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| | | Easy - the most important consideration is to keep it simple. Every feature or capability or software response you build in lets your bot DO something, but it adds failure modes. So does adding the feature improve your chance of winning more than (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | RE: Building Competition LEGO Robots —Ralph Hempel
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| | | | | (...) And another favorite line that I quoted in my Spybotics book is from Harry Miller of racing car design fame: "Simplify, then add lightness" Cheers, Ralph ---...--- Buy "LEGO Spybotics Secret Agent Training Manual" (URL) ---...--- Reply to: (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —Chris Magno
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| | | | | (...) I like this quote. I cant live by it... but it is a great quote. whose is it? -- Chris Why do solar calculators have an off button? (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) I like the quote, but for my 'bot building, I put it in the 'metaphysical' sense, instead of the physical sense. My robots are big, but very simple--I subscribe to the 'KISS' theory--keep it simple... Having lots of gears and motors and moving (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (URL) an example of a very big, but very simple 'bot. It's interesting to look at it now and see all the different modules there. But it worked, and the program was very simple. Note the V in the front--originally I ahd these arms that went out (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | | | I think your attitude toward the competition is important to. You can approach it in the I'm going to win this, the I'm going to see if I can build something that works or the I'm going to go nuts and see what happens. For the most part I'm in the (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —Wayne Young
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| | | | | | | (...) Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery Actually, as the builder of one of the bots that kept falling off (the only one?) I feel qualified to (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —Jeff Elliott
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| | | | | | (...) It's actually a lazy misquote of Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery: (wow, have enough names?) "La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien a ajouter, mais quand il ne reste rien a enlever." And I'm still too lazy to put the (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots —Rob Stehlik
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| | | | (...) This is a good quote. It is open to interpretation though. For example, cross bracing could easily be taken away without altering the robots functionality, but I think it is essential. I think there is a balance between holding the robot (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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