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Idea for a competition
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 8 Dec 2005 00:00:34 GMT
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Hi,
Here's an idea for a competition. Unfortunately, it requires several robots,
meaning you either need to have several RCX/board of choice, or know someone who
does robots.
There's an area, delimited by a line, in which the bots (more than 2) wander
around until they recognize another one. Then, they read a color strip (like
<http://www.philohome.com/cardreader2/cardreader.htm>) and decide whether to
separate, or continue. If they continue, they trade something. Based on some
criteria, they may decide not to give the other one the 'thing' (meaning they
trick the other into giving away a thing). Each bot has several of them.
However, after finishing the trade, they modify each other's cards. If
programmed to associate certain sequences with bots who give or scam, they
become more likely to earn things.
Problems:
* Cards would be a total bitch to read and, most of all, modify. They could be
transmitted and received through IR, making it easier.
* Trading would also be hard. A simple mechanism would be necessary, since
probably 2 motors are being used to drive. Maybe the things could be technic 1x2
bricks, held on axles. However, aligning axles and actually pushing the bricks
would be hard.
* Kinda boring, specially if someone didn't plan to recognize scammers and runs
out of bricks at the beginning.
I guess IR could be used so that, when 2 bots are pointing at each other, they
both receive each other's cards. That way, if they both want to trade, they just
go straight on. Otherwise, they look away. You'd have to make sure one bot isn't
getting messages from more than 1 other at the time.
I know it's not great, but I just thought it up...
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Idea for a competition
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| Interesting - this made me think of a Richard Dawkins passage on altruism and trickery. It would be who is the best cheat, vs who is the best recognition of a cheat, but only once you get past the initial stage of the basics. Could the strings (...) (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Idea for a competition
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| Ignacio, That is an interesting concept. What happens if a robot runs out of 'things' to trade? Are there rules on when or why a robot would trade? or be forced to trade? What if they are sent on 'course' where to get from starting point to finish (...) (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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