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Re: Mindstorm Robotwars style competition in Southern California/Los Angesles area?
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Date: 
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 06:50:33 GMT
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David Chen wrote:

I liked the idea of divisions based on number of Motors and Max Absolute
Weight instead of based on set usage.  It would be too laborious to
check each robot to see if only valid set parts were used.  Perhaps a
box dimension size limit could also be helpful.

For Example:            Motors          Max Weight      Volume
Light                   <= 2            1 lb            6"x6"x6"
Medium                     3            3 lb            12"x12"x12"
Heavy                      5            6 lb            18"x18"x18"
Unlimited                  ?            None            None

I'm not particularly attached to these figures, in fact, I'm just
pulling these out of thin air, seems reasonable though.  Suggestion?

I'm not too sure about creating any motor limitation at all.  Since motors are
usually pretty heavy objects (for LEGO), as a person incorporates more of them,
they would be forced to make comprimises in other areas of the robot.  I'm not too
sure about the weight figures mentioned... they may be a bit on the heavy side.
It would take some experimentation to find out what categories really work best.

Mark



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  Re: Mindstorm Robotwars style competition in Southern California/Los Angesles area?
 
Sorry if the rules were a bit unclearly worded on the weight issue. I hope I've cleared it up a bit with version .15 of the rules. The intention was not to limit the set of pieces that are used, but to limit the total weight of the robot. So where (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Mindstorm Robotwars style competition in Southern California/Los Angesles area?
 
(...) I believe that if you use more motors driving the same wheel, you will obtain more torque/speed/acceler...ion/power. I liked the idea of divisions based on number of Motors and Max Absolute Weight instead of based on set usage. It would be too (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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