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We ordered some sensors from HiTechnic a few weeks ago and they were shipped out right away with great communications and speedy service. :-] (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Winter mega challenge?
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(...) I was thinking IR proximity sensors (HiTechnic). Given the experience I have with them thus far, I think they would work well in the environment described in the rules. I think the final robot would likely require more than one RCX, given the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Winter mega challenge?
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(...) This sounds like it could be a good idea for next year. Thanks for suggesting it. We might alternatively consider a "SMART-Team" robot. Any ideas on how to accomplish that? The one thing that would make it quite difficult for Lego robots is (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Finding the rope
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(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Winter mega challenge?
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I was browsing the Seattle Robotics Club pages and saw the link to the fire fighting robot contest ((URL) is a northwest qualifier event for this held March 15 this year. While it is too late for this year, maybe we could consider this as a mega (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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