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Re: Robotics Competitions / Contests online
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:02:11 GMT
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If there is, I don't know about it.
I'd love to participate. Let me know if you need any help!
Jason
In lugnet.robotics, Richard Sutherland writes:
> Hello Folks,
>
> It has been a while since I participated here (my brick collection was
> flooded last winter!) and I am glad to see the community is even more active
> than I remember. One of the activities I enjoyed most last year was
> participating in contest and competitions. Not only did they provide great
> ideas for building robotics projects, the submissions always taught me a
> thing or two.
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> As I am getting back into the swing of things, I have found several
> competitions scattered around the net, some sponsored by LUG's, some by
> universities and others by TLG itself. What I did not find was some sort of
> central contest repository.
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> What I imagine is a website that will:
> -accept suggestions for contests
> -facilitate a short discussion on the merits/rules/conditions of submitted
> contsts
> -accept entries (robots) for the contests during the contest period
> -Determine a winner based on time/points/etc.
> -Maintain an archive of contests/entries (this may be esp. useful for
> educators that need suggestions for class activities)
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> Initially the contests would be challenge-like and score-at-home, but if the
> geography was right and demand was high, there could be actual competitions
> involving a real life get together with multi-robot competitions.
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> I have the expertise to build and run the site, would love to participate in
> such a site, and I am pretty sure I have the time. Now the questions: Is
> this already being done? Is anyone interested in this sort of website?
>
> Any feedback would be welcome
>
> Richard
> email: Richard at Webbox dot com
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