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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> I'm still forming around in my head the idea of something with rope. Not rope
> climbing, but something lateral. Rope transversing/pickup. Flycams.
> Delta-by-rope. Something where you'd have this big long span of rope with the
> robots moving along them, doing some kind of task on the ground like moving
> pucks around or dropping rings on poles.
I like that idea. Dropping or picking things up. Or both.
> (Can you tell I like lifts? :) http://www.skilifts.org )
>
> Simulating puting out a "forest fire" by measuring the amount of rice a robot
> can drop by "flying" (along the rope) over a certain area in a short period of
> time? (Mess factor: 5)
Now THAT I'd like to do, but I wouldn't know how to score it or how to clean it
up. Maybe lay a cookie tray in the center of the room, and you count by weight
how much rice got dropped on the cookie tray fire?
Some ideas:
a) A rope across the room with several objects on the floor in the center. Goal
is to remove as many of them as possible to end goals on either side.
b) A circle in the center of the room or bullseye, goal is to drop as many of
something into that.
c) Ropes on X and Y axes, tied in the middle. Each object's colour requires
going to either axes.
> Well, that's not really a competition, more of a very impressive and fun
> demonstration/come-and-watch kinda thing. Falls into the same catagory as
> vending machines/assembly, which I think everyone deemed as "Boring" or "Iain is
> stupid and dapper." :)
Well, that's why I figure if the "Balla's" want to fondle balls in the GTA, they
should do it for Hobby Show in November. Or maybe bring something to BrickFest.
I mean, Chris, you're going to BrickFest, right?
Calum
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| (...) Rice sounds messy. Maybe you should use something easier to pick up. Like tiny soccer balls. Then, you could also roll them down the 32 long axles (tying back to the actual subject) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Yeah! Maybe two bins, at either end. And a pan in the centre... the rope would have flags/targets on it for positioning. So the thing is you can have: a) robot does one big scoop, one big dump, but is slow b) robot is tiny and fast, taking (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I'm still forming around in my head the idea of something with rope. Not rope climbing, but something lateral. Rope transversing/pickup. Flycams. Delta-by-rope. Something where you'd have this big long span of rope with the robots moving along (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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