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I don't think wedges are a problem anymore. The last 5 seasons have had almost no wedges. The article says they solved the problem by requiring a real active we
by georgyo 4y ago
I don't think wedges are a problem anymore. The last 5 seasons have had almost no wedges. The article says they solved the problem by requiring a real active weapon.
But an uneven floor would likely cause mayhem for the massive amount of centrifical force these spinner bots have. Some bots might be able to handle it, but many would not.
- dieselgate 4y agoPardon me for being pedantic but I believe there is no such thing as centrifical force. It is a common confusion for either “centrifugal” or “centripetal” forces. Edit: that’s a great point about the uneven flooring though! Would you expect bots to land belly up or their weapon-plane thrown off?
- exmadscientist 4y agoIt's a clichéd response, but it's very hard to do better: https://xkcd.com/123/ https://xkcd.com/123/ (The line about Newton's laws in a rotating frame is, of course, entirely true.)
- georgyo 4y ago"Lies we tell children." While the _force_ may not exist, it describes an effect that happens when something spins. I still used the wrong term though. I was actually referring to gyroscopic motion.
- schoen 4y agoI think the parent comment was complaining specifically about the misspelling "centrifical" rather than the fictitious force issue ("-fical" means "making", while "-fugal" means "fleeing" or "escaping").
- suzzer99 4y agoGood lesson for the upcoming IRL robot wars. Just require your enemy to have a real active weapon.
- bawolff 4y agoStill, seems like having natural solution would be much better than doing it via a rule. > But an uneven floor would likely cause mayhem for the massive amount of centrifical force these spinner bots have. Some bots might be able to handle it, but many would not. Sounds like a good thing to me. Introduces constraints and tradeoffs.