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Re: line following - must be an american thing
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Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:39:06 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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> http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62585,00.html?tw=wn_culthead_3
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> leave it to DARPA (the us military research arm) to sponsor a million
> dollar (glorified) line following contest.
Dude, given that there are no lines, its GPS waypoints, and it's extremely rough
terrain (the most likely failure point is vehicles tipping over from not seeing
ditches at the 20 MPH average speed they will need to be doing in order to
complete the course in daylight) calling it glorified line following is like ...
well, it's like calling your sense of humor only SLIGHTLY warped
++Lar
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 | | Re: line following - must be an american thing
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| (...) Lar, This challenge is too easy for the rtl guys to even attempt. To really make it tough, the robots should be required to travel over 200 miles in just 10 hours, through unknown conditions which include mountains, streams, and the occasional (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: line following - must be an american thing
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| (...) GPS way points, lines, same thing. if you cant make that mental leap, then don't expect THIS canadian to be able to help you. (...) wa wa wa make it our of lego, and balance a tray of marbles, THEN I'd be impressed. (...) how very droll. ;) (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | line following - must be an american thing
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| (URL) it to DARPA (the us military research arm) to sponsor a million dollar (glorified) line following contest. geesh, for a million dollars, they could at least come up with a better contest. maybe they need to look at this page: (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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