Robo-Cross B

[jander14indoor]

Just finished judging a regional. Winner was a perfect score with 1:25, and I suspect they can do better. They made a couple of minor mistakes that cost at least seconds. And they are a team that certainly has potential to make nationals again this year.

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI

[gmui]

Wow -that's an impressive time and score! My son got first in his regional with a perfect score and time of 2:54. There were only 5 competitors though because for his regional, it was just an exhibition event and didn't count towards the team score (they didn't want to give unfair disadvantage to teams that couldn't afford expensive robot parts).

Here's a link to his run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7J9sWf ... p6&index=8

Not sure what other jugs were like but the round one they used definitely made it more challenging.

He also got first place in Helicopters and Meteorology and also 5th in Rocks and Minerals!

[oshaughnessy]

Not sure what other jugs were like but the round one they used definitely made it more challenging.

Interesting choice on the round jug given this entry in the FAQ: http://www.soinc.org/node/1250

[embokim]

Does this count as a functional modification?
Instead of a brain from the Vex Kit can I use an Arduino instead?
Thanks.

[UQOnyx]

Keeping it short, I think that would count as a modification.

[helicpters_rule]

i agree

[neapturkey]

Would adding treads from a separate VEX kit to my Vexplorer robot count as a functional modification?

[UQOnyx]

Possibly..
Do you have any documentation that otherwise, it would not be able to perform a task that it now can?

[jander14indoor]

The issue of what is a modification or not has been discussed fairly extensively on this forum already, at least as much as you can given this forum is NOT official.

I suggest you look back up the chain and find that. It will give an expanded version of what UQOnyx suggests.

Regards,

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI

[chalker]

FYI, we posted on the official event page today example documentation: http://www.soinc.org/robo-cross_b