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RE: Newbie has an idea - Nascar style racing?
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:06:34 GMT
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PeterBalch <PeterBalch@compuserve.com#spamless#>
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If you print the racetrack on A4 sheets you could rearrange them like a
jigsaw puzzle. Each sheet is a "Straight" or a "chicane" or a "90deg left"
or whatever. Before a race, the only thing the competitors know is that the
track will be constructed from a maximum of (say) 30 sheets.
Perhaps A4 is too small as a "unit" - two A4 sheets together would be
better. The pattern should be crosshatched rather than grey-scale so it's
more consistently reproduced on inkjet printers. And the sheets could be
downloaded off the web so anyone can set up their own track.
How about a "barcode" for the finish line or to signal an approach to a
bend? How about a Manhattan grid of streets with a barcode at the approach
to each junction telling the robot which way to turn?
Peter
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| (...) Even two A4 sheets would make for rather tight turns if it's going to fit together like a jigsaw. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage : (URL) : (4 URLs) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Newbie has an idea - Nascar style racing?
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| I'm constructing an oval track on a 4X8 sheet of plywood with a different grey tone for the inside and outside of the track. I will experiment with tones and thickness. There will be a "barcode" to indicate upcomming corners, this will act as a (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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