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Re: April 25th, 2009 SMART meeting
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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:26:13 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.smart, David Schilling wrote:
> Sorry for the somewhat late notice, I've been out of town and didn't realize I
> hadn't posted what the next mini-challenge was yet.
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> Our next SMART meeting is on April 25th, at 2pm at DigiPen.
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> The mini-challenge we voted on at the last meeting was to do obstacle sumo:
> build a sumo robot that will push it's opponent off a field with a heavy
> obstacle in the middle. The obstacle will be a 2 quart milk carton, either
> standing upright or lying on its side. The field will be 3' diameter, white
> center, with a 2" black edge. Robots, to take part in the mini competition
> should have a 12"x12" maximum size, and weigh under 2 lb. Robots will start on
> opposite sides of the obstacle, with at least a tiny portion of them over the
> black edge, but otherwise the orientation is up to the owner. First robot to
> touch the ground loses.
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> Robots should have a 5 second wait before starting to move, and each round will
> be about a minute long. We haven't decided what the result of a match will be if
> you push the obstacle off, but chances are it won't happen. Besides being heavy,
> we'll put a non-stick pad under it.
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> The idea is that you can't just blindly use your ultrasound sensor to find your
> opponent, and also that you can't just try pushing your opponent straight across
> the middle of the field.
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> I hope there are a lot of entries! This sounds like it will be a very
> challenging event!
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> See everyone there in two weeks!
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> --
> David Schilling
A reminder about this weekend's SMART meeting. We'll meet at DigiPen at 2pm, as
usual. The mini-challenge is to build a sumo robot that can handle an immovable
object (we hope :-) on the field. Don't forget the 5-second wait before moving
in your program.
--
David Schilling
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