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Re: Finding the rope
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lugnet.org.us.smart
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Mon, 3 Mar 2003 03:30:46 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.smart, Mark Kenworthy writes:
> We've built a couple rope climbing robots, but both assume they are started
> pointed pretty much directly at the rope. One of them does a little
> searching to make sure it is lined up accurately, where as the other one
> gathers the rope in mechanically. Is this what is intended? A more
> elaborate search is certainly possible, but would take much more time for
> the robot to find the rope.
The challenge is mainly to start away from the rope, so anything you do to
find it and attach youself to it is okay. It would be cool to see a robot be
able to find it from a greater distance, or without facing it directly to
start with. If anyone wants a more challenging version than what has been
suggested before, there's something to try!
Since there's a lot of new people that have started attending in the last
year or so, they might not understand what mini-challenges are, or why we
have them.
Mini-challenges provide a good focus for our meetings. The main point behind
the mini-challenges is to see if you can build a robot that accomplishes
them. Out-of-the-box thinking is definitely encouraged. There's no right or
wrong answers. But if you find the challenge too easy, go ahead and modify
it to challenge yourself! That's why we define them so loosely!
Conversely, if a mini-challenge ever seems too difficult, go ahead and
simplify it. But in any case, don't let that stop you from bringing
something to the meeting that can partially accomplish the task. We learn
from every robot we build, whether it works as designed or not. We also can
learn from robots we see, again, whether they work or not.
That's what SMART is about!
--
David Schilling
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