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G'Day HEY !! WOULD YOU GUYS JUST STOP RAIDING BRAMPTON !! Thank you Cheers Oliver Play Well (8:)) all meant in jest of course ;) "Matthias Jetleb" <Jetleb@Netcom.ca> wrote in message news:3c5763ee.195886...net.com... (...) my (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) My arm put the block down instead of dropping it, so it usually made good contact. But it is usually not perfect. I only ran it a few times though since I still got other problems to sort through. (...) No, the long time come from my slow (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thank you for posting this. I have to ask, how accurate is your robot??? I will admit, that i have rarely got even CLOSE to 100% perfect block placement. so will a longer time give you better accuracy?? -- Chris Pretend this says something (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Can everyone please refrain from posting their current "anti X" times? You're taking all the fun away from me as I work on mine, and you may end up discouraging someone from entering altogether :( It would be much nicer to be surprised on the day of (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well my bot is currently doing 78 sec, if it is reading every blocks correctly. :p This mindstorm firmware language is super slow and I may need to learn LegOS. (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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<snip> (...) yes...that is true. But it also is a good source of income!! maybe I should X-post this to lugnet.offtopic.debate... :) Ben (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Matthias Jetleb" <Jetleb@Netcom.ca> wrote in message news:3c5763f6.195969...net.com... (...) Ooooooooo, someone else is actually NOT doing a gantry? ;) (...) The mass is at a minumum, but due to the size fo the robot to get the required work (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You can't use 'enbay' for the eBay police will come and sue the pants off you I had the link but lost it ;p Oh forget the violent army, do a peaceful 'bot competition in Toronto Dave (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So far, me likey!!! :) (...) ix-nay on enbay!!! I am going to Virginia that weekend.... the thing that sucks...is I am off Thursday and Friday, but have to leave Thursday afternoon for the flight. Won't be home until Sunday afternoon. Trip (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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K, here’s the thing—if we do head-to-head competitions, there are only 2 ‘bots involved at a time. There will be one winner and one loser. Just like the block sorting ‘bots--every ‘bot will eventually play every other ‘bot in subsequent heats. The (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) AHHHHHHhh its just so overwhelming...... :) too many questions, so little time. I'm not going to say another thing about rules and scoring until i hear from more people...... what say you all??? I ran some more numbers and a higher penalty for (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In trying to style-up a new robot design at work (*I* think it's ugly), I was poking around online. I remembered being really drawn to what I understood was one of the earliest (if not the first industrial robot) when I was younger, and tried (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Odd. I just bought it at the Sears Clearance Centre in Brampton for 89.95 (A week ago). They also had *another* Vision Command for $35. This is in addition to the one bought by an RTL member after I informed everyone about my German RIS 2.0 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Greetings Jean-Marc! I just wanted to drop you a line to say "thank you" fo letting me build the Thatcher-Perkins at the show on Saturday. I'm sorry I had to run without saying goodbye and thanking you. I realized at 3:10 that I was supposed to be (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I guess no one is going to cheat, but if my bot just say it is done at 0 sec then my score would be 24 sec at worst. So the penalty time for wrong block need to increase - I suggest 6 sec. Also how are we going to count the overall score? Do (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It isn't bad, and it is a far cry from Rob's idea of zero points for an unsuccessfull design... :-/ (...) Good luck on putting out a design... and have fun south o' the border... :) Ben pretend Iain is going to work on his tan in Florida!! :) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3C56BD23.6EF3CC...res.com... (...) This is the best idea I've seen yet. I wanted to suggest scoring via time, but because I hate math :) I couldn't bother trying to come up with something. I (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) At the risk of being wishy-washy..... I like this. It makes sense, and it address rob's concern. (right?) example: Time = time in seconds + 1 sec for not perfect block + 3 sec for "wrong" blocks. (these penalty times are based on what i figure (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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For those of us who didn't get to COSTCO in time... Sears clearance site has the off-road for 107.99 (URL) just ordered one to catch up with the rest of you... and so it begins, my first LEGO expense of 2002 I was in TRU on the weekend and they had (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK folks, since I don't have a robot competing, perhaps I'll throw out some suggestions: Some scoring rules I've heard bandied around are: First to finish: +20 or +50... Block wrong: -10 or disqualified Block mispositioned: -5 I'd observe that in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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