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I've considered that concept, but I wanted to avoid a variation of line following. In real racing, drivers go full throttle until a specific braking point. the faster riders generally brake later without screwing up the corner By defining the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) why? Is line following bad? It will be IMPOSSIBLE to build an autonomus NASCAR style car from Mindstorms. You just can't get enough information about the track & your position into the RCX. (...) With the gray-scale scheme Gus suggested, a (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Kinkos will do black and white, 3ft by however long, for relatively cheap. Color is expensive, but b&w isn't. (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes - I agree - but having a second 'formula' to allow for the experts to race honking great machines with multiple RCX's and a dozen motors would be nice. (...) Most people don't have access to plotters. The most likely thing that everyone (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. But start simple. (...) As Brass said, Kinkos can do 3' by X Or, I'm sure it would be possible to make a Word document that can be taped together. (...) 2'x4'? no, that's much too small. (This may be where we loose people) I was thinking (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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