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One idea that I always wanted to persue was autonomus car racing, nascar style. I thought of setting up a small oval on a 4x8 sheet of plywood and marking the entrance to the corners in one shade, inside boundries(3' from the wall) in a second shade (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Now that's a well cool idea! We could set up 'formulas' based on the parts usable by the cars and the programming allowed, something like Formula 3 - standard RIS kit only, regular/NQC RCX code Formula 2 - standard RIS kit only, any (BrickOS, QC, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If this is a race (as opposed to a set of solo time trials) then I think you need some way for cars to avoid each other. Maybe requiring each car to have a 'tail light' at a specified height so that a forward facing light sensor could detect (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Good idea! I was thinking more in terms of bumpers but taillights and forward pointing light sensors is much better. That would allow a robot coming from behind to setup a pass without hitting the robot in front. Perhaps the sensor input used (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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maybe it would be better if u could cause accidents ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Jansson" <GJansson@aol.com> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Newbie has an idea - Nascar style (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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