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Re: This will make Chris happy....
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Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:34:53 GMT
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I have a 'bot! It might even work. I still have to program it, though, but I
think the construction end is done.


It is a tad bigger the the 8" allotment,

Yep, mine too, maybe. I haven't checked if it fits in the 8" box, but it might
on an angle. However, it definately will fit in a 9" box (if that counts for
anything), so it's not too much bigger. In the first version of my robot, I just
built it to work, not caring about the size. Then I spent time trying to figure
out how to "economize" how I did things, and I found that approach worked pretty
good.

-Greg



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  Re: This will make Chris happy....
 
(...) Awesome! I have one too, and also it may even work. :) It's called Donut, after my favourite character on Red vs. Blue. Re: 9" - you're allowed, so long as you make me another drawing! :) Just kidding. I still have those MD script sheets to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  Re: This will make Chris happy....
 
(...) The attitude has always been, the 8" is a rule, but we'd rather have you at the event with a robot than have you not at the event, with a working bot sitting on a shelf. No one has ever bothered to measure robots, even though I bring a ruler. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  This will make Chris happy....
 
Well on Monday night I had a chance to finish building my bot :) It is a tad bigger the the 8" allotment, but you try using those skinny motorcycle wheels (the ones that come in the mindstorms kit) to sit side by side and still have enough space for (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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