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Re: Brickworld 2007 - Indy 5.00
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Date: 
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:13:23 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, Brian Davis wrote:
Brickworld 2007, June 21-24, Chicago

Indy 5.00:

Autonomous robots will run head-to-head races of five laps around a 8’x10’ oval
gradient track.

Arena:

The oval will be centered on a 4’ by 8’ surface, with no rails or other physical limits.

Okay, I'm confused.  How can an 8' x 10' track be centered on a 4' by 8'
surface?  What is the actual width of the track?  If the whole track fits on a
4' x 8' surface, then I would assume the width must be less then 2'.

Gus



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  Re: Brickworld 2007 - Indy 5.00
 
(...) Seems clear to me :) there will be magic.... Actually - looks like a really wacky typo. Hopefully Steve H or Brian D jumps in to clarify for certain. But, I believe the full track layout is 4' x 8'. So, the track itself is just under 2' wide. (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Brickworld 2007 - Indy 5.00
 
(...) That appears to be a typo. The track fits on a FLL table, so it's a 44"x92" inch oval. And the lane is about 2ft wide. It's pretty easy to build and program a robot for this event. It just needs to follow a specific shade (actual value will (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)

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  Brickworld 2007 - Indy 5.00
 
Brickworld 2007, June 21-24, Chicago Indy 5.00: Autonomous robots will run head-to-head races of five laps around a 8’x10’ oval gradient track. The event will be double-elimination or round-robin style (depending on the number of participants; (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)  

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