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Re: rtl 19 'Sumo on a stick' pictures
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Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:09:28 GMT
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Greg Hyland wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
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> > One modification to the rules--your 'bot cannot touch the ground at anytime
> > during the competiton or you lose (pieces falling off the 'bot don't count)
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> Or how about:
> 1. No part of your robot may touch the floor at the BEGINING of the contest.
> 2. At least one powered motor must be used.
> Both these rules would prevent my dad from building me a big solid tower that
> just hold my end up.
> -Greg
ya know....
a SIZE limit would have stopped the 5' tower bots. ~BUT~ it was MR. NO
SHOW Iain, who asked for this.
For what its worth.... all the types of robots were valid entries under
the current rules.
that means.. the GRAVITY bots, the tower bots, and those FAST cool,
easily catapulted bots are all valid.
Chris
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| (...) Sure, I agree that everything there was a valid entry (maybe not a valid "robot" by my definition of "robot," but we can argue that endlessly), but are the competitions about building an interesting and clever robot, or scanning the rules for (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Or how about: 1. No part of your robot may touch the floor at the BEGINING of the contest. 2. At least one powered motor must be used. Both these rules would prevent my dad from building me a big solid tower that just hold my end up. -Greg (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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