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Re: Comments from a laundromat ...
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Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:21:24 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> If we want to make it harder by making a coupling mechanism' a la rectangular
> hole and block dispenser, than so be it--saying it's obscene is like saying that
> scene in Apollo 13, where the LEM and the capsule came together, is
> obscene--we're doing the same thing, yet we want the 'bots to do it
> autonomously, and with the difference that each 'bot was made by different
> people--you don't know what they're going to bring so you have to build
> accordingly.
Oh, please... We all know that the intent is to be sugestive, and so will
everyone there. Comparing it to the spacecraft is naive.
Why not this: blocks are to be dropped into a basket. However, you don't want
blocks to be droped into your basket. So two things are happening: you are
trying to get rid of blocks and avoid having anyone give you blocks. Robot "Hot
Potato" if you will.
-Greg
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| (...) That's a good idea for a competition. I'm sure we'd have to define the rules a bit to state that the hopper can't be covered, and once a block is in the hopper, no mechanism can knock it out of the hopper... Here's the thing about the other (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) I always like it when Calum speaks, but I'll respectfully disagree-- Over the past few days, I've been forming a design in my head about the 'bot I want to build for rtl20 to encompass all (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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