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Re: T3 Board colors & rules
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lugnet.org.us.laflrc
Date: 
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:17:56 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, John Brost wrote:
The other thing we need
to define is the signaling between robots when they complete a turn.  I was
thinking we'd probably use the same sort of touch sensor setup as rtlToronto did
with their C$ competition. Each robot has a touch sensor that is hooked up to
their competition's RCX.  The touch sensor is pressed to signal the completion
of their turn.  There are other ways of doing it, but this seems to be about the
simplest and most reliable.  This also makes it an easy conversion from robot
vs. robot competition to robot vs. man.


My concern with this approach is that your robot needs to use an output port and
an input port just for communicating with the opponent.  I haven't designed or
considered my solution to the competition, but I might want my ports for other
things.

I think we should consider an alternative method.

Bryan



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(...) Feel free to suggest options. This method actually only requires one open sensor port. As John pointed out, that port can also be used for a touch sensor so a person can play against the robot. Or you can use the port for other things, while (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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(...) LDraw is actually much easier to start using than I thought. The interface is a little cumbersome, but nice. The lego pieces practically snap into place (but not the technic pins & stuff, they're trickier). I have only scraped the surface of (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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