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RE: AFOLs and Mindstorms
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:01:04 GMT
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Scott Davis <(rcx2man@)SayNoToSpam(hotmail.com)>
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David,
I think by pressure sensors they mean touch sensors.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com] On Behalf Of
David Schilling
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:41 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: AFOLs and Mindstorms
I got answers to a some of the questions we've been asking from Jan Beyer
about
the contest.
Question: There seems to be two aspects to the competition. You mention
registration is required by February "so you can work at home", as well as
an
event on the weekend in Billund. Can you give more details about this? What
will the 'at home' aspect be? What is the championship about if you can do
stuff
at home beforehand?
Answer: With this we mean you will get the task/layout from the tournament
in
Billund about 1-2 weeks before the tournament, so you can start to design a
robot at home but you are not allowed to take the home designed robot with
you
to Billund and use this one. You have to build a new one in Billund but
perhaps
you can use some ideas from the time you have try to find a solution to
solve
the task at home.
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.
Question: You say that we'll have a Mindstorm's set available, and it sounds
like other pieces will also be available. Can you be more specific about
what
other parts might be available? Will batteries be provided? Will we have
fresh
batteries available for the tournament?
Answer: You will get a standard Mindstorms Set to build your robot, but you
can
also a prize for the best robot design, so there will normal LEGO Parts
available you can use for design purposes. And there will be batteries too.
All teams will get some equipment the following parts:
1 RCX, 3 motors, 2 light sensors, 2 pressure sensors and 1 rotation sensor
[I take it that this means besides the standard Mindstorms set, we get an
extra
motor, extra light sensor, 2 pressure sensors (!) and a rotation sensor,
plus a
variety of 'normal' bricks for decorating our robots. I wonder what the
pressure
sensors will be? Normally I'd consider these to be for pneumatics, but
pneumatic
parts don't come with a Mindstorms set.]
Question: On Sunday there is a 'fine tuning' session. How much rebuilding is
allowed during this time? Will access to all the parts be available? Will
the
arena be available?
Answer: You can rebuild your robot as much as you want and yes, the parts
will
be available and you will have access to the arena.
Question: You say you need a minimum of 6 teams. Is there a maximum? What if
20
teams register, for example? That would make time on the arena very scarce,
not
to mention giving only an hour to run the tournament on Sunday.
Answer: Honestly we have not counted on that there will be register so many
teams but if there are so many interested teams we will see at this time if
we
need more time or do a second event.
--
David Schilling
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| (...) Oh, that makes sense. I guess I was too excited about the possibility of a new sensor that I overlooked the obvious! -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I got answers to a some of the questions we've been asking from Jan Beyer about the contest. Question: There seems to be two aspects to the competition. You mention registration is required by February "so you can work at home", as well as an event (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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