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Re: another step closer to being a serious robotics competitor
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Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:58:38 GMT
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> 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.
Well said Calum! I wholeheartedly agree! I think this is the smartest thing
anyone has ever said pertaining to robotics design. I learned this the hard
way over the past year. Sure, it sometimes helps to have a zillion parts to
choose from, but usually limited resources force more creativity. Of all the
'fancy pieces I have aquired in the last while, like flex axles, pneumatics,
cables, clutch gears, etc I almost never use them. Necessity is the mother
of invention. If you read my 'story' on my sites home page, you can laugh
about my attempts to make a regular hobby motor a Lego compliant motor. Just
because I wanted to motorize my lego so bad. Anyway, thanks for a good post!
Rob
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