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| (...) I haven't built a prototype for this, but from trying to build a soccer robot, an 8 inch cube robot is probably too small. In an 8 inch cube the RCX takes up a large portion of the space. I think we should stick with our usual 12 inch cube. I (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Since we're all putting in our 2 cents about the dimensions, here goes: 12 inch robot, 20 or 24 inch gap Has anybody actually tried to build a robot yet??? This theoretical debate is interesting and all, but until someone actually tries to build (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| 8 inch robot. 24 inch gap. Maybe thats exaggerating, but it would certainly be more interesting to watch. I don't want to see prefab 12 inch bridges as Chris suggested. That would be dead boring. At least make the gap bigger than the robot so some (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Stunning. The report wasn't completely over my head, but mostly. I liked the explanation and background information. It makes sense that parallel mechanisms offer higher speed and flexibility in machining, but their downside is the funky work (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) <beaucoup de snippage> (...) mmmm.... that sounds great. One further stipulation about the size/gap... the 'bot must fit inside the gap. No overhang or nothing....just to make the contest interesting. Ben (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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