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Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto16 Preliminary Rules Released
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Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:19:02 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rob Stehlik wrote:
Second, the more you gear the "spool" down, the more
counterweight you need to deal with the "gerbil effect", meaning you want the
spool to turn and not your entire robot.

*smacks forehead*

That's what I get for talking in a forum full of engineering graduates... Right,
yeah, that idea suddenly doesn't look so great.

Anyway, we never single out a particular strategy and say its not allowed.

That's true.

Personally, I like this game. Nice and easy for a change. I have some ideas
churning in my brain already. Battery box programming here we come.

You could have like a giant array of pneumatic control cylinders and polarity
switches... oh wait, it's an 8" cube.



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  Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto16 Preliminary Rules Released
 
(...) I think "spooling" would be quite difficult. First, grabbing on to the rope is not a trivial task. Second, the more you gear the "spool" down, the more counterweight you need to deal with the "gerbil effect", meaning you want the spool to turn (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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