[robocup-small] General Feedback Reminder + Walls! + Dribbling Restriction

[David Ball]

Dear SSLC,

Half of the time for general feedback/comments from the community has 
elapsed....with no feedback/comments yet! Now is the time to tell the TC 
what you want. What did you like/dislike at RoboCup 2005? What rules 
would you like to see added or changed?

I would like to start the walls discussion again. In my opinion there 
was not enough play time for the robots at RoboCup 2005. Also the 
importance of restart strategies (and set plays) is far too high 
compared to general play. The average play time between restarts seemed 
around 10 seconds. This didn't improve noticibly from RoboCup 2004. I am 
not sure exactly what type of wall we should use. Some options for you 
to consider. Please suggest more!

A. 90 Degree Walls - Simple, plain vertical walls. Easy to build. Yes 
they can be used to shoot the ball off for deflect goals. While that was 
a problem years ago, the field is much bigger and the systems are much 
faster in terms of frame rate, latency and robot dynamics.

B. 45 degree Angled Walls - Like in RoboCup 2003. These were successful 
because they kept the ball in unless it was a high powered shot.

C. Gently sloped wall. - The idea being that the ball rolls back into 
the field but the robots can drive up/over the wall. This is Rauls 
Rojas's suggestion. Perhaps he can add to it? (I hope I have it right, 
sorry if I don't.)

D. No wall - Current. Ball goes out constantly. No significant 
improvement from RoboCup 2004 to 2005.

E. Any other suggestions?

I think the community should also discuss the dribbling restriction 
again. Make the restriction radius larger, smaller, only for active 
dribblers or remove it all together?

-- 
Regards,
David Ball

The School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.
The University of Queensland.
Australia
Email: dball at itee.uq.edu.au

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