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RE: Connect Four game issues
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date: 
Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:57:09 GMT
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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.

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 clamping of the board.

Ralph



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  Re: Connect Four game issues
 
(...) But as Iain says, the tolerance on the width axis is much higher. Clamping the board allows you to control the tolerance. The further away you are from the base (ie, the top, where accuracy counts) the more it'll sway/bend etc. We should have (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: Connect Four game issues
 
(...) :) On one plane it's easy, but the other is a little bit more tricky, I supose (since the chips are thin). (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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