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Two New Contests at BrickBots.Com
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:25:44 GMT
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Hello Builders,
Two new contest have started at BrickBots.Com!
Spinning Tops
Start Date: 2/26/01
End Date: 3/12/01
Score Type: Points
Description:
Build a robot to set one or more tops spinning for as long as possible. Tops
are to be constructed of a #6 axle and up to four additional Lego pieces.
Official Rules:
http://brickbots.com/rules.asp?cid=27
Inverted Pendulum
Start Date: 2/26/01
End Date: 3/12/01
Score Type: Points
Description:
A classic control problem: design a robot that balanaces a pendulum upside
down in a 2-D plane (imagine balancing a broom on your open palm). This is
an inherently unstable system whick makes it interesting.
Official Rules:
http://brickbots.com/rules.asp?cid=24
NOTE: The official rules are a bit loose, but this should be a fun contest
regardless! It is a difficult problem and any solution is a winner of sorts.
Thanks and good Building,
Rich
Rich at BrickBots dot Com
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) back when at the University of Waterloo, we designed a 2D inverted pendulum balancer on a plotter bed. The pendulum rotated a sensor, and we had to move the bed to keep it stable. You'd get bonus points for moving the bed in 2 dimensions.... I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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