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Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:46:14 GMT
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Original-From:
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Kin W. Lau <kin.lau@ic.ac.uk^spamless^>
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After being involved in numerous Mindstorm Robotwars discussions and
received feedback/enquiries,
I came up to a few ideas. Besides the Gladiator-Robotwars type of
knock-out competition that aims to disable opponents, there are a few
more "intellectual" type of competitions can be deployed for Mindstorms
Robotwars, i.e.:
1. IEEE Micro-mouse equivalent
- by placing the bot at the center of a maze, bot that is able to
navigate out the maze in the shortest time will be the winner.
2. Wrestling Bot
- A circle drawn around two bots, the bot that is able to push the
opponent out of the circle wins.
3. Ball-Picker Bot
- A number of marbles/balls are scattered in an open area, bot that can
collect/push the most balls back to a base is the winner.
4. Radar Bot
- Bot that can safely and swiftly navigate thru an obstacle course
utilising a radar-probe wins.
5. Muscle Bot
- Single RCX bot that is able to pull the most weigh for a defined
distance wins.
6. Stair-climber Bot
- Bot that can climb up a flight of stairs in the shortest time wins.
7. Shepherd Bot
- Team of bots that can herd a mice into a pan in the shortest time
wins. (This is the ultimating challenge for utilising IR communications
and collaborating with each other bot.)
All these are merely my thoughts, suggestions and comments are welcomed
of course. Thank you.
--
Kin W. Lau
Digital Communications And Signal Processing Group,
Electrical Engineering Department,
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
London, United Kingdom.
Email: kin.lau@ic.ac.uk
kxl@bts.co.uk
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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