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Re: Onwards to rtlToronto18...
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Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:29:27 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> venue last Saturday, audience pleasing shouldn't be a major factor (not too many
> walk-ins) I wanted to see nifty building techniques--the last marble sorting
Oakwood has always been quiet. I don't know what it is, but whenever we do an
event at Oakwood, there's no one there. On the other hand, Lillian always gives
us a draw.
> 'bots completely impressed me--from Rob's 'get all marble 'bot' to I think it
> was Ivans with the 'harvister' front--completely blew me away. Sure big 'bots
> have some great 'wow' factors, but the smaller you makeit, I think the bigger
> the 'wow!'--'you fit all that into that small a space??' That's what I
> want--the "holy crap!! How did you do that in such a tinly little space??' (like
> the Genie in Aladdin)
So, the draw of the new contest is:
-Smaller blocks: Harder to manipulate
-Coloured blocks: Addition of sorting function
-Smaller size: Need to be more clever in construction
> I think by the sounds of it, those are different competitions--bringing blocks
> back to the starting square, stack any block, and stack sorted blocks. I can't
> see how that would be 'fair' to play one 'bot which is sorting and stacking
> against a 'bot that dumps blocks into the starting square. Not that I'm all
> 'fairness' either :)
Not necessarily:
We could set up a few goals, of which your robot can try and maximize. For
example:
-You get points for building at home
-You get points for sorting blocks
-You get points for building towers
An entry robot could only build towers. A full blown competitor could do all
three. A midrange competitor might sort and build but not navigate home.
A newcomer could be very happy with making a robot that works, but is also
competiting with a more advanced entrant. Even though you could say there's no
point in pitting the two together, seeing as the advanced robot would outright
win in points, there's always luck.
On Saturday, Greg's robot never beat anyone in speed, but it was consistent.
Some of the faster, more engineered robots also fell off the table a lot.
Calum
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| (...) The smaller size is the big draw for me. Since block stacking has been done several times before making it smaller erases a lot of the past experience several competitors might otherwise have. (...) I like the idea of creating a point system (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I'm definitely interested. I don't care much about the size rule, but I really like the idea of small blocks. Lots of small blocks. I highly doubt they will be more difficult to manipulate than 2x4's. That made the rice digging game very hard. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) All too true. Here's the thing--at dinner a few months back I was talking to Calum and I had the idea, "Hey, wouldn't it be neat if... Block Stacking 'Bot fits within 8x8x8 to start small blocks 'cause it was going to be in a small arena (4x4) (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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