What a great story! Thanks for sharing! On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Robot Bill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Kelly, > > Thanks for asking this question. This gives me an opportunity to tell a > bit of a story. > > First of all, my answer: *Yes, your robot can make all of the sounds it > wants.* > > The answer to your question comes from Rule #2, bullet #2: > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/sites/default/files/Challenge/FLL_WORLD_CLASS/FLL-WORLD-CLASS-Challenge-FINAL-v2.pdf > > > *2 - Interpretation *- Robot game text means exactly and only what it > says, so take it literally whenever possible. > > - Do not interpret text based on your assumption about intent, or on > how a situation might be in "real life." > - If a detail isn’t mentioned, then it doesn’t matter. > - There are no hidden requirements or restrictions. If you’ve read > everything, then you know everything. > > There is no mention of sound from the robot anywhere in the rules, so "it > does not matter". > > Now the story. I was at a FIRST LEGO League tournament where at team from > the Maryland School for the Blind was participating. The students were, for > the most part, not completely blind, but had significant visual handicaps > that it made it extremely difficult for the team to read the robot screen > during the competion. They overcame this obstacle by programming the robot > to give it sounds in various stages of the robot programming. When their > team came up to the competition tables, we turned down the music and > requested that the teams and audience keep the noise down for that match to > enable the team to hear the robot. It was a great experience for both the > team and those that saw them compete. > > Best of luck for your team this season! > > Bill > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Kelly Abramson <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Last minute rookie question: My team is very focused on music (in fact, >> their research/project deals with learning music). In programming the >> robot missions, they made the robot make a sound (a beep) after it >> completes several missions. I don’t see anything against this in rules, >> but wondering if it might be considered a distraction to the other team at >> the robot table. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether I should >> encourage them to remove the sound from the robot missions? >> >> Much thanks, >> Kelly Abramson >> Redstone Robotics #9433 >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or >> leave the list". >> >> -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via >> VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to >> subscribe. >> > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.