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Re: A modest proposal/challenge/whatever: 'bot wrestling
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Sat, 18 Mar 2000 02:56:32 GMT
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in article 20000317185227.4930.qmail@web906.mail.yahoo.com, Brian Connors at
lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote on 3/17/00 10:52 AM:
> Lego Wrestling, anybody?
>
> It's sort of a natural extension of something like
> Robotag and is vaguely inspired by the WWF's Brahma
> Bull Rope match.
WWLM? :)
> Basically, two robots get in a
> circular, one-meter-wide ring, are lashed together
> with a plastic or twine lanyard about a quarter meter
> apart (so they don't have to worry about finding each
> other),
There should be a standard for how the lanyard should attach to the robot.
A standard assembly of some kind. Perhaps it should incorporate a swivel
and be mounted on the top. Or do you just want to have it hooked to the
side of the robot?
> and then try to either throw each other out of
> the ring (a la sumo)
It would help if the robots knew the limits of the ring. Perhaps a warning
stripe painted on the floor a few inches inside the actual perimeter of the
ring.
> or immobilize/incapacitate each
> other.
Who wins in this circumstance?
> Winner is last 'bot standing after thirty
> seconds.
I think that thirty seconds is a bit too short of a time limit. Give the
poor things time to figure out what to do! I'd suggest that if nobody has
won within two minutes then the match is a draw.
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> Thoughts? I'm doing a writeup right now on one way of
> doing it, and I'll have it up next to the (shameless
> plug) What Set Should I Buy FAQ at
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> http://www.geocities.com/connorbd
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> early next week.
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> /Brian
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> =====
> --
In the MIT Lego competitions, individual robots have to qualify by being
able to beat an inert block. If they can't score higher than the block,
they probably won't do too well against a real opponent.
How would you qualify a RoboRoper bot? What sort of inert block would you
use?
How would you compete against a heavy bot with rubber treads that won't drag
worth beans?
I don't see a good way to make a robot that can upset the other one by
yanking on the rope. Trying to tow the opponent out will result in the In
my mind, this turns into a sumo competition. As far as I can see, the rope
can only be irrelevant (pushing the opponent out) or cause a tie (entangle
both robots). Maybe I missed something and need to spend more time thinking
about it.
Now, if you change the rope to a rigid rod, things start to get more
interesting.
--
Doug Weathers, http://www.rdrop.com/~dougw
Portland, Oregon, USA
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