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Re: What I'm going to bring to the zoo
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Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:43:01 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
> OK, after some on and off hiatus I'm going to try to devote some more
> time to rtl.
About time. Now find us a community center location for rtlToronto14. Sheesh.
Arson. Rebuilding place of employment. Pfft.
> I know calum said to bring an animal themed robot but lets be blunt....
> I cant see that happening. I had a bugger of a time building "chain
> saw dude"
> so calum, do we have to bring a zoo robot or will any cool robot do???
> can dave bring LOR?
A zoo robot would be ideal--primarily because it would match the event theming
and the venue itself.
First off, the robot has to be freestanding. LOR would be fine-in fact, ideal,
because there's a "mecha" display in the show which it would look great next to.
We can't bring any extraneous hardware-ie, playfields, etc. as the train layout
takes a majority of the community tent. Ideally, the robot should be able to be
showcased either on the ground (LOR would be ideal here), being held, or on some
component of the show hardware (ie, crawling up a tent pole).
Actually, a pole climber would be a REALLY cool demo. Okay, anyone want a
challenge? Build a pole climber that can crawl up a vertical pole.
> as well as my hill climb robot from R(whatever) I plan on bringing JUST
> the hill part.
> can Bruce bring his half a$$ attempts at a rice robot?
Difficult, as we won't have the playfield. We need to have stuff that has a
minimum of infrastructure. ie, no wooden playfields, ladders etc.
> Rob? do you still have that window walker?? I could bring a sheet of 1'
> x 3' clear lexan sheet?
You'd have to mount it somehow onto a base that can be free standing. The base
should be white to match the venue and show hardware. But the window walker
would be neat.
> or we could have a smash up derby.
> the Zoo fest is coming up VERY fast and if TLG (or whatever they call
> themselves now) show up and see just a bunch of train freaks then what
> will they think of toronto the great?
Uh, yeah. I dunno Chris. These guys, I haven't heard a peep from anyone about
Roadshow robotics. You'd think they were all getting soft on us. The challenge
is "Can rtlToronto build to a creative challenge?" Not a
six-guys-over-post-event-dinner-technical-project-x-like-challenge. Those are
easy for us. We've got that down pat. The hard part is actually rising to a
"Build us a robotic animal" type of challenge. It's hard work. Because with
say Project X, it doesn't have to look pretty. With a creative challenge, it is
actually hard--you have to actually make it look like, for example, a scary
monster.
Some succeeded brilliantly (John, JeffE) while others (Chainsaw dude) didn't :)
Take that with your morning coffee :)
Calum
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| (...) F.Y.A.T.H.Y.C.I.O. (...) BULL!!!!! if you train heads cant spare me a 2' square space for my hill climber then you're just going to have to have to do a train show somewhere else. this ain't survivor. you'll learn to share the table space OR (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Even after seeing Wild Windups (4093), Wild Collection (4101), and Little Creations (4401) on a store shelf, I wasn't sufficiently inspired to pick one up and build a mechanized animal for this event. I'm sure they are nice sets full of new (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| that potato gun that Shane and I made: (smirk) as well as my hill climb robot from R(whatever) I plan on bringing JUST the hill part. OK, after some on and off hiatus I'm going to try to devote some more time to rtl. I need a roll call from you (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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