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| | | (...) If we painted rings around the pipe before the junction--2 black stripes mean take left junction, 1 ring means take right junction... There's your code, your sensors, and your maze. Dave K (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —Chris Magno
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| | | | | (...) I like it!!!! A LOT!!!!! not bad for a guy from hamilton. (do the mills still belch fire on days like this?) Chris (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | (...) ...except if your robot is hanging upside down from the pipe, becuase it's all a matter of perception at that point. :) Iain (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —Jeff Elliott
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| | | | | (...) Electrical tape. Yup, seems good. If we liked, we could put two codes on the pipe: On say, the right hand half, we put essential signals (which direction to take) and on the left-hand side, we put more informative signals (like, 90 degree up (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) I also think that 'blind alleys' off a 't' or a 'y' junction should go about a foot or two and just stop abruptly, so if your 'bot wasn't smart enuf to go the 'right' way, it could just drop off the maze alltogether Dave K (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —Rob Stehlik
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| | | | (...) I like it too! Now whats the object? To get from one end to the other as fast as possible? There certainly isn't much need for the RCX, but I suppose it would be nice to have the robot figure out which way to turn... Would the pipe maze be (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) ONE ROBOT: Get from one end to the other OR TWO ROBOTS: We have a symmetrical maze and start the robots out from both ends. The center is marked, and whoever is further into enemy territory wins. Goes from navigating treed pipes to sumo at the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Brickfest Pipe Racers —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | (...) No I don't want a contest that I'd actually do for 14. I want to spend time on Altenburg. Derek (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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