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Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:27:43 GMT
Original-From: 
Ben Kimball <BEN@FUSIONDEVspamless.COM>
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How about:

8. Formula LEGO
- The first (autonomous) bot to complete N laps of a circuit drawn in
contrasting colors on a large area wins. Bots must remain on the
"roadway"; if they leave it, they must return to it promptly or forfeit.
Bots that become permanently entangled are designated "wrecked" and both
are removed from the area, forfeit.

I like the balance of speed vs. caution. It'd probably be best to pad the
roadway with some width of an intermediate color, especially in corners.

Cheers,
Ben


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  Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
 
(...) Hrm... if you made the start-line a different color so that 'bots could tell if they've completed a lap, it could make for some interesting AI programming (in LegOS... there's no way RIS or even NQC could handle this.) One could, say, have the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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