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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 20:46:38 GMT
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Rob Limbaugh <RLIMBAUGH@GREENFIELDGROUPantispam.COM>
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Here is a drawing of what I was thinking of:
http://www.abs-robotics.com/ideas/track.jpg
Printing the layout on paper would be expensive for a home user that does not
refill their own cartridges. Paper won't stay down unless taped, and it could
be torn easily with a brick corner during a crash.
But... paint non-adhesive white linoleum tiles a different color (or shade) for
their function. Tiles and paint are cheap and universally available. They are
pretty easy to line up against each other, too.
Incidentally, this won't solve collision problems. A forward facing light
sensor won't solve side collisions or wheel touching. Besides, collisions are a
good thing... it makes a builder have to trade weight for structural integrity
and ads an element of excitement to any race.
Perhaps the Spybot bricks would be more suitable to racing if the multitude of
IR sensors in them can be used to detect light levels. Someone mentioned before
that their spybot follows a line...
- Rob
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 | | Re: Newbie has an idea - Nascar style racing?
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| (...) ensure the red, green and blue would look like different shades to the Lego light sensor. I think this would be easier to achieve (and therefore more reproducible) with shades of grey. Not that it matters much, calibration wouldn't be that (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Newbie has an idea - Nascar style racing?
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| (...) > stay down unless taped, and it could be torn easily with a brick corner during a crash. I guess so - but it's easily repaired and highly reproducible. (...) > and paint are cheap and universally available. They are pretty easy to line up (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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