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Re: (tentative) new Toronto lego robot contest
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Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:10:18 GMT
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> I realized in my post earlier that I just assumed I'd be permitted to have
> blocks leave the matrix to queue them in a secondary grid beyond the
> perimeter of the feild itself. Is that a safe assumption to make? Or is it
> possible a rule might exist that would restrict blocks from leaving the 4by4
> grid?
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 into
the "X" pattern.
So for the game assume that the board is nailed down!! it wont but just
pretend.
;)
we have 4 month to nail down all the rules. Would it be callous to ask
people that if they have some strategy that might violate "the spirit"
of the game that they post it (or e-mail it to me) so that we can let
you know.
The "spirit of the game" in this case can be defined as: We want to see
a
cartesian type robot (or robot arm) with the smarts to "see" a problem
and change the pattern of blocks to the one specified.
Always keep in mind that these games are designed to challenge our
minds and building skills. with no real prize for winning, you would
gain little by exploiting loop holes in the rules.
--
Chris
Visit my newly revamped walker page @
http://www.members.home.net/cmagno/technics/index.htm
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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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| "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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