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(...) In my opinion (and the way it's written now) the light has to be on ONLY when the robot is stopped. It should NOT be on while the robot is moving around. Here's my reasons why: 1. No provision has been made to stop a robot remotely (ie, there (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I guess it makes sence that way you know when a robot is ready to accept bricks. (...) You can try grabbing it and not letting go until brick is transfered. (But that can cause trouble with the law. ;) Vitali (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I feel the light should be on at all times, but like Calum I feel it should be open for discussion. First of follow up Calum's points. (...) Robots don't need to be stopped to transfer a brick, personally I'm working on the principle that I'll (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) To clarify, before Calum flips out, written evidence is always taken over what someone supposedly said. Just look at someone we knows phone bill or the fact my arguments at dinner were ignored when composing the rule about whether the light (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Calum Tsang wrote: > In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Vitali Furman wrote: > >>I have three questions. First it says that the beacon light is on when the robot >>is stopped? Does that mean the it can't be on while the robot is moving around >>or what? (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Right, but not everyone can build a robot that can transfer bricks while moving. The goal of the ruleset, especially in this contest, is to define an environment in which the most basic interaction, transferring a block while the receiver is (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) In my book, it doesn't become legal until it hits the webpage, because that is what everyone checks on as the reference. -To ask someone to keep track of the NG (the fastest moving group on Lugnet) is unreasonable for basic rules. -It took me (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) There's a difference with this game, which is that people must cooperate. In games that require cooperation, standards must be made. For example, when we ran Connect Four, we had to define turn-passing, board interfaces and other such (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Never answer an email when you're pissed off. Hey Calum, hows it going? (...) I'm not saying you have to, I'm just saying if you can it improves your chances of transferring blocks to more robots. (...) Ok, but what I'm saying is your rule to make (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Doing just fine, in fact. I'm actually getting MORE interested in this contest day by day. (...) I don't see this, but I'm going to move on to the crux of the issue below. (...) I hear where you're coming from, but I am not convinced it (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Talking Point: seelking light sensors WAS -- Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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Derek Raycraft wrote: HUGE snippage (...) Derek, I have some bad news for you. I did a quick test with the robots I moc-ed up. I removed the 1x2 technic beam "shroud" I put in front of the light sensor, and I built a dummy target light on a battery (...) (19 years ago, 26-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I used to read every post, now I skim and click on one or two every week or so (happened to click this one looking for "Angry Derek" posts), so Jon and I (co-worker/team-mate for this competition) are strictly going by what is on the webpage. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Actually I would consider this good news. I was getting concerned about how I would distinguish between lights and light sensors. I knew if people shrouded them it would significantly reduce the problem, but you can't count on people doing (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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