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Re: Robosport competitors wanted
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Mon, 16 Nov 1998 05:43:48 GMT
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Tim Rueger wrote:
> In article <3649D339.EB02B8F@earthling.net>, Kevin Calman
> <codex@earthling.net> wrote:
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> > This is a bit premature, at least on my part, but has anyone lent any
> > thought to getting together for local Robosports competitions? [...]
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> I'd be up for it!
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> I'd be more interested, though, in a bit more generalized contest of
> some sort. Partially because I suspect the canned Robosport stuff is
> kinda limited, and partially because I only have Robolab and NQC on my
> Mac. :^P
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> Whatcha think?
Well, I can't speak to how limited the canned stuff is, since I haven't played
with it yet, but what do you mean by "a bit more generalized contest"? Taking
into consideration the following criteria,
- Primarily designed for two competitors, with potential to allow any
number of independent competitors (i.e., no team coordination).
-Parts vocabulary limited, such as to a single stock MS RIS + RS kit,
additional by class (i.e., limited sensors, motors, etc.).
- Software unlimited (home-grown encouraged).
- Autonomous only (no remote control or assistance).
Some ideas I had would be:
- Crane: be the tallest structure to expand from being able to fit under a
bar at a lower height (e.g., 12").
- Tag: in a rectangular enclosed field, seek and touch an opponent, then
avoid being touched.
- Hunting: fastest to find unobscured goal.
- Race: first to a goal, but without deviating from course (circular or
straight).
- Egg race: first to move an object (ball, puck, feather, cup of water, cat
;^)...) to goal without deviating from course.
- Crab race: first to upright self from back.
- Climbing: vertical ascent of a rope, stairs, ramp, etc.
- Maze solving: first out of a maze, individual best times, or group
competition.
- Weight lifting: lift the most weight.
- Tug of war.
- Javelin/Shotput: furthest projectile.
- Target: most accurate projectile.
- Soccer (Rugby?): in a rectangular enclosed field, push a ball to the
opponent's goal, avoiding or besting obstacles (opponent), and keeping
possession of ball.
- Watchdog: in a rectangular enclosed field, force opponent into a corner.
- Sumo: seek opponent, and push: outside of a circle, to a goal, away from
a goal, etc.
- King of the Hill: in a rectangular field with a low-rise pyramidal shaped
floor, take and keep the highest point.
- Tennis/volleyball?
Surely I'm not the first to think of this, doesn't anyone already have anything
similar?
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| (...) I'd be up for it! I'd be more interested, though, in a bit more generalized contest of some sort. Partially because I suspect the canned Robosport stuff is kinda limited, and partially because I only have Robolab and NQC on my Mac. :^P Whatcha (...) (27 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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