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Re: Brickfest talk outline
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Sat, 20 Apr 2002 00:43:47 GMT
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
Hullo, Switchmaster-C!
> A while ago I mentioned we might want to do a talk at Brickfest about Lego
> Robotics competitions. It is entitled "Building Competition Robots".
What an excellent idea! It's like when Radonnaria suggested playing "Lemon
Scented Downy" with foam sticks and a hair weave.
> Here's the outline I've been working through. Please add your comments • and
> suggestions-I want to present the idea not building Lego robots (that's • been
> covered before) but the issues involved in building a robot for a design
> competition and the problems that arise due to it.
Okay, that seems to make sense.
> -rtlToronto Robotics Video
Which one? Will we cut a new one?
> 1. The Design Cycle
> -Component/Modular Design
...vs. Integrated design. Both have their place!
> -Sketching Ideas
Like what pen to use? Or what :)
> -Lego vs Reality
A very important one! Sometimes the most logical and proper solution that
you could do in real life you can't touch with LEGO.
> 2. Building
> -Motors: Installing & Bracing
> -Motors: What Can Be Controlled
> -Gear Ratios
8 to 40 makes Horrace torty
but 40 to 8 denies him a date
(with something pretty)
> 3. Programming
> -Open vs Closed Loop Control
...and where it's appropriate to use either one, perhaps?
> -Clean Modular Coding
Excellent!
> -Batteries: Your Friend and Enemy
What :)
> 5. Favourite Mechanisms
> -24t to Worm
> -Castor Design
I've got a linear actuator design I've used several times I wouldn't mind
showing... somehow.
Iain
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