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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) It's great that rtlToronto gets a wide variety of people building for their competitions, from kids to women to PHD's... Here's my take on the orifice issue--it would be next to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) no. if your input is a hole 10 studs, By 10 bricks (just for arguments sake) and needs to be 5 bricks off the ground...then your input device can be ANY size smaller than that. you ONLY have to deliver a 2x4 maybe i wast clear on the input (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Maybe Jennifer & Janey could enter it (official "J"Lug entry?). I'm sure it will outscore Chris. (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Like that. I'd even go so far as to say the playfield should come with 1 box sitting somewhere in the middle to act as a "control" that performance can be measured against. -Rob A> (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) ... (...) ... (...) So, you want to defined the exact input area, which, pretty much defines the output. Can you also tell us where the wheels & motors go? Here's my suggestion: leave the top of the input open. If someone wants to enter a box (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Interesting, I guess this is what you were trying to get at at dinner about a standardized interface. Your right this makes it much more challenging, and interesting. Although it nullifies one of my ideas. Which is fine, just less explosive. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Remember, the the winning entry (as determined by the scoring system) used this rubber band "powered" mechanism: (URL) elevate and close the latch. I knew that some felt this was "cheap" (including myself), but honestly, it outperformed (...) (21 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) As it turns out, a fish sticker would not win a sumo compeition. While it's a good strategy to not-lose, it would also not win very many matches, and would finish in the middle of the pack. (...) My suggestion would be a minimum weight (like 1 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) If one of the rules will be that you have to have a hole in the wall into which the bricks will be loaded, then we might need to use the RCX to actually locate the hole. I think that by making that one of the rules, it might make it a little (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) how about gravity??? see, you cant just say your bot ~NEEDS~ something just to make it a bot. you need to add a challenge that will make it easier to USE the RCX then not. For the BoP game, if you didnt want to see the tower robots, make a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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