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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Christina Hitchcock wrote:
>
> The challenges are laid out for you and if you have any questions there are
> tones of friendly people on the lugnet.technic and lugnet.robotics list that
> will help you out.
>
> also, I think it is about time Steve Hassenplug is properly challenged. He has
> won way to many of the past compititions....
The reason behind that is pretty simple. It's because I've entered many of the
challenges. I've seen what other people out there can do, and I'm just lucky
they haven't been entering.
I was just looking over the rules, and (as usual) John's done a great job of
setting up events. There's really something for everyone.
For people like Christina, who have very little experience building robots, the
sumo event is a great place to start. Can you build a robot that goes forward,
until it sees a line, then backs up, turns, and starts again? The same robot
will work in the Sumo Chaser event.
For more of a building challenge, the King of the Hill will be a difficult
event.
If you don't have a Mindstorms set, or don't wish to use it, the Ocean Crossing
event actually does not require the use of a processor. It could easily be done
with just one motor. In fact, I'd love to see a pneumatic walker try to make
the crossing...
While the Mindstorms events are always entertaining and fun, I've never made fun
of anyone for building a bad robot. Well, except the rtl guys. But they claim
to be experts. Even if you do build a robot that's a total failure, there will
be people cheering for it. In fact, sometimes, those are the most fun to watch,
because no one knows what it's going to do!
Check it out...
Steve
> So surf on over to http://dc.brickfest.com/contests.php#mind to read about the
> challenges and get building!
>
> Christina
>
>
> In lugnet.technic, John Barnes wrote:
> > ... and there are competitions to be entered and won!
> >
> > Check out the Events at www.brickfest.com
>
>
> http://dc.brickfest.com/events.php
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> > There's a link via Mindstorms Competitions to the event descriptions and from
> > there to the rules pages.
>
>
> http://dc.brickfest.com/contests.php#mind
>
> > So read them and start building!
> >
> > ... there are prizes to be won!
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