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Re: Mindstorm Robotwars style competition in Southern California/Los Angesles area?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 12 Jan 1999 01:14:09 GMT
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David Chen <nospam-dcchen@pacbell.net-nospam> writes:
> A group is beginning a Robotwars style competition w/ Mindstorm Lego
> Robots called: "Lego Mindstorms Robot Arena".
>
> Though I have to admit that the basic goals of this competition are
> rather gory, "...autonomous robotic combat...to create as violent a combat
> as possible without doing actual physical damage to the individual Lego
> pieces, motors, or the RCX."
I guess fire blowing and acid spitting are out. :)
It's cool that rubber bands can be used as ammo!...Because even though a
rubber band doesn't pack a wallop, I'll bet it can really mess up an
opponent's delicate gearing and arm movements if lobbed properly.
> But applealing none the less.
>
> Unfortunately, the competition will be taking place in San Jose during
> the Game Developer's Conference March 15-19 1999. Rather far from Southern
> California.
>
> Would anyone else be interested in organizing a similar competition here
> in So-Cal? I can't imagine that there wouldn't be an audience down here for
> something like that.
>
> E-mail me or continue discussion on this group and we'll see if
> something comes of it. I'm not thinking anything big or fancy or corporate.
> Informal tet-a-tet's in a round
> robin manner may be fun/stimulating.
>
> BTW, the URL of the San Jose Competition is:
> http://www.azimuthmedia.com/RobotArena/
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> They have posted Rules that seem pretty reasonable as a starting point.
> Though I think allowing the use of the IR Port would be interesting...
David, Nate, etc.:
This sounds wicked cool -- a 1st-annual competition that will be around for
years.
Do you have a discussions area? If not, and you'd like to, drop me a line;
it's very easy to create a dedicated Robot Arena newsgroup on LUGNET for
holding focused discussions (you get a mailing-list gateway to the newsgroup
and a web interface too).
--Todd
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