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Re: DIE... no just jealous
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:12:54 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Travis Kunce wrote:
> >
> > I hadn't heard that you were looking for some robotic competition, but we've
> > talked in the past about getting a robotics special-interest group going in
> > NELUG. Joe Comeau and I are pretty heavily into MindStorms, even though the
> > bulk of our recent work has revolved around writing 10-line NQC programs to
> > automate various aspects of our train layout. I know there are several other
> > club members who might be interested as well.
> >
> > Did you have any thoughts for a competition? Pose one to the group and start
> > talking trash, man! I'd certainly be up for this.
> >
> > "Two RCXes enter, one RCX leaves!!!"
> >
> > I cross-posted and set followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug to see if we can wake up
> > any local sleeper cells.
> >
> > - Chris.
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> I may not have been vocal enough about it in the past, but let me say it
> again... I'm dying to get some friendly competition going. I'm glad to hear
> that you're up to it... Including Jorge, that makes 3 of us.
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> If you'd like, I have a very simple sumo ring that i use for testing, and I
> would love to host a couple of people at my apartment any time in the coming
> weeks.
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> Let me know when you can handle getting crushed... I'll gladly set a date and
> time and will even draw up some quick rules for NELUG Street Sumo #1
>
> Bring the heat girls
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> -travis
Sumo sounds like as good a place to start as any. After all, 10-line NQC
programs are my specialty. I'll even have about nine lines left over for
comments!
In addition to coming up with rules for the specific challenge, you might also
want to draft a few general ground rules that would be in effect for all
competitions. Issues that have come up in other matches are things like whether
it is acceptable to erase your opponent's firmware, or deliberately cause
dammage to the opponent's RCX.
Specific contests sometimes have rules about the maximum initial size of any
contender, ie: each robot must fit inside a box of a certain size. You should
also spell out whether the robot must be completely autonomous or whether human
intervention and/or remote control are allowed. (Usually not!)
As we progress with this, we can also think about some challenges that require
more computation or intelligence. Many problems that are initially posed as
robotics challenges can actually be solved using pure Technic solutions, with a
motor and a battery box.
My battery box can crush your RCX any day of the week!
- Chris.
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