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| | | Since for some odd reason I posted this to the ontario group, I'll repost it here so someone other then Calum and Dave might see it. Ok, so for the last while people have been bugging us about not doing Sumo events. And we always say they've been (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —David Koudys
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| | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote: <snip> (...) What? Who Me?? Nyaah, I only read rtlToronto... There are other NG's here? Hadn't noticed. Dave K (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) Hi Derek, I'd love to compete in this competition. I have task relevant knowlegde with respect to bipeds. I cannot travel to the *next* North American quadrantLEGO get together, nor the ability to travel to Toronto for the next competion. Doug (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | (...) There's a guy in Seattle that runs the "Workshop 3D" challenges a couple times a year. They added a walking sumo earlier this year. (URL) sure David Schilling could tell you more about it. They should have another one around November. Steve ps (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) What about two wheeled Sumos? That would be interesting. Kevin (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | (...) In a watching drunken fratboys puking on the dorm room floor kind of way. There's a hole in that one in that I can build a robot with one motor and two power puller or 8466 wheels and call that my sumo robot. That gets boring. Sumo is a boring (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | (...) Cool Liquid Sumo. Each player pukes a different colour into the ring and we see which one pushes further into the other ones space. Derek (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | (...) I think I could do that. Can we use custom sensors! :) It's Legway, the sumo... How about a contest where you have to balance. They bump into each other (like real sumo guys) and the match is over when one robot falls over. The robot must be (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) Sure. I'll get right on that, right after the Castle balladeering, the Pirate adventure role playing game we're putting on November. :) (...) The problem with any way of "spicing up" sumo is that you rule out potential design approaches which (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | | (...) ... (...) No, the task is to build a balancing robot that can push over another balancing robot. (...) hmm. You mean like every form of auto racing? Try build a car to go as fast as you can. But the car has to follow these rules. Or playing (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | (...) There's a difference. The task of say getting black bricks out of a box of rice is not the same as "build rice sorting robots". One of them implies a way to do something up front. (...) There's rules which need to be there to keep things from (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) Well hello Mr. Fancypants--like the banter about television is distracting from the "rtl"ness of the board! ;) Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | my diet.... —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | (...) (SNIPAGE) (...) yep, all that other off topic stuff was really getting on my nerves. I for one will try to refrain from posting about my gastronomic endeavors. Chris for lunch i have McDonalds. they gave me a free coupon saying that at (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: my diet.... —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) Moo moo moo... Reminds me of the secret cow level in DiabloII :) Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: my diet.... —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I was just thinking of that the other day, when I found an item called "Wirt's other leg" playing WC3 :) The item description was something like "Some poor adventurer brought this with him, hoping to find some secret bovine slaughter" :) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, back to the original subject of this thread. "Walker Sumo" That kind of implies a way to do something up front. In a normal sumo event, few people would enter a walking sumo, even if it is allowed by the rules. It wouldn't have much (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Ouch!!! that hurt! :) Chris I'll just humbly sit hear and fling my blocks. (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, I was never a fan of the idea of walker sumo. It's an interesting idea, but I've never seen a good excuse for a walking robot that wasn't other than for the novelty of the entire affair. Research (ie, Mars explorers) or entertainment (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) W R O N G !!!! W R O N G !!!! W R O N G !!!! well, maybe the pipe racer game as dumbed down.... that's like sumo on a pipe. BUT calling the rice game a bastardized version of sumo is like saying that calum is not chinese the rice game is a (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) ... This evokes a mental image that I ***really really*** wasn't looking for, especially given that I have to drive home (5.5 hours of driving) in less than an hour and may not be able to flush it out in time. If you hear of a horrific car (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | (...) yoru (...) SHUT UP!!!...!!! I'll have you know that "Tercel" means "Male Hawk." I drive a butch car. NYA. Accord means like, "friendly love". Want some stick-on bathtub flowers for your rear bumper? Iain (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Walker Sumo Revisited. —Iain Hendry
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| | | | (...) yoru (...) By the way, it would be perfectly possible to make a vehicle that can go 300 km/h with an engine from a Tercel. Iain (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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