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(...) Ok, like this; (URL) kids toy versions have multiple tracks. There are single track ones too but I can't find a link. I think building something to do this would be hard. But then, you guys don't like Sumo, 'cos its easy, right? Let me know if (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You're gonna need serious psych after care if you keep that up! (...) There is only one path around the things I'm thinking of. Can't find a website with a picture. I'll post if I can find one. JB (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, John Barnes wrote: Hey John! (...) It's okay up here. I actually spent two evenings building something this week for some inane reason. This is very peculiar. I even attended an academic research group meeting too and (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi guys! How's life up in the GWN? South of the lake, we've had quite the mild winter so far, makes a change. Anyhow, to business; I have been working through a bunch of ideas for BF05 competitions and; One that I rejected as too hard (mainly cos I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Shouldn't you people be heading to dinner about now! Especially you Ian! (...) Yes, same rope as rope climbers. (...) No. (...) Give a reasonable range. Something 2 long power cords could easily cover in case someone wants to use a sensor. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) :) (...) Well, a couple of things have to be decided: -Do we have a standard rope? (difficult to organize) -Do we allow each entrant to bring and string their own rope? (time consuming at game day) You're right on consideration for sag. Unless (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think whoever isn't building has the task to bring a shop vac. (...) Hey, I like that one! That sounds pretty good, pulling up rice. Now, what about string though? What string is allowed? And how do we specify the rope across the room, how (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) forum): As an avid transit enthusiast in general, but espically trains, the development and "coming out" of Transrapid at Podung Airport in Shanghai has been espically exciting. Finally, the world has the first ever commercially operating (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Interesting stuff here... A back-yard monorail... (URL) A> (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, you're right - except rice has a couple of advantages: -Vacuum/throw away. It's cheap. -You can cook it and have a deliscious meal. (...) -Cannot cook soccer balls in rice cooker provided by friend's mother. (...) Well, we'd probably (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah! Maybe two bins, at either end. And a pan in the centre... the rope would have flags/targets on it for positioning. So the thing is you can have: a) robot does one big scoop, one big dump, but is slow b) robot is tiny and fast, taking (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I just realized I had a plastic bag of balls myself. Christina wouldn't let me take the Bag of Humanity (a creepy bag of 100 white soccer players) without taking a sack of balls and their kick-stands too. I found them the other day and (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Rice sounds messy. Maybe you should use something easier to pick up. Like tiny soccer balls. Then, you could also roll them down the 32 long axles (tying back to the actual subject) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I like that idea. Dropping or picking things up. Or both. (...) Now THAT I'd like to do, but I wouldn't know how to score it or how to clean it up. Maybe lay a cookie tray in the center of the room, and you count by weight how much rice got (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I figured you would make a bi-wheel, like this one: (URL) A> (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nooo...ooo!!!! Electrons!! voltage!! phase!! current!! It's all evil! MAKE IT STOP!!!! I'll stick with the torque/speed PHYSICAL definition thank you... at least those things you can see and touch to fully understand. The electrical stuff - (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The other cool analogy that falls out of this is the synchronization of positioning or phase angle (for AC power systems). If you have a long shaft with a gear on each end, and you index one tooth on each gear, the rotational position reletive (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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...is so cool! I've never used it before. But this is a dream! I just ordered 3 of those big "Hailfire Droid" wheels, so now I can finally have a go at building a model of this: (URL) Iain (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm still forming around in my head the idea of something with rope. Not rope climbing, but something lateral. Rope transversing/pickup. Flycams. Delta-by-rope. Something where you'd have this big long span of rope with the robots moving along (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's the other thing, iss\ we need to think of a good contest for this summer...something to get BRUCE and ROB back in the gig. :) Not something like Steve's Balls or whatever. Calum (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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