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Re: challenge: LEGO copier
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Aug 2004 01:42:47 GMT
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In article <20040805013219.18D0B2DF9C@cashew.wolfskeep.com>,
lego-robotics@crynwr.com (T. Alexander Popiel) wrote:
> Ah, hmm, I was expecting it to be a continuous fabric, not a holey
> one. That would make it harder, and in fact makes it even more
> important to not confuse neighboring pieces of the same color
> (otherwise you could lose structural integrity by using pieces such
> that there's no interconnection side-to-side).
Except that this is a problem pretty easily solved in code -- it's not
necessary that the robot choose the same solution the original builder
did; it's only necessary that it choose a solution that works.
A robot that copies only continuous fabrics would be mildly interesting,
but that problem seems too easy to be *really* interesting.
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| (...) I'm sorry, but I find this VERY funny. :) But you've already said how little you really know about building, so I guess it's OK. A robot that could copy a continuous model is something that would be very do-able. On the other hand, if you (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Ah, hmm, I was expecting it to be a continuous fabric, not a holey one. That would make it harder, and in fact makes it even more important to not confuse neighboring pieces of the same color (otherwise you could lose structural integrity by (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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