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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:35:29 GMT, Rob Stehlik <rob.stehlik@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Well, Saturday was a fun time. I met some new people, and saw some really great
> robots. It never ceases to amaze me how creative people get with different
> stacking mechanisms. Jeff VW's "super conveyor" was awesome. Too bad the
> drivetrain of the robot didn't work. I'll bet it would have eaten a lot of
> blocks. Rob A's mechanism was very neat to watch, and quite effective. Ed's
> machine was really solid and reliable. I loved seeing Iain's duck assembler in
> person, what a cool robot!
Ah...you are just to humble to state how excellent your robot
was....That's why I refer to you in conversation as "Smart Rob" as
opposed to myself...
> The rounds were fun to watch, especially because we let people give the robots a
> helping hand when they were stuck. My favourite memory from the rounds was when
> Rob A's robot deployed a nice stack of 6 or so blocks, and then Andrew's robot
> promptly knocked it over, ate the blocks, and then re-stacked them a couple
> seconds later! I wish we had video footage of that.
Yeah. That really sucked :)
Another favorite part for me was when Greg's (think it was his) robot
got knocked onto its side and then trounced into several pieces.
Sad....but funny, i you know what I mean...
-Rob A>
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