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In lugnet.lego, David Schilling wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Steve Bliss wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego, David Schilling wrote:
> > > Question: What programming environments will be allowed? Will computers be
> > > provided? Or do we need to bring our own laptops? Can we bring our own
> > > laptops/programming environments even if computers ARE provided?
> > >
> > > Answer: All programmes will be allowed and you have to bring your own laptop.
> >
> > Huh. They might want to clarify/restrict that, just a bit. Unless they really
> > mean for people to write all their code ahead of time, and bring it with them.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Three hours for building and programming is *extremely* tight, even with a
> second two hour session the next day if everything had to be done from scratch.
> I've run a couple of competitions that way, but only because more time wasn't
> available. The number one request by virtually everyone who has participated is
> "Need More Time!" So perhaps allowing you to use code you've already written
> isn't such a bad idea.
>
> I was under the impression from Jake's initial post that we wouldn't know ahead
> of time what the challenge was and would only be told at the event where we then
> have to build a robot from scratch. ("Saturday ... 15:00 The challenge is
> announced".) Sort of like the BrickHeap Wars that I've run a number of times. I
> thought there'd be a simpler challenge as the 'at home' one, that would warm us
> up for the final 'real' one. But it sounds like we could almost just memorize
> what we've built before, and rebuild it at the event. In that case, you reusing
> code you've already written doesn't sound like so much of a stretch.
>
> But re-reading the original post with the new information in mind, I'm fairly
> sure that the event will be very similar to one of the First Lego League events
> where there are a dozen or so activities your robot must do. Even if you knew
> all the specific activities, since you won't have the actual layout until the
> day of the event, there will still be SOME programming that will have to be
> done. And quite possibly even the robot you built at home won't work on the
> final layout because of some differences that you didn't expect.
Sorry for taking so long to follow-up on this!
A few answers from Jan:
The Programming environment: You will get a normal Mindstorms set from us, the
latest version.
Software: see above, normal LEGO Mindstorms Software
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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| (...) Three hours for building and programming is *extremely* tight, even with a second two hour session the next day if everything had to be done from scratch. I've run a couple of competitions that way, but only because more time wasn't available. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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