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Re: Modular Connect 4 robots?
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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:31:34 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
Hey guys,

I had an idea.  What if people built their robots in a modular fashion?

There's always a mechanism RCX and a logic RCX.  The logic RCX runs the game
engine and tells the mechanism brick what todo.  Everything is functionalized
into "Drop at Column N", "I'm done dropping" and "Scan the Board" and "Here's
the board bitmap".


Gee...I wonder why we don't do that for every game?

Oh, I remember, we’re strongly independent and we encourage innovative and
unique solutions to a problem. How many times have you argued that exact point?



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  Re: Modular Connect 4 robots?
 
(...) Because in this game, Bruce, there are a lot of people who won't be able to do the software part at all. Breaking apart the software AND hardware doesn't discourage any innovative or unique solutions. You can have a really cool way of scanning (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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Hey guys, I had an idea. What if people built their robots in a modular fashion? There's always a mechanism RCX and a logic RCX. The logic RCX runs the game engine and tells the mechanism brick what todo. Everything is functionalized into "Drop at (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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