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Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots
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Wed, 14 May 2003 19:36:37 GMT
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> Remember: A robot is complete not when there is nothing left to add,
> but rather when there is nothing left to take away.
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?
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Building Competition LEGO Robots
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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