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I'm sure somewhere, Chris has a logbook with notes like this: :) ---...--- March 16, 2003 I just got home from rtl13. WOW. Some of the robots there were SO impressive. After seeing the the incredable robots by John G and Steve H, not to mention the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !!
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| | Re: block scoreing....
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(...) I think he was being sarchastic. What I think we're all having a hard time understanding, is why this is such a problem? Just change your light sensor values. Instead of looking for white, look for black. Or vise-versa, whatever you need. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: block scoreing....
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(...) no... I mis spoke. my EOAT is a simple mechanical device; it still uses a light sensor to sort. I was trying to explain to the guys that this concept is nothing fancy. but it work(ed) well (...) this is my last hope idea. I'll try to make it (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: block scoreing....
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(...) Wow. You found a mechanical way to separate the white blocks from the pit? That's pretty impressive! I would like to see that. So before you go destroying your robot to build one that picks out black blocks instead, could you take a few (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | block scoreing....
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damn .... damn.... damn..... my robot was DONE!!! all that was left was the tweaking. and maybe if I wanted to colour co-ordination.... then bruce casually mentions this: ---snip from the rules---- Each black block is worth one point, while each (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 40% coverage!!!
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(...) maybe at ventax..... (...) this is the beauty of being the client, the sales guy, the developer, and the installer all in one. my EOAT is simple, and light, and 100% heck, I even programmed in an ambient light test cycle. I've never done that (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rice pit
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looks like lugnet is somehow censoring my headers. my original post was: The rule page does not mention this. Are we attaching the pit to the play field? Should we screw it down; like when we screwed the "hill" to the the play field? of course the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 40% coverage!!!
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(...) Complex EOAT's will be the downfall of mankind, m'boy. :) (haha. Maybe not, but I just know that I've had insane problems with robot end of arm tools that got terribly complex because sales didn't quote aux. automation and thought "oh, well, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | 40% coverage!!!
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My anti-X time is 40% pit coverage! -my bot has a platform base. -a great arm (22" long*) -and a EOAT that no only sucks bricks from the bottom of the pit, BUT also sorts them AT THE -TOOL HEAD!!!!!! Chris * yes yes calum, I know we have an 18" (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Attention losers (of the rice game)
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DAMN!!!! the more I sit and work on this game, the more solutions i come up with. Ergo, in the spirit of friendly competition, and taking a page from Steve H book of rules, I think I'm going to enter more than one robot. YEP! you heard that right. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Lets see what Chris thinks about safety and fireworks...
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(...) pics rock! Your pictures remind me of this article I read about a group of people who built a human trebuchet with a parallel linkage for launching themselves into the lake. Last night I saw on TV a british woman who built a giant trebuchet (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Lets see what Chris thinks about safety and fireworks...
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(...) dave.. I guess I should explain.... as long as your not aiming the fireworks at me or my loved ones... then do what you want. :) I cant help but reading this: (...) I'm not sure where you got this idea that I'm Elmer the safety freak. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Lets see what Chris thinks about safety and fireworks...
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This is the point in the story where Chris never talks to me again... (URL) What's that rule? Never launch fireworks horizontally, and especially not at someone? (URL) K (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: See what you find when you go snooping around...
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) I had absolutely no foreknowledge of this but Sinfest today is appropriate: (URL) K (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: See what you find when you go snooping around...
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(...) I always wonder... Hmmm.... (strokes chin thoughtfully...) K, I have no thoughts at this time... Dave K (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: See what you find when you go snooping around...
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(...) Nik solved it in under an hour and a half... if it takes you all afternoon, it would make one wonder, wouldn't, it? (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: See what you find when you go snooping around...
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(...) Ahh, I see my fallacy-- I went -5 x 2 but applied the same rule as when you multiply two negative numbers!!! (two negative numbers multiplied = positive number) Grr!!! Maybe I need a refresher course in mathematics 101 Oh more than likely... (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: September dinner
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote: <snip> :-) (...) Yeah, only those space-heads consistently beat us... Spacers.... Whatever ;) Dave K (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: September dinner
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(...) We have done monthly dinners the week following an event that falls just after our normal dinner date. That would be the 19th. I'm happy to have two since I have no other life. :-) (...) It's not lame, but as you say it's been done. I'll still (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | September dinner
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Does anyone want a separate dinner from the usual post event dinner next Saturday? By convention, it would be September 12th, but obviously everyone is having rice for Friday dinner, we do the rtl14 event on Saturday, Saturday night we do dinner (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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