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| (...) my idea is that a BOX is a VERY good strategy, ESPECIALLY if I were to have KATE and Abby, and ROB each enter one. A Magno would be sure to score then. a play field of box's is not a game i want to play. if i were to do BoP again, i would not (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Oh, I can tell you where you can put them. :-) (...) So everyone enters a 1 foot square open topped box. Does any block that gets jammed into your robot count? The "bin" we keep talking about, what is it, and how do you define that a block is (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) i think "enclose" is too "suggestive" of SOLID. i was thinking more along the lines, prevent accidental entry. so as long as you cant get a block into your bot's "hopper" (whatever that is as defined by each builder) then you DONT have to (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 (...) (19 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 (...) (19 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. (19 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> (19 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 (...) (19 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. (...) (19 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 (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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