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Re: What are good LEGO robotics challenges?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:20:11 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Jordan Bradford wrote:
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Thanks for the reply. Would you please explain the balance beam tug-of-war in
more detail? I just can’t picture it.
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It’s something I once saw on Scientific American Frontiers, where each robot
would start out on one end of a balance beam, and the object is to get your side
lower than the opponent’s side. Some robots did this by dropping what amounted
to grappling hooks to the carpet below and pulling their side lower, others
would zoom over to the opponent’s side and drop pneumatic liftarms to hoist the
opponent’s side into the air, and still others would zoom over and try to knock
the opponent completely off the balance beam, after which they would return to
their own side. That last type is what inspired the comment about needing to be
willing to risk damage to your RCX.
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Also, “sentience” is pretty vague. Could you expand on that, too?
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Sure. Self awareness. “I think therefore I am.” Can’t be too difficult, can
it? ;P
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| (...) At least half the problem is going to be to decide who's won. int main () { printf ( "Woahh! Suddenly, I'm thinking!\n" ) ; sleep ( 1 ) ; printf ( "This is amazing - I know that I exist!\n" ) ; sleep ( 1 ) ; printf ( "'I think, therefore I (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What are good LEGO robotics challenges?
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| (...) Thanks for the reply. Would you please explain the balance beam tug-of-war in more detail? I just can't picture it. Also, "sentience" is pretty vague. Could you expand on that, too? Thanks a lot! (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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