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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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(...) 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 (...) (19 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 (...) (19 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 (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) At one time we did have an unofficial rule were you DID have to use an RCX. that has pretty much changed with Rob's "monkey bot" we have seen that cool solutions can be had without using the rcx. the best way to "force" an RCX event is to have (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) the jokes are HALF the fun of this game. Chris (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ineresting.... but i had a closed design in mind. as steve has said, this open top hopper makes it too easy to plant a box and walk away. so your standard repitcle. should be a X by X hole in a wall, vs an open top box. i think a hole in the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm with you Derek - the object of the contests is to come up with the best and most creative solution. And the ring "bots" were definitely creative. My take on this is that the ring bots were a little too close to Jeff E's fish sticker sumo (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well that’s true, like I said I don't mind creations like that, just heard a few people make comments such as "is that a robot?" and such at rtl 19, so thought I might suggest it. Myself I have a few ideas that don't include an RCX either, and (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Unfortunately I couldn't make to 19, but I didn't see any designs that I thought should be rejected. The ring bots were an excellent concept, but I expect they're the ones people most complained about. I don't see anything wrong with a bot (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I am not really against that, its just more interesting that way. Vitali (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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