Re: [simspark-devel] new problem of new server

[Oliver O. <Oli...@ne...>]

Hi,

On 20/06/2007, at 12:45 PM, Joschka Boedecker wrote:

> I should not make this decision by myself I think. I'm going to ask  
> the
> other TC members about the changes under discussion (two-parts torso,
> heavier bot, joint stops, velocity restrictions, field size, goal  
> size).

I like the idea of having a robot with a two-parts torso, and  
somewhat more realistic restrictions.
For balancing, it'd probably benefical to counter-balance with the  
upper part of the body.

With the short amount of time until actual competitions, however, I  
don't think it's a good idea to introduce these changes now... give  
the teams some time to catch up. After all, it's only a few days  
left. Field-size and goal-size might be OK, though.

Also, you want to have some material left to present the community as  
a good start for Simleague 2008, so don't use up all your ammo ;-)  
When we started thinking about going over to humanoid models, we  
didn't think of exceptional good walking engines, and said that many  
kinds of movements would be OK for this year. It seems some of the  
teams have progressed real fast. So let's give them a chance to  
present what they can do with the existing system by not breaking too  
much.

There might be different issues with all that during the matches, but  
it's the first year for that kind of simulation league, so I wouldn't  
worry too much. It'll be much different next year. Thanks to  
everyones works here, the simulator seems to be in good shape and  
useable (even though it's possible to do weird things).

just my 0.02AU$ ;-)
Oliver

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