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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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| | lego shopping day
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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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| | "soccer" test event...
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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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| | Re: How many people are brining bots?
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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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| | Re: How many people are brining bots?
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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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(...) I definitely plan on showing up....with 2 bots (who will plan on demonstrating the incredible synchronized dancing soccer bots...) :) I will also bring 2 IR devices (from RIS 1.0 @ 1.5) and possibly the Sante Fe train, if it has arrived in the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here's who I know is coming: Greg Hyland, Chris Magno (might be late), Iain Hendry, Derek. I figure more will show up anyways. I have the playfield walls in my cube here and am decorating them with MIE department logos right now. Calum (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl10.1 Playfield
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I managed to slap together a robot this morning in about an hour and half. After fixing one major design flaw, I was basically covering up the IR port, I discovered it's about a 1/4 inch too long. I hope this isn't a problem. I'll definitely build a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | How many people are brining bots?
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I'm just curious as to how many people are bringing bots..... I have built one, since I only have the one RCX.... Jeff VW (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Duck factory
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(...) (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Duck factory
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(...) I'll try and whip up something after class tonight. Derek (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Multiple IR Towers: Success
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Hi folks, Last night I went ahead and built what I thought was a good stab at a multiple-IR tower connector cable. It worked, first go. Doh. So Jeremy and I wasted much of our evening building time smashing our robots into each other. Heh heh heh. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | robot dance fever....
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I installed the RCX 1.5 software on my computer (finally...) :) and after going through about a significant amount of time going through grade 3 level instructions....aka the tutorial... I finally was able to do a put together, courtesy of the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtl10.1 Playfield
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The rtl10.1 Playfield, aka, the Interactive Media Lab conference table, is a large old table 48x72 inches, a big rectangle. FYI. Calum (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Duck factory
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(...) Build the robot, we'll get the code in at the Lab. (...) Mail it to me, I'll host it on Peachy. Which is apparently getting an upgrade! Calum (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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