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(...) This is kind of tough. My initial thought was to "tip the scale" towards a robot that can not only play, but also clear the board. However, I doubt anyone will be able to build a robot, then go back and add-on the "Clear-the-board" feature. It (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) I'm really on the fence. I just think it may limit either the number of entrants, or the number of competitive entrants. On competition day I'd like to see many (a dozen?) competitive robots, not 3 or 4 that are head and shoulders above the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Ok, I'll assume I didn't say this in the message you replied to: On Fri, November 4, 2005 9:45 am, Steve Hassenplug wrote: (...) Here's my suggestion for scoring: 1) The event winner will be the robot that wins the most matches. 2) Each match (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) How exactly are we defining clearing, and are both robots going to be attempting such clearing at the same time? I have visions of the "clearing" phase being a place we can all apply our Sumo robots... Perhaps a "self-reseting" system should (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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Ok, let me pose this question. In our Tic-Tac-Toe game, Should we offer a time bonus (subtract some time) for a robot that can clear the board after the game is over? Assuming robots will play two games against each other robot, that means each (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) I'm ok with that. :) But, of course, you guys know I'll spend the time & resources to build such a robot. (...) I'm OK with that. Anyone else? Steve (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) It just seems like we would probably be handing 1st place (or the top few spots) to builders who had the time & resources to build 2 rcx robots or 2 separate robots. I'm not sure we should do this. Yes, most people who are likely to (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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Kerby accidentally sent this to me... On Thu, November 3, 2005 4:07 pm, Kerby Hughes wrote: I kind of have mixed views about this. (Keep in mind that I haven't actually tried to build anything for 3T yet) If I was trying to build a robot that could (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) To address the first point, take a look at the large number of solutions to the "Project X" challeng in the rtlToronto newsgroup. One of the first things I built as a new Mindstorms user was a Project X 'bot, *because* I was curious how to do (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Actually, planning for future events (like 3T) is also good. So, thanks. (...) ... (...) Why does it need to be limited to a single RCX? Of all the people who are likely to participate, can you think of any that are limited to one RCX? Also, (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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I know alot of you guys are focusing on Chibots right now but... So I actually felt like building last night and was thinking of tic-tac-toe. We had talked about awarding a time bonus to robots who could clear the board of their blocks after a game. (...) (19 years ago, 3-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Kevin, If you can regulate when the balls come through the machine, something like this would be very fun to watch. The cool part is making it "look" like it could fail at any time, but making it so it actually won't fail... At BrickFest, (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Looks great! (...) I was thinking of something along the lines of a construction site, like in cartoons. The balls dodge jackhammers, fall off high places landing on something safely below, and narrowly avoid swinging beams. It would be fun to (...) (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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I have a bunch of cool stuff in the works. First, is a still-in-progress robot, "3X". Here's a preview picture: (URL) designed for outdoor "RoboMagellan" type events ((URL) It's still very much in-progress, but right now it has a few cool parts (...) (19 years ago, 31-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) The module was made by Greg Dykstal, but I can tell you a bit about it. I don't mean to say anything bad about it, but it was a "young" module, without a great deal of testing time. Of course, it was also one of the most complex. So, it ended (...) (19 years ago, 28-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.technic)
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Hi Steve, (...) Wow! very nice display! How is it actuated? How are the balls detected and how fast can the module count them? Philo (19 years ago, 28-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I know what you mean. I did the same at BrickFest... (URL) can really tell how much he loves what LEGO is, and he really seemed to enjoy thee GBC. (...) One of the guys in our club made a counter, with a 4 digit display... (URL) problem is the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.technic)
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Hello Mario, Steve & all (...) It was a great pleasure to be able to build a bigger GBC, an even greater one to see the sparks in the eyes of children... The consecration came tuesday when I was able to talk about GBC with KKK himself ;o) (...) I (...) (19 years ago, 28-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, that's why there's a sumo ring in the middle of my very messy livingroom floor. I'm kindof likeing this minisumo thing - they're, well, "cute". But there's really not a lot of room for the minifig ;-). (...) Sounds very nice - I've not (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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Getting ready for Chibots... I pulled together a new GBC module last night...needs some reliability tweaking for dropping balls off the lift...oh, and it needs an in box...but it works pretty good for iteration 1 of a new lift...it is a conveyer (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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