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(...) Oh that's right. I remember you telling me this now when we went to that computer store in Scarborough to get you an iPod (pansy). (...) Ha! Good. Or the TurboTrain. :( Iain (born 20 years too late) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) B has the advantage if and only if the assumption that the robots move at the same rate holds true. Assuming that the two robots are are similar in terms of battery and motor configurations, i.e. can deliver the same power, robot A in the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Derek's got a good point - lead bricks aren't necessary - lots of battery boxes with dead batteries, or, 8466 tires. I would suggest a digital postal scale for event day, or a mechanical LEGO-built scale. Anyone UNDER the defined weight limit (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't know, I've been trying to find the MIT contest webpages but I haven't been able to turn them up. I think there was a size and weight restriction in the original contest. Actually, come to think of it, all I remember was Alan Alda in (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Embraer was being funded by the Brazilian government, an approach we didn't take lightly to. IIRC Brazil was offering export subsidies for purchasers of ERJs, making it more attractive for operators to choose them over CRJ. Basically the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's easier and heavier to do it with battery boxes. I have more then enough of those. In the MIT contest, how do they handle this? Derek (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Do we really need a weight restriction? I mean, if you really want to load yer bad boy up with lead bricks bought off BrickLink, go right ahead. Calum (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't think that will work properly, though (from a fairness standpoint). Specifically because: 10 N @ 1 m = 10 Nm So a 1 kg mass (appr. 10 N) at the end of the beam generates a moment of 10 Nm at the fulcrum. Robot A weighs 25 N and robot B (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One option for the weight restriction is to use something like the weighting currently in use for jockeys... but on a case by case basis. Specifically, put two bots on the beam, then weight the end of the lighter beam until the two start off (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's the size of the small compressor, but it's a cylinder. No. I only have one small cylinder, but more then god of the large ones thanks to backhoes and Sears clearance. Derek (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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