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RE: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto17 Drag Racing Tentative Ruleset
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:34:43 GMT
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<rhempel@[avoidspam]bmts.com>
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One alternative is to send a command with the lego remote. Then
both bots would get the same message at more or less the
same time.
But then Rob Stehlik couldn't use a battery box to drive his
robot.
Ralph
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Rob Antonishen
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:19 AM
> To: lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto17 Drag Racing Tentative Ruleset
>
>
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> >
> > I honestly thought that the comeptitions woudl be head-to-head--two 'bots going
> > at the same time, kinda like ye ol' Kub Kar competitions...
>
> So the two options are 1) timed runs, best time (or best average x
> times) wins or 2) head to head, first one across the finish line wins
> and advances.
>
> The problems (or advantage, depending on your perspective) with
> head-to-head is getting a simultaneous start of both parties and
> prevening false starts.
>
> Kub Kars uses a gate that open for both at the same time, so there is
> no "bad start" issue...it depends only on the Kar performance.
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> Real drag racing uses a light tree and relies on the reaction time of
> the driver in addition to the car performance, and driver's shifting
> skills.
>
> Or we could do both at the same time!
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> Build up some sort of "light tree" countdown (
> beep...beep...beep...beeeeeeeeeep) with a fancy laser pointer/light
> sensor timer on the start/finish line to time each bot's (car's?) run
> and detect false starts, but use two sets of tables and run them in
> pairs.
>
> Advance based on head to head, but also track individual performance times.
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> Thoughts?
>
> -Rob A>
>
>
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