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Last night, I tried my best to explain how the robot I brought last night could rotate smoothly. I got the idea from Eric Brok's fabulous resource, LEGO on my mind. (URL) you click on "thoughts", then "Going in circles" in the right frame, you can (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I decided to go shopping around it being a nice day, and wearing my short- sleeve shirt....what away to start the spring break (well not me, but for the kids in general). I went to 2 places...Toys R US, and Walmart. True to Greg Hyland, the Western (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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last night, instead of a normal dinner get-together, we met at the MIE lab at University of Toronto, and tested out the playability of a "live" robo-sports game. I think it would have been cool to play around Peachy-Server, the life-blood of (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How many people are brining bots?
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(...) I'm not going to even attempt to battle traffic until 6 p.m. so I won't be in Toronto until after 7ish. There you are. I have built a quick 'bot at home (w/ kicker) but it's still at home :( So I think I'll just wait until the next event. Have (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Of course, we'll sort this out tonight, but I don't see why we should bar anti-robot strategies unless they violate our usual standards. That is, no using string or wires as weapons (too easy) no dumping of substantial numbers of parts on the play (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'll definitely try to make it by 6. I'll bring one very evil 'tank' steer player that is inspired by 3 back-to-back BattleBots episodes. Featuring half-a-dozen battery boxes on a pneumatic driven "kicker". Generating up to 20 kg of downward force (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well it will be a small miracle if mine arrives by today. Since others are bring theirs, maybe I'll bring something else from my order. Ya, look at this cool pack of 2x2 white tiles. Ya. :-) Derek (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How many people are brining bots?
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(...) Hey Ben, I am bringing my Santa Fe.... Jeff VW (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How many people are brining bots?
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I'm bringing three: a rack & pinion trike, a fragile tank/skid steerer with a kicker, and an upgraded tank identical in design but less prone to self-destruct. I'm also bringing three towers, three cables, the little patch cable and a floppy with my (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl10.1 Playfield
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(...) what about a kicking device??? Each of mine has 4 motors (1 for each rear wheel to allow steering / and to give it some horse power, and 2 motors for the kicking device). As for the firmware, its the firmware included on the RIS 1.5, with what (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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