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Re: Can game - can you handle carpeting?
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Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:36:04 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Wayne Young wrote:
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> > (I only have 12 on hand), but I've noticed that when a bunch of magnets are in
> > swivel holders near each other, they tend to orientate themselves in an
> > unhelpful direction.
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> I like how you worded that; I laughed out loud. :)
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> I wonder if I'm not the only one who saw the original ruleset (or heard the
> concept) and thought "Oh, well that's easy." Now getting into it, I realize how
> complex a challenge this one really is!
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> I am consistently trying to remind myself that in competitions like
> blockstacking, it was alarmingly dissapointing how infrequent robots would come
> across blocks while roving about. Even though the playing feild could be
> absolutely littered with them, an improperly designed "mouth" or too small a
> robot would miss the majority of them. It is a possibility that durring the 3
> minute round of this competition, a robot may only encounter 1 or 2 cans! This
> may allow designs to be simplified.
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> I'm even thinking of just building a robot that can hold *any* can (A/B steer +
> Gripper), as a safety, to fall back on if I can't come up with anything else
> instead. :)
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> -Iain
Yep, ditto. I also wondered what's to keep someone from pointing their robot at
the heaviest can and pressing Run?
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| (...) Presumably, the cans could be placed in the field after the robots were positioned in their starting corners? And the rules do say "Each robot will start in one corner of the play area at a 45 degree angle". ...but I hear you. :) Are the cans (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I like how you worded that; I laughed out loud. :) I wonder if I'm not the only one who saw the original ruleset (or heard the concept) and thought "Oh, well that's easy." Now getting into it, I realize how complex a challenge this one really (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jan-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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