Thoughts for a Future Arena Floor Design

well i havent posted on forums in ages, still come on forum every day to have a look and see whats going on but not had anything usefull or of any interest to say, todays no different but i feel like posting.Cant there just be a raised perimeter? would reduce the chance of low ground clearance flippers just getting under there opponent and driving them straight to the side wall and flipping them OOTA. just have like a 10-15mm raised perimeter like 500-1000mm wide. have it clearly marked as a raised area and maybe let House robots attack for no reason in that area too.
Told u it would be a post that wasnt usefull or of any interest to anyone :p.

A tiered arena has potential a lot of thought needs to go into this on the aspect of floor design. Ramps are a very good idea although it would means ground clearances on some machines would have to be increase. Why stop at 10 - 15mm, if we made the steps somewhere between 50 & 100mm floor design & structure would make it easier to protect edges of the floor. I know there are many machines that cant cope with that height which is where the ramps would come into play. Food for thought for the future.

John

Dantomkia on the other hand would relish a stepped arena as she is capable of keeping her points on the floor when needed and can also drive up a 3 - 4in kerbstone and then drive across the grass if she wants!! Could be fun:rofl:

PINBALL
Robots have to compete in a timed competition scoring as many points as possible.
Various obsticles are scored... see-saw, etc.

Like series 3 or 4, I cant remember. I do remember being 8 though and just waiting for the pinball thing to end so it would get back to the battles. Fun for the roboteers, bit boring for an 8 year old boy who came to see some destruction!

im liking the ideas, not sure of my fave, but i agree jonno that something fresh is needed and i also agree with Grant that it shouldnt be at every event, more a fun thing and see where it goes.



(Message edited by promo robots on March 31, 2008)

Well I personally think its time for a change.

If its going to go back on TV which it will one day soon, one thing is for sure it wont be in the current format.

In my opinion, sticking two robots in a box, has had its day.
Robotica was getting there I think, but not done very well for a live show, more for tv.

So it may be a case of you change your robot or miss out? the problem is, it would be far easier to all work together, as we all want the same goal, rather than loose some because they didnt want to evolve.

Does a TV series warrant people to change their robots? I dont know. Are people willing to evolve over time?

But unless someone tries well never know it may work, it may not.

Im going to be trying some ideas with my educational projects over the next few months, by getting the students to build robots for a multilevel feather weight arena and see how it goes.

I am encouranged by the positive vibe im getting in general though keep em coming.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Ohh this sounds like a fun computer modeling project for me :D

your very welcome to do it :)

Sure, Im for it, I will need some dimensions and limitations for the arena so I can scale it :)

Ill see what I can randomly generate so you can have a look to see if I can actually even make them, this is a first.

Thanks!
David

Robotica in my opinion took the emphasis too much on the gauntlet and maze. The fight to the finish was in a way to small an arena where if you can hold on till the walls dropped you could just push the opponent out (I hate pushouts).

For me the emphasis should stay with the fighting, not trying to outmanouvre the arena hazards and obstakels.