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It's what had to be done, but it's a real shame it got cancelled this year. Although, since it's all bots anyway I wonder how it would be if all the teams sent
by wyxuan 7y ago
It's what had to be done, but it's a real shame it got cancelled this year. Although, since it's all bots anyway I wonder how it would be if all the teams sent just their robots and competed.
- zamadatix 7y agoMost of what the teams do at a competition isn't actually on the playing field but for what is done there it's largely run by human operators in real time from control computers connected over Wi-Fi so you can't really send the bots without sending the team.
- LukeShu 7y agoA related anecdote: I seem to recall a team from another country (Israel?) not being able to attend the world championships, but they were able to send their robot, and coordinated with another team to have that team operate the robot. But yeah, a match is 2.5 minutes; and only in the first 15 seconds is the robot is entirely autonomous, for the remainder of a match there's a 2-person drive team (plus maybe a coach standing behind them) operating it over WiFi, and also a human player that is able to interact with the field from the sidelines. Nevermind all the activity in the pits, repairing and adjusting the robot.
- thelean12 7y agoThere's a ton of in person work to be done. You could get it down to maybe 5 people/team in person and have the audience remote, but that's about it. 2 drivers/operators, 1 mech, 1 electrical, 1 programmer. With maybe some overlap with drivers, but that's often a separate skill ladder. Not only would you have issues with remotely controlling the robots, as most of the competition isn't autonomous, but things are constantly breaking and need physical intervention. These aren't NASA rovers.