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Re: Screw Steve's balls, was Re: Sucking Steve's balls -
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Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:12:58 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
> > In another thread Derek implied that if we used the soccer balls that
> > Steve has distributed to the Lego community, then robots built for r22
> > and a Tic Tac Toe game would only have one solution.
> >
> > "... I'm not a big fan of the soccer ball marker idea. The big reason
> > being everyone is going to use Iain's ball handing mechanism and
> > everyones robot is going to work the same." -DR
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> > It would seem, that one can use a VERY old Lego pneumatic part to
> > maintain a vacuum, and use an old Lego suction cup from some space set,
> > to make a Lego ball sucker.
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> The suction cup looks finicky. It's one of those systems that is hard to
> control from a software standpoint. It's a neat idea, but ultimately no one
> will use this.
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> I'm with Derek and RobA. Load a magzine of shapes and drop them out.
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> Calum
On one hand, I think using the soccer/basketballs would be really cool. It
opens up different EOAT possibilities: you could use a pick-and-place mechanism
with a gripper, or simply a magazine.
However cool Iain's mechanism is, I seriously doubt that everyone would use it -
I know I wouldn't....
Using the balls, and a small TTT field would make for cool, compact robots -
which I think would encourage creativity and a variety of mechanisms.
I like Chris' suction pump - just stop the damn squeaking!!!!! PLEASE!!! :)
On the other hand, the challenge of handling large flat Xs and Os (say 4x4x1
thick, or 6x6x1 thick) would also be cool. But due to the size of the board and
pieces, I think we'd see lots of behemoths awkwardly and slowly moving around
the board.
Why assume a magazine though?
Let's continue the discussions at friday's dinner....
John
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