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Re: Tug of War - R21
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:18:00 GMT
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Ka-On Lee wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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> > WOW, cool robot,
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> > but ummmm,
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> > Ka-on, the rope climbing contest was like 2 YEARS ago.
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> This one just grab the rope tightly. The second one may actually climb a
> little.
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> Yeah I started a second one last night and it's 70% done. One 'team' can enter
> two entries, right? ;) Or may be I will combine the best part of the two into
> one but it will probably get over-weight.
you can enter as MANY robots as you want.
we call this "pulling a hassenplug" but that was getting old, so now we
call it the Hassenplug/Antonishen Effect
or H.A.E. for short. (pronounced "Hey!")
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> > OK, at a guess, i think your bot will be CLOSE to the 1.5lb limit.
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> > I have discovered that this rule is the one we should actually
> > "enforce." With this game, even being a bit over the weight limit will
> > give your bot an advantage.
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> For sure the weight is the key. At worst case I can take off some wheels.
I agree. I built 2 identical robots and ran tests to find out what i
could change to make one better, and it ALWAYS boiled down to mass.
Chris
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| (...) This one just grab the rope tightly. The second one may actually climb a little. Yeah I started a second one last night and it's 70% done. One 'team' can enter two entries, right? ;) Or may be I will combine the best part of the two into one (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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