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Re: another step closer to being a serious robotics competitor
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Fri, 2 Nov 2001 05:27:15 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> I now I seriously need to "overhaul" my technic/mindstorm collection ...
> (at the moment, I still only have the camera and the RIS 1.5)
> Real crappy in comparison to a LOT of robotics die-hards.
> But I did go another step closer to be a competitor by getting my Pentium 266
> laptop / notebook.
> (and my technic/mindstorm collection will still SUCK!!!)
It's not the collection, it's the effort! Most of the best entrants into
the rtlToronto events often are people with very small amounts of Lego.
It's the R&D process of designing, prototyping, building, testing and
repeating it all over that builds the best designs, not what pieces or sets
one has. (In fact, it seems successful robots are ones that are tested,
tested and tested again) It might even be that having less often means you
do better because you're forced into maximizing the optimal use of what you
do have.
If you've got the RIS now, get started with it!
Side note: Originally, starting with rtl3, we made sure each game could be
done using the single RIS package. Admittedly, we've scaled a bit beyond
this (probably around rtl6), but I think we should get back to some form of
this at some point in the future. Drag racers would be an example. Quick
and dirty. Or long and complicated. But it would require a different kind
of innovation, which would really require someone to focus on the use of the
pieces beyond their original capacities/intents. Like, a wheel is a wheel.
But if you put it flat, it can be a brake.
Calum
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