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Sorry about the late notice. Tomorrow, we'll have our Lafayette LEGO Robotics Club meeting at the West Lafayette Library from 3:00 to 5:00. Bring your Tic Tac Toe robots, and be ready to see what everyone else has created. Check out the Tic Tac Toe (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | LafLRC meeting this Sunday
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Ok, there WILL be an LafLRC meeting this Sunday from 3-5. Unfortunately, we're not sure WHERE it will be. It's our first meeting sense FLL. Andy H. and I will be talking to someone tonight about a new place, so keep checking right here. Sorry for (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Creating a GBC for a train layout, chapter 2
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(...) Parallel tracks usually have eight studs between them, because that's the spacing you get when you add a siding. It's also the spacing you get if you put cross tracks across them. In fact, the 16x16 cross track is the best piece to work out (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Creating a GBC for a train layout, chapter 2
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Another apect I was recently thinking about is where tracks usually cross baseplates. For instance, is it "easier" to get a straight section right next to the edge of a 32x32 baseplate, or six studs away? Or eight? Or... what? Does this always have (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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I still might construct a 6x6 cell version of the board for use with kids (if my robot is easily adaptable. This would probably improve my drop reliability to about 100%... I actually sat and played 23 games without modifying the robot last night. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: NEIRG & Stock Class Sumo
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(...) I'm planning on line following (probably with Trellis again - I've yet to radically improve the design, I might need to start from scratch) and the Maze (because I *know* I can do better than my one other attempt). And I really should enter a (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) Fair enough. As it stands right now, my robot is best suited to entertaining the kids while the "real" competitors fight it out :-). (...) True: and if we had used 3x3 cubes, I could have fit it in a smaller package :-). Personally, I wouldn't (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) We need to remind Kerby to also vote "no"... :) (...) Not a problem. We understand why you made the decision. :) (...) And, you know, also. (...) Much better. Now the robot will only lose 1 in 10, instead of 1 in 2... :) We've been talking (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) It sounds like the carriage has become a castle. Is there still room for a minifig guard on the fortress wall :) ? (...) I hear you. Next time if we really need color distinguishablility, we test first. (...) so... you still used the same (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) When does the robot need to be ready? Has a final date for competition been set yet? Bryan (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | NEIRG & Stock Class Sumo
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Well - I spent a couple of hours Saturday with my nephew and his new Mindstorms kit he got for Xmas. We directed our attention toward the SEIRG stock class Sumo on Feb 25 at Science Central in Fort Wayne. I am proud to say that my nephew came up (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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UNCLE - I give up - okay already - now I just want to kick all of your butts in the competition :) Just because I didn't show up on January 2nd... I see how you are :) (...) Just goes to show that there was an error in the board design. If the board (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Brian Davis wrote: -snip- (...) On the hardware side, the biggest change is that my cube magazine now moves side-to-side with the RCX/arm carriage assembly. The arm is still the only thing that moves out over the playing (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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Well, I just got back from my ski trip. I read quite a few e-mail while I was gone, but I have over 200 NXT e-mails still waiting. As to the tiles in the bottom of the 3T board... (...) The first problem I see with adding tiles is that it will (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) It's a good point. For one thing, for anybody who wants to use a light sensor to "look" at the cells, the bottom would have to be a standard color. And on top of that, each board would require nine 1x1 ties of the chosen color. Tough. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) Nudging the cubes was part of the original discussion as I remember it, with the idea that it would be used *if needed* for the *first cut*. Ultimately, I think all the robots should function within the tightest spec possible, which is why I (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) Wait a minute... You guys are willing to accept a human "nudge" of a cube as part of the spec, and you call adding tiles making the challenge easier?? I guess I don't see a human nudge as an acceptable part fo robot operation. Especially when (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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Well, in the very first iteration of the board proposal I actually did have tiles in the bases of each square. But Steve had me take them out because he didn't figure anybody would have that many tiles. I'm willing to defer to everybody else's (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) True, but... I guess my main concern is that as it stands, everybodies can work (I think) with an occassional nudge or human touch to "correct" a cube. And we said that would be OK, for at least the first trial. I don't see a reason to make (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: 3T Board Change Suggestion
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(...) Either way, tiles at the bottom of the cell would allow the robot to "push" the cube back in the hole so it isn't cocked. (...) My robot also supposedly has .5 stud accuracy..but :) (...) Dropping cubes on their sides does not overcome this (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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