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Re: Sumo-Train Competition
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Date: 
Mon, 13 May 2002 16:36:24 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Jeff Elliott writes:


Larry Pieniazek wrote:

In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Benjamin Medinets writes:
I was thinking this morning how cool it would be to have this kind of
competition.

Imagine this:

RCX controlled train...3 cars, first car would have the train motor (train
engine car), second car would have the RCX (coal car), and the third car
would have the mechanism to knock off your buddy's/competitor's train off
his/her tracks ("crane car")


Of course with two crossovers you then have to add collision avoidance


Pardon?

Collision avoidance in a train sumo event.... Nahhhhhhh :)  Perhaps
collision detection - so you can accelerate... >:)

Um, I think you would want to avoid those you were likely to lose and
accelerate for those that you were likely to do well in... (if you clip the
tail end of the other train at speed striking a square blow, you are likely
to do well... if you are the clippee you are not, just one example)

Forgive if you were just riffing... I answered seriously because collisions
seem part of the overall strategic problem to solve.



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  Re: Sumo-Train Competition
 
(...) Pardon? Collision avoidance in a train sumo event.... Nahhhhhhh :) Perhaps collision detection - so you can accelerate... >:) Jeff E (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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