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| | | (...) I like that idea. Dropping or picking things up. Or both. (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: 32 long (again) —Steve Hassenplug
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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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| | | | | | | rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | (...) Yeah, you're right - except rice has a couple of advantages: -Vacuum/throw away. It's cheap. -You can cook it and have a deliscious meal. (...) -Cannot cook soccer balls in rice cooker provided by friend's mother. (...) Well, we'd probably (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Next contest, was Re: 32 long (again) —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) I just realized I had a plastic bag of balls myself. Christina wouldn't let me take the Bag of Humanity (a creepy bag of 100 white soccer players) without taking a sack of balls and their kick-stands too. I found them the other day and (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Iain Hendry
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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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| | | | | | Re: rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) I think whoever isn't building has the task to bring a shop vac. (...) Hey, I like that one! That sounds pretty good, pulling up rice. Now, what about string though? What string is allowed? And how do we specify the rope across the room, how (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Iain Hendry
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| | | | (...) :) (...) Well, a couple of things have to be decided: -Do we have a standard rope? (difficult to organize) -Do we allow each entrant to bring and string their own rope? (time consuming at game day) You're right on consideration for sag. Unless (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | Shouldn't you people be heading to dinner about now! Especially you Ian! (...) Yes, same rope as rope climbers. (...) No. (...) Give a reasonable range. Something 2 long power cords could easily cover in case someone wants to use a sensor. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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