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Re: Connect Four game issues
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:47:49 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> I guess (and I here Mario and Iain complaining already) the precision for
> Connect Four is less than the precision required for Project X.
:)
On one plane it's easy, but the other is a little bit more tricky, I supose
(since the chips are thin).
> That looks right. We need to be more specific-including where I can physically
> grab onto the board the entire game. We can't leave the board freestanding. IT
> has to be sort of like the tower next to a rocket-there's all sorts of arms and
> walkways attached to the rocket--same thing, each robot needs places to hold
> onto the gameboard and those palces need to be defined. I'm not above drilling
> pin/axle sized holes in the gameboard for this purpose.
Huh? Why does the robot have to grab onto the board? If you want to do that,
just say, you can grab onto the left side of the board (as per ASCII diagram).
No holes needed, you just make a spring loaded pincer or something. That's no
biggie.
> I hope so. I spoke to Mario this morning (about PICs) and he's interested too.
> Most people at the dinner were interested.
I just need a programmer. :)
Iain (who always loses at board games)
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| (...) You can't grab the board. The base the board is attached to has some techinc beams along the bottom that you can attach your bot/gantry to for indexing purposes using Technic pins or axles... That way, you can guarantee no obstructions due to (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) See the post about IR. Mechanical works well so kids can play the robots. That could very well be a qualifying-have someone play a full game with the unit without failure. (...) Sounds right to me--it's not a big deal to buy a game board. God (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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