[robocup-small] About filed size and evolution of f180

[Raul Lapeira]

Well, just one more comment about the f180 field size.



I think that f180 may one day disappear but I think that there should be an
strong legacy for humanoid league, and one way to achieve that is the
"energy restraints" you were talking in other mails.



Just imagine someone asking in 2040 about the history of the Robocup:



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Interviewer: "And what was that f180 useful for in the final objective of
the Robocup Competition"



Ex-f180 team member: "Well, we used upper cameras and shooters with
solenoids and the strategy was mainly finding the appropriate shoot +
building walls of robots of defence in an small field, we had all the
battery we could need every time because matches were very short so we just
moved every single robot from side to side all the time. Some years we had
walls which prevented the ball from going out, some teams loved that".



Interviewer: "And any of those achievements is in use on the current
humanoid league?"



Ex-f180 team member: "eer, well, as you know humanoid league uses local
vision, enormous fields, block defences are no use except in free kicks, and
matches last 45+45 minutes, so you must earn battery every time..."



Interviewer: "And then, was the f180 of any use to achieve the final target
of the Robocup competition or not?"



Ex-f180 team member: "errr... well you know..."



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About using local vision, you could set up local vision in a f180 robot that
is sized at 200mm diameter (or at least that is what I think with a via
board and an small camera).



Advances achieved in this kind of environment could be used anywhere, not
only for the humanoid league, but for any other "plain" environment like
roads, streets, deserts, etc.



Note: I remember you that I am not an f180 team member, I am just a Robot
builder from a Company located in Spain who could be wrong, but who loves
the f180 league and wants to see it grow ;) There is an spanish popular
cliche who says "Los toros se ven mejor desde la barrera" (You can see the
bulls better from the barrier) meaning that sometimes you are so involved in
the details of a problem that you dont get to see the whole picture, i am
just one at the other side of the barrier.



Saludos (regards)



Raul Lapeira Herrero
Project manager
RoboticSpot.com