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(...) Well, there's a couple of ways you could do it. You could say that no single attempt can take longer than n+10 seconds (or something), where n is the number of seconds the robot could make the run in by the shortest path. That way, it will (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And this system has worked amazingly well for 19 competitions. But it's for this reason you probably won't see me around on Feb. 11th. And as I've felt for quite a while, our oppinion, in the end, doesn't count. They "TRY" (in captial letters) (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I couldn't find a line maze at the link you gave...did you mean this (URL) ? -Rob A> (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I found this (FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005) and haven't seen it posted. (URL) "The team is working to accumulate enough Lego blocks to build a bridge spanning up to six metres—surpassing efforts of a previous team who built a three-metre bridge." (...) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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(...) I don't get why you wouldn't know it perfectly the second time through? Derek (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't really like this. I think the opening should be much more constrained, like Chris was talking about. X blocks high Y studs wide. No variation allowed. It's going to be hard to tell if you found a hole, or are stuck between two other (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have that maze that I made for BF a couple of years ago. It has adjustable walls. This allows for a practice period followed by a change in maze geometry for the actual competition. Thus people cannot "preprogram" the winning route. I am not (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Rob Antonishen wrote: > On 9/27/05, Chris Magno wrote: > snipping rob being patronizing. Maybe adding a standing rule that all entries > have to run once on their own in a "qualifying" round to compete. > now this idea has some merit !!!! THIS rule (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Along with great suggestions from Greg... I have one, taken from this post-- (URL) its a Hassenplug plug ;) ) find the video on this page-- (URL) check out that maze thing--it's line following but your 'bot has to learn each time it goes thru the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) I think the main goal is to make the competition challenging enough. I missed out on rice grabbers, but that was pretty challenging. I think if we leave it with moving 'dump trucks' a (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) full of open top autonomous stationarty BOX's!!!! (...) around the entire perimeter, and just have technic beams every 5 inches around the perimeter. That follows the rules, but is more like the 'open top' concept, except now I have 'open (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Then, grasshopper - if you learned nothing I am saddened, Is a competitive contest there are two ways to "win": 1) to succeed by completing the objective. 2) to cause the opponent to fail, thus win by default. This is why the "trivial case" (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Greg - I agree completely! My point was not that we should endorse loophole entries or trivial entries, but encourage contests that lend them to an RCX solution. I also liked Dave's bot the best. It was well designed and exceptionally cool to (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Expet if we add my idea that you DON'T want any block in your box. Sitting still would be BAD. Run away! Then Derek's "blast a lot of bricks into the air" idea could work... leading to LUCK winning or losing the game (however I like that idea, (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) thank you greg. well said. and a very good point. sadly, we will forever have to struggle with where a line is between allowing non rcx bots and rcx based bots. why was robs monkey bot OK? why was my beam robot ok? why was a ring robot not? (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> So the ruleset up to now--create an autonomous robot that will exchange blocks with other autonomous robots. The specifics are that the container to hold blocks on your robot has to (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) i never said it was an end run... i said that i LEARNED nothing. huge differance. i got to take home Daves robot to "study" it. i picked up a few neat ideas. i memorized the ring robot design, and moved on. ROB, for me. its about the LEARNING. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Except this is a Mindstroms robots group. I want to see Mindstroms robots being used. Not just a LEGO contraption. It's like what Chris said in another post here, I want to see robot enteries and LEARN something from them. RCX robots are neat. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Boy - I've been standing here ignoring this and hoping for a decision on a game, but feel I have to jump in here. I completely disagree that the rings were an end-run around the game rules. They were about the BEST interpretation of the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) no one has EVER said your EOAT has to ENTER another bot to deposit a brick. hell, with a know size and hight for the HITW,just build a lego gun on a turret. that was my idea. (couples with a few wiskers to feel for the HITW) Chris (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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