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| | | Today's lego contest was a great success and I want to thank everyone who came out today. You helped make it better. Thank You. As usual, after the games several people went out to our favorite hang out and came up with a possible new game. From the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno writes: <snip block sorter description> Hey, this sounds like a really neat contest. I bet the Ferrari brothers would be able to do well, they showed a tic tac toe playing 'bot at the first Mindfest. It was (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | "Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BC7CADA.508501...ome.com... (...) It was so much fun!! (...) *claps wildly and cheers* :) WHOOO...OOO!!!! An' I'm not sayin' whooo coz I rode the rt for about three hours last night :) (...) (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Chris Magno
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| | | | | (...) Well, after 24 hours and a bit of playing around. I think it is safe to say that the wall thickness will be 2 studs and the colour of the blocks shall be white. I'm waiting for final word but i think the cell walls will be made of black (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | "Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BCA6111.ACDC8D...ome.com... (...) Great! That leaves a lot of great room for griping the edges of the blocks with the EOAT, and the fact that the plates are 2by will let us have the grid be (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) K, first I'm very happy that the event went off well. Next, so disappointed that I wasn't there! This new competition sounds great. I vote that Iain wins right now ;) I'm going to start building right away. See you Friday Dave (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | (...) While talking with co-workers today someone came up with a "cheat" that is NOT in the spirit of the game. With this In mind your robot is NOT allowed to pick up the entire game board and shake all the blocks into a magazine then re-sort them (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | (...) Why is that a cheat? I disagree. It's harder to build a machine that tips the board and collects the pieces, then drops them into position. In fact, you'd have to build two devices: A tipper and collator/assembler at the bottom edge, as well (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | | "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GL9wCv.Fot@lugnet.com... (...) or (...) No no, Chris said it would be okay for me to collect them into a 2by8 nest off the main grid. (...) limit (...) I can't think of too many ways (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Correct. But what I'm arguing is Chris' statement of: (...) Notice he says "with the smarts to "see" a problem and change the pattern of blocks to the one specified". Your design wouldn't even see it, if you grab them all first and put them (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) WOW, what a GREAT idea!! Ok, new rule. it would not be in the spirit of the game if your robot did not pay homage to me is some respectful way. :) Wow, I feel this power all of a sudden. very liberating. Excuse me, my people are calling me. I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | "Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BCB9C74.40BC09...ome.com... (...) Perhaps the pattern we should be making is a 4by4 resolution mosiac of you? :) Iain (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | | | | | "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GLA1H9.6Kq@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) grab (...) already (...) That's why I feel guilty. I was going to have it look at what cells have blocks though, and then pick the blocks out of (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Iain says: (...) DON'T!!! what you propose is still block processing. and it was CALUM who interpreted my poor "spirit definition" to say you are out of the rules. LOOK. I'm getting bored of this thread. If someone wants to process lego blocks with (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) My vote? I go with bricks (or plates). Matters not to me :) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Oh I have some ideas ;) In order for one of my ideas to work, I need the top of the blocks to be tiled. You let me worry about how the 3x3 block is sitting in the 4x4 square. I am also so impressed by the delta v 'bot pics that Iain had a link (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Chris and I were chatting on the phone and because Chris doesn't want to sound despotic anymore, he told me to outline why I think this isn't such a great idea: -Everyone needs to have the same board. -Finding white tiles is very hard. We've (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | In one post Calum Rants: (...) then in a second post Calum drones on about: (...) Look, Calum, I understand you had a hard day at work, I heard that the subway system was screwy for a bit BUT that is no reason to go on and on. (smirk) OK, all (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Martin Scragg
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I have this piucture of a robot that imitates a ten pin bowling alley: Grabber comes down and picks up the blocks that are already in place, an arm scrapes the rest of the pieces off the tray into a hopper, it somehow reloads the empty slots (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | | "Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BCB95FC.C33086...ome.com... (...) Now I feel guilty. Iain (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | (...) I don't think we should focus on a type of solution, but just a problem that can be solved by many solutions. The argument against such specialization would be, if you dictate what kind of solution one wants to see, you might as well paint it (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | Iain, I posted a huge thing then realized that i never answered your question. Yes you can store the blocks off the board. DAVE: (...) umm, no. I'll post pictures of my idea of a game board later. If you tile the cell then the blocks could shift (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | "Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BCB6026.19A5EE...ome.com... (...) Okay, phew. That allows me to make up for my lack of understanding of complex processing :) (I can do sequence-driven events no problem. It's when I have to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Benjamin Medinets
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| | | | | | | | (...) have you seen if you can get the metroliner correction kit? Or whatever it is to make yours correct. (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | "Benjamin Medinets" <bmedinets@excite.com> wrote in message news:GLA4Is.Cyx@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) I called, and they said they would send it off to me. Iain (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, it's cool now, eh?! Who was dissing this at the dinner just Saturday night? :) Swarming...four bar motion...we'll have to add 3x3 upside down interlocking with a four by four grid to that list :) Calum (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —David Koudys
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| | | | (...) white tiles on the blocks and grey tiles in the cells? just wonderin' Dave (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest —Iain Hendry
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| | | | "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:GL92yr.1B7@lugnet.com... (...) tiles? (...) That might make it a fair bit more difficult to position the blocks though, wouldn't it? With a tiled surface, the 3by3 bricks could slide (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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