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| | | 1. Liquid Carrier Last week's Junkyard Wars (Season 9 UK) had an excellent challenge called Smooth Riders. The idea was to build a vehicle that could carry an open vat of liquid-I think it was some sort of yellow paint/dye and water-across a bumpy (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Bruce Sheridan
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| | | | | (...) I assume the robots would run on the exterior of the pipe. Would the entire course be mounted above the floor? Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) Yes. Using two microphone stands or C clamps on each end we should be able to fix the entire contraption in the air. The robots would run on the exterior of the pipe. Originally the idea was to build a robot that ran on the inside of 4" PVC, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Bruce Sheridan
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| | | | | | (...) Sounds like an interesting challenge...I'd give it a shot. (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Jona Jeffords
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| | | | | | I read this ((URL) article from SlashDot today and the idea of a challenge that had robots stringing line of some sort through a series of pipes came to mind. I then found your post and thought I would share the links. If you go and look at the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:H6sCx4.MHz@lugnet.com... (...) open No see, because it's 500 mL, space between the unit and number, and the L has to be big because L is Litre :) I caught the last of this challenge on TV (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | (...) Everyone always talks about this line following or obstacle course thing. Having the container on top makes it more difficult and introduces ideas like motion dampening or control systems. (...) I think that's the point-you have to figure out (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: More contest ideas... —Jeff Elliott
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| | | | (...) Good idea in principle, but how to protect the electrical components of the Lego? I mean, we could use something non-polar like benzene, but... Plus it could get messy. And if we're doing messy, I say we should do my "Let Them Eat Cake"* (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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