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    BFDC2004 Robotics contest? —Rob Hendrix
   Calum and gang: Are you guys going to have something like you had last year at BF? I really enjoy the ingenuity in both the contests you guys come up with AND the entries from the people who compete in these contests! I'm hoping you guys can come up (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
   
        Re: BFDC2004 Robotics contest? —Calum Tsang
     (...) I'm not really sure. John Barnes asked about it too, but we were pretty noncommittal. I wasn't really planning to do a new contest, unless people REALLY wanted one. I guess we could try doing rope climbers or something there. This time all (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
    
         Re: BFDC2004 Robotics contest? —Chris Magno
      (...) (snip long list of mostly my ideas) :) (...) Calum, you forgot to add my best idea ever. and some day IT WILL HAPPEN! The game: Axle sorting. Your robot will be given a cup of all size lengths of axles. The winning robot is the one that can (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: BFDC2004 Robotics contest? —Iain Hendry
     (...) name) thing that is used in the "real world". basically a sheer plate that is one axle thick. as it slides up and down, only one axle is "fed" to a conveyor. The rest is easy. Stepfeeder :) Vibratory bowlfeeders are more common but stepfeeders (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: BFDC2004 Robotics contest? —Jeff Van Winden
   (...) -Friendship Bracelet Weavers. Iain Hendry had a plan to build a weaving machine, which would make narrow segments of fabric (ie, Friendship bracelets). I don't think he ever finished it though. Finally a use for those clickits... (URL) you (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
 

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