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Subject:	Re: Don't move I dropped a brick on the floor....
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:04:32 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: > Bruce and you complain about AC power every contest. What do Derek, JohnG, > Ivan, Iain think? > > What if someone built a robot that drove over to your side and cleaned out > behind the net so to speak and picked up any good bricks on your side back over > to its side? Wouldn't an AC power harness screw that up? This is bound to be a multiple RCX contest. Having to keep fresh batteries for testing and the actual events is a pain (sometimes access to the RCX can be difficult). We could say that if you are having a contest with a robot that does something like what you describe, then you should disconnect the AC - OR - you could simply lift the cable out of the way if the opposing robot would get tangled.

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		Re: Don't move I dropped a brick on the floor....
(...) I think those guys are freaks from some other planet. Clearly they have access to some sort of "super battery technology" that the rest of use can not access. LOOK, I have a few motors -- much like project X. (over 8) and if my robot is (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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		Re: Don't move I dropped a brick on the floor....
(...) Yeah, sure you do. I won't take the excuse you can't afford the batteries, that's too lame. But if there's a good excuse, ie, you need the power/current, then that's another story. Bruce and you complain about AC power every contest. What do (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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