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(...) no no no no no.... its not the suckmaster; it the ~suckmaster 2~ the suckamster was this guys FIRST attempt from earlier years. (URL) you read about the game it does sound like a neat game that we could turn into lego. we have the Rice. we (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Listem, fratty, I'm not your friend... (...) Calum (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Go ahead...kick me when I'm down...but, I will have a robot by Sep 13 and it will kick your butt. Should anyone feel like they want to bid on Chris's ideas for a robot...I'd like to say congratulations, you have officially sunk as low as you (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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this place is kind-a quite. I need a break from all the flying rice, and lego bricks that are being sorted into 2 nice piles. anyway, I saw these cool robots and thought that maybe we can get them to appear for our contest as "guest robots" Calum, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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yep, that's right folks. I've moved the Proto Mark IV version 0.1.3 up one level to the version 0.2.0 I've also dropped the Mark IV moniker. so with this happy news I am selling the following: -the vertical conveyor idea: -the shovel on the front (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ya that was kind of cool. I would have liked to see more of a close up on the actual "print head" my Braille is very rusty. from what i remember, its 2 columns of 3 rows. did the kid have 6 "plates" for the combinations of one column?? then (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) John......Probably Rob??? are you out there??? Just curious. Ivan should be back in town shortly, so he can answer for himself. BTW, a little thing aired on Discovery Channel a few days ago: (URL) Pretty cool little 'bot.... John (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One of the big differences between us is that I can recognize a robot that doesn't work. You on the other hand, seem to love entering them and at the same time talking about the great nights sleep you've had! I will say this, I'll never forget (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) oh, very clever bruce. (...) you would be better off building SOMETHING for this game then surfing the internet trolling for answers that don't affect you. you rice robot will be no different than your Project X robot. and we all know how (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That, of course, would be "A Brick Too Far' Who is building a robot for this contest. And, for that matter who (of the regular robot guys) is not? Bruce....Yes Chris....Yes (I'll be lucky to get one brick) Kay-On...Yes Wayne....Yes (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Big words bruce considering that you said this: (...) if ya want, I keep all my old almost working prototypes. I can let you have a few if you find that this game is too hard for you. I mean, Iain, "claims" to be going away that day. Dave K (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Bought an 8kg bag of rice today and tested my robot. Guess what, it's an absolute failure! Just finished taking it totally apart. Now I need a new idea that extracts at least 1 block (that way I'm sure to beat Chris). Bruce (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Plane ticket to England for Wife, and baby $900 8455 Lego back hoe set $150 missing my wife and daughter for a week $ A LOT having enough time to build a working robot, and waiting to see the look on the face's of you guys when I win...... P R I C (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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has anyone made a successful single rake work? should I stop wasting my time and try to go with some sort of claw? Chris (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I would have been your missing third. I felt the same way at the Peter Gabriel concert last month. They had two Segways on stage. Gabriel was driving one, and his backup singer (daughter I believe) was driving the other. I was really (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) design-good (...) buttons, No! Honestly. Translucent rubber buttons NEVER LOOK GOOD, ever. EVER EVER EVER. WORST feature of the Roomba was the buttons on top. (URL) 100% perfect. Iain (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Segway is an interesting item in that it's industrial and product design is excellent, but it's a solution waiting for a problem. It's like, they hired great ID and PD guys, but forgot to talk to anyone in marketing. For those who don't want (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here here. So far it is the hardest game I made a robot for. I don't know if my 3rd prototype arm will work, or just give me a twisted axle when it try to paw through the rice. (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) naw, I'm not sure why my cell phone did not "ring" I was out celebrating my dad's birthday. so I just got home, and saw Bruce's post about going into some drunken stupor. Chris (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ACTUALLY, Calum and I were at the CNE, visiting the Better Living Pavilion and expericing Italian Freefall from 55 metres and pulling 5+ G's the KMG Afterburner, Fireball. And then we phoned you at 10 to see if you wanted to go for ice cream, (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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