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Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:00:52 GMT
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Pete Hardie <PETE.HARDIE@DVSGnomorespam.SCIATL.COM>
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> > 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.
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> Hrm... you know, this would probably come down to whose robot actually
> moves the fastest. A live mouse, at least, can navagate the maze by
> smell (not to say that it always does, mind you), and since smell
> travels around corners, the mouse can (some of the time) avoid
> travelling down dead-end blind-alleys.
I disagree. Pure speed has the problem that it can end up repeating
trips down dead-ends. A slower, but mapping, bot would have no
repeats, and could win.
> > 6. Stair-climber Bot
> > - Bot that can climb up a flight of stairs in the shortest time wins.
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> I've been mulling over the idea of a stair climber myself as of late...
> but haven't quite got the details worked out yet. Doug's Tri-Wheel ATV
> at http://www.net-info.com/~dcarlson/ is neat, but to get one that is
> large enough to climb real, 8"-riser stairs just doesn't seem viable.
If you stipulate in the rules that the bot must touch each step, or some
such, it will be more interesting, since it make the problem less of a
pure 'get to the top' goal.
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> > 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.)
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> No. I don't think this one is a good idea. Although the premise is
> sound, I would advise using something inanimate rather than a live
> mouse. (perhaps a wind-up cat-toy, or motorized mouse, or perhaps even
> a customized LEGO 'bot). We wouldn't want a real mouse inadvertently
> getting smooshed by a careless 'bot.
More importantly, mice can climb over the shepherd.
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Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta |
Digital Video Services Group |
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) Why map? Just build a bot that keeps a feeler on the left wall, and turns left if it loses the wall. You'd never go down the same hallway twice, and there's much less programming. (...) And/or that it may have no wheels! Daniel "Dan'l" Miller (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I'd be less concerned about the mice crawling all over the lego than I would be about the safety of the mouse. LEGO constructs can be easily be cleaned, repaired, or even replaced at a nominal cost If a careless 'bot happened to go right over (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Hrm... you know, this would probably come down to whose robot actually moves the fastest. A live mouse, at least, can navagate the maze by smell (not to say that it always does, mind you), and since smell travels around corners, the mouse can (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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