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Chris, as usual, I'm sure your robot will be 'interesting', but, a winner…surely you jest. Count yourself lucky that we don’t have qualifying rounds! Dave, what’s the deal? We come up with a contest that’s not one you can just tweak that run-a-mucky (...) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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YEP... I'm going to win this. looks like it'll be Bruce, Calum, and Jeff E's meri-go-round bot. maybe Steve H will show UP.. but i wont count on it till I see his robot. Yep, if Calum is my competition then I've got this all wrapped.... I'm sure (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm screwed. After hours of building: "Oh, the thing can't turn! it's too heavy! Joy!" And I have yet to start programming. Maybe I'll be showing up with another non-functioning 'bot. -Greg (sweetly retarded cousin) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Simple and elegant? 7 tasks? 3 watchers? The only complexity in my bot is that you have to make sure you wind up the capacitor *right before* the match starts, or the Merry go Round will stop before 3 minutes are up. Because when Chris sees (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) HA!! I know why you don't have a ROBOT, cause you cant do it! I WIN!!!! HEY WORLD!!! I once again BEAT out DAVE in a robot game. Hey, DAVE. your robots don't exist!!!! (sure it don't have the same ring to it.. but its all i can figure out) so (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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*yawn* *scratch* Yeah, I think I'll go to bed after Letterman and just sleep the sleep of a very content and unpressured person. Dream of all the wonderful 'bots I have made, that performed smoothly and wonderfully... And basically sit out on this (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So I went with 3 of my coworkers to Assembly Canada, an automation show at the International Centre that was on today and yesterday, in Toronto. I spent almost 2 hours at Stelron's booth. I just stood there. In shock. In awe. In absolute amazement. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi Dave, I'd take 5 of them Bruce (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I could go for another 4--if other people want to pipe up and claim 16 more, I'll buy all 20 and bring them around to dinners and events... Dave K (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks for offering them to us, but you'd probably get a better response if you brought them down and sold them at a dinner or rtlToronto event. Perhaps someone in the group wants to organize the buy if Michael isn't interested in selling (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I figured I should post this for the local community to get a crack at these before my stock is all gone. These are brand new/in bags, ready to ship, local shipping is super cheap as well, figured at your next meeting someone could distribute them (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hmm. Actually, I usually go for both. I build a couple good robots, so I can get first AND second. Well, not this time. My number 2 bot may actually lose to Chris' robot. But that's because it only weighs 13oz, and is controlled by a battery (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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No, no pics, but I've got a little LDraw render of the crankshaft assembly at the bottom of the page, now. It's pretty straightforward: The 2x2 round plate locks the 4-long vertical axle in place, and the crown gear stays fixed with respect to the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) After 'Chicken battle'bot'... after 'vacuum cleaning stacking'bot'... after 'cyberstorm tank tread whatever'bot'... after 'pneumatic tractor'bot'... I dunno... I say quality is better than quantity.... Sure you may have entered a 'bot in every (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Duh! How else will you turn them off at night or when it's cloudy? Dave! (not the "Dave" you addressed, but I'm sure I'm just as groovy) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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so dave, give up yet? MOO HA HA HA!!! victory will be mine! Chris Why do solar calculators have an off button? (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3E6F9973.601732...res.com... (...) You entirely own, btw. Cap' driven Revolution and Topscan coming up next? :) Iain (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Man, that rocks! I love the way you've detailed it--the typical carnie lights and colours on the top, the warning patterns on the floor. And I'm not even a fan of amusement parks in train layouts, either. Calum (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's pretty jeff! Any pics of the crank mechanism? ROSCO (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh my... Your story is much more gruesome than mine. Thankfully my break is pretty clean, so no surgery or power tools were required. Sometime the similarities between surgeons and construction workers are striking. (...) Well, I fell down my (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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