too late to sign up for those rookie workshops?
Okay my team will hurt me for letting this out, but team 25 always brings 2 robots to every competition,
our competing one, and ME
most of you will say ?
wrap me in aluminum foil and vola!!! instant robot, there is just the weight issue we have never quite worked out…
*Originally posted by “Big Mike” *
**Okay my team will hurt me for letting this out, but team 25 always brings 2 robots to every competition,our competing one, and ME
most of you will say ?
wrap me in aluminum foil and vola!!! instant robot, there is just the weight issue we have never quite worked out… **
drill holes, that should fix it
I heard from a good source who heard from a minor functionary of FIRST that there will be goals and drivetrains will be required. Imagine that, they want our robots to move this time around.
*Originally posted by SlamminSammy *
**What’s your definition of gravity? Gravity is the result of mass bending space-time. It is the bending of space time. Modifying space-time could prove to be difficult, but if Dave’s right (and they’re using multi-dimensional wormholes) I guess they’re going to need to solve that problem anyway to prevent multiple particles (and strings) from phasing into a singular form. **
Heh. If we just used hyper-space (wormholes) right now to look ahead, and find out what the object will be this year, it would be so much easier!
Yea actually I have a worm hole in my back yard let me just take a look in to the future hold on a sec… OH MY GOD I HAVE SEEN IT I know what its going to be, but becasue I forgot to bring a pen and paper and time travel often erases 80% of your memory I cant remember. AHHHH MY SPLEEN, I though they fixed that bug in the worm hole AHHH its liquifing AHHHH!!!
P.S I did not actually go forward in time just wanted to give everybody a good laugh just so you know
I actually heard we would be playing on Pergo synthetic flooring this year. The non-glue kind that just snaps together.
This was done to eliminate the “file card” problem where now everyone will need to use friction to propel their robot (as opposed to carpet fiber engagement).
*Originally posted by Jim Meyer *
**I actually heard we would be playing on Pergo synthetic flooring this year. The non-glue kind that just snaps together.This was done to eliminate the “file card” problem where now everyone will need to use friction to propel their robot (as opposed to carpet fiber engagement). **
Except for the fact that the Pergo floor would get devastaded by the robots. I have one, and my mother knows how easy they dent due to repeated demonstrations.:rolleyes:
Wetzel
AaaaaaaaaaaaaWell I heard from a source who heard from his source deep within FIRST that instead of Pergo flooring (their first choice) they are going to use prego spaghetti sauce as a flooring material. A fairly frictionless substance… at least to my intestines.
Heard that there won’t be a Human player and No coaches - (guess that will stop the complaining about cutting it down to 1 coach from 2 - last year)