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Re: line following - must be an american thing
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:01:25 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
> >
> > 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.
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> Dude, given that there are no lines, its GPS waypoints,
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.
> 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)
wa wa wa
make it our of lego, and balance a tray of marbles, THEN I'd be impressed.
> calling it glorified line following is like ...
> well, it's like calling your sense of humor only SLIGHTLY warped
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> ++Lar
how very droll.
;)
Chris
"It is a very clever strategy IMHO, and I applaud Chris for thinking of it." K.C.
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