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rtlToronto15: Pipe Racers-Feasibility?
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 8 Apr 2003 04:44:01 GMT
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Hey folks,
One of the concerns I've heard about rtl15: Pipe Racers and it's predecessor
event at BrickFest 2003, is that it may be too difficult to traverse a Y joint.
I'd like to take a survey as to whether or not people think this is possible
(the Y joint). Here's a scale from 1-5 in difficulty:
5: Project X
4: MIE310F Thermodynamics
3: Regime Change
2: Paypal in Canada
1: Duplo
To help you visualize, here's a mockup drawing of half of a typical
rtlToronto15 pipe maze--each robot has a symmetrical maze to traverse,
meeting in the center. Note that in the lower right corner, an enemy Pipe
Racer is speeding along just before the midpoint:
http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/people/tsangc/nglcl/rtl15piperacers.jpg
Also note the heavy use of microphone stands to support on the Y segments.
The Y segments not only allow for ease of support, they also make the game a
programming and hardware challenge.
Can it be done? Should it be just 45 and 90 degs?
Calum
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: rtlToronto15: Pipe Racers-Feasibility?
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| (...) things. (...) I think for a first go, it should just be 45 or 90 degree corners. I think the problem is challenging enough as it is. All this pipe stuff reminded me of this: (URL) the Y thing, does that mean that like, certain pipes are "Dead (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: rtlToronto15: Pipe Racers-Feasibility?
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| (...) This made me laugh my butt off!!!! I'm flattered that you might think Project X is much more difficult than Thermodynamic, and PayPay in Canada. I will not speak about #3 cause it makes me SICK! (lets not go there) Inspired by your fear of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: rtlToronto15: Pipe Racers-Feasibility?
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| (...) My first question: Do you want this to be a typical rtlToronto event, or should it be made 'easier' for Brickfest? (...) To really think about how difficult it is, I've been thinking about how to actually solve this. An easy design would have (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: rtlToronto15: Pipe Racers-Feasibility?
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| (...) This coming from an INDUSTRIAL engineer who knows NOTHING about Thermodynamics :) C'mon Calum, you didn't even take the course! (...) was to have dead ends and wrong paths to mess up the robot. Like Dave suggested, the proper path could be (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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