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Steve Hassenplug wrote: > > Would such parts be "legal" in "Mindstorms Only" contests? > > If not, what's required to make them legal? > > Steve > This is a very difficult question to answer. The current base rule set for the rtlToronto robot games (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I know. (...) Right. For C$ (connect four competition) I bought a handful of cybermaster touch sensors off the web, because I couldn't use a touch-sensor-multiplexer that I have, because it was not sold by LEGO. (...) So, exactly what IS (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I guess this is an important issue for contests, so that someone with infinite $$$ doesn't automatically win. But in all other cases, who cares? I will probably take some flak for this, but it's like the AI battles of top down vs bottom up. (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve Hassenplug wrote: > >> The counter argument to all that, is those rare lego parts, or country >> specific ones that are not easily obtained. Hypothetically, what is the >> difference between me (being in Canada) getting cybermaster touch >> (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm not sure about that. Rob's trick is great - I've used it myself, and probably will again (I tend toward the end of "purist", although I confess some of this may not be high moral standards, but laziness). But I would say that solution is (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, this is a quirky little requirement. Common "LEGO Only" rules allow sensors that stopped being produced several years ago, and were only sold in England. Or gears that haven't been produced for over 20 years. But they don't allow brand (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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