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Re: Mating Game - moc up
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Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:11:24 GMT
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On Mon, September 19, 2005 3:41 pm, John Guerquin wrote:
> I'm with you Derek - the object of the contests is to come up with the best and
> most creative solution. And the ring "bots" were definitely creative.
> My take on this is that the ring bots were a little too close to Jeff E's fish
> sticker sumo bot. And it was BOTH good and bad to see such a simple creation
> beat Dave's massive bot.
As it turns out, a fish sticker would not win a sumo compeition. While it's a good
strategy to not-lose, it would also not win very many matches, and would finish in
the middle of the pack.
> For a repeat of this contest, maybe we should stipulate that the bots need some
> type of propulsion, whether RCX, motor, wind-up motor, capacitor, etc.
My suggestion would be a minimum weight (like 1 pound) and (like all other rtl
events) the entire robot must fit in the 12 inch cube on the end of the beam at the
start.
> Any time the rule book gets longer, and more restrictive, it supresses
> creativity. Because of the lack of restrictions, and the nature of the game, I
> think rtl19 had one of the greatest variety of robots.
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> Eventhough Dave's bot was probably the best robot, and the one most people
> thought would win - the contest proved that the "best" doesn't always win.
It looks like it was the best at solving the challenge the way most people would
expect it to be solved... which doesn't totally make it the best bot.
But, it looked good.
Steve
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