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| (...) Could you treat it as a broken line? That is, only 'see' the part of the line that is on a straight path through the zigzag. I assume you have to program the robot to ignore the cross line of the loop in the course pictured: (URL) the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) True, but this is not what I was thinking of. If you could follow the line, and correlate it with the map you have, you could realize that you were approaching the zig-zag, and just go straight..... Kev (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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| (...) What did you bring to NWBrickCon? The next SMART meeting is scheduled for November 19. Normally we meet at Digipen, a collage for games programming, in Redmond. You can find more information about upcoming meetings, including a map link, at: (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| (...) Actually, I think if someone could design a robot that would "appear" to follow a memorized line, that would be encouraged, because it's all about advancing robotics. However, wouldn't that be like going though a line-maze, without looking at (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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| (...) I'm kind of kicking myself for taking my robot to NorthWest BrickCon, which while it obviously had far far more Lego than Robothon, didn't have the emphasis on robotics of Robothon. I only found out after the events that Robothon was taking (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Re: Identify a zig
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| (...) Probably, but (a) the organizers have said they would use the same course, (b) the "zig zag" portion is a very specific barrier. While memorizing the course ahead of time might not be the intent, in the event description they encourage folks (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Identify a zig
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| (...) Is it considered cheating if the robot has the course memorized before the first run? Kev (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Identify a zig
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| (...) Steve, Well you know how bad I am at programming and all, but my first thought on this was something like this... light sensor (LS)1 goes black then LS! & LS@ go black then LS1, LS2, and LS3 go black (depending on thickness and orientation of (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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| We had a very busy and exciting weekend at Robothon 2005. SMART had two tables where we demonstrated some of our robots and showed a video of our the last Crate Contraption that David, Mark, and I put together. Our table was manned by Brad, David, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Update (was re: October Sandlug meeting)
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| (...) In a private conversation among the locals it has decided that October 22nd works best for most so that will be the date. Remember mark your calendars! Adr. (21 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, FTX)
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