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Re: Onwards to rtlToronto18...
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Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:04:55 GMT
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Bruce Sheridan wrote:
> I just manually created a stack of blocks greater than 8 inches tall. If I
> wanted to build a mechanism to deploy that stack, the rules would get in the
> way. So before we even get started, an arbritary limit would have limited a
> possible solution.
If you can't think of a way to get a 8" tall robot to build a tower
taller then 8" the limiting factor is your imagination, not the rules.
> We have never had a problem with bigger robots. Big robots don’t always beat
> smaller robots. 2 RCXs have never had an advantage over 1 RCX. You’ve all seen
> this many times. Why make it a rule now?
The concept of the contest is size. It's not a rule, its the reason for
the contest.
So far there isn't a rule against multiple RCXs and I certainly don't
want one.
> I don’t want to be constantly measuring the robot to ensure I stay within a
> limit (and then on the day of the contest, we don’t really enforce the limit
> anyway).
When have we ever done this. Yes we've had size rules at almost every
contest. I don't recall ever measuring a robot. If it looks close
enough, it's close enough.
> Block stacking is challenging all by itself. Plus, you added sorting based on
> your starting color. Now I’m sure it could be done using 1 RCX and staying
> within an 8 inch cube. But from my point of view, you would have just taken all
> the fun out of the contest.
I'm looking forward to the challenge of building a block stacking and
sorting robot into a very small package. I'm excited about it, and I
haven't been excited about building a robot since Connect 4.
Derek
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| (...) I'm sure we all could think of ways to accomplish this, but, I have no idea why we'd want to. Since when has this contest been about being small? (...) Thats great, build a small robot. I on the other hand want to simply build a robot. I have (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| I just manually created a stack of blocks greater than 8 inches tall. If I wanted to build a mechanism to deploy that stack, the rules would get in the way. So before we even get started, an arbritary limit would have limited a possible solution. We (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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