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Re: Rope Climbing and Can Crushing at BrickBots.Com
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:04:13 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.^nospam^net>
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sjbaker1@airmail.IHATESPAMnet
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Amnon Silverstein wrote:
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> Doesn't a machine that does nothing score perfectly? If so, my entry is an
> RCX sitting next to three cans. It finishes the instant it starts.
> You have a formula time * height * bonus = score, with small being better.
> So a robot that does no crushing in no time scores 0.
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> How about this formula instead:
> crush factor = (original can size)/(crushed can height)-1
> time factor = 100/(seconds+10)
> bounus factor = Only one set of RIS parts 2, otherwise 0.
> Score = crush * time + bonus
> High score wins
I'd better submit my model (which is one 2x1 plate and nothing else) it
scores 2 points...and may yet win if nobody succeeds in crushing a can
and everyone needs more than an RIS set to attempt it!
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 | | Re: Rope Climbing and Can Crushing at BrickBots.Com
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| Hi There, Hmm, you found the loophole! Okay, the rules have been changed to indicate that all cans must be crushed at least 50%. This should prevent the instant win, but still keep the formula as it was. The updated formula is a good one, but since (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Rope Climbing and Can Crushing at BrickBots.Com
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| Doesn't a machine that does nothing score perfectly? If so, my entry is an RCX sitting next to three cans. It finishes the instant it starts. You have a formula time * height * bonus = score, with small being better. So a robot that does no crushing (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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