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Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 20:35:40 GMT
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Daniel Miller <danielmi@ecn=SayNoToSpam=.purdue.edu>
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Pete Hardie wrote:
> 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.
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.
> 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.
And/or that it may have no wheels!
Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and
danielmi@ecn.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana
"Stadtluft macht frei." - German proverb
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| Simple right hand rule or left hand rule solutions always will solve the maze _unless_ you start in the middle of the maze, or the exit is in the middle. But a smarter solution might be able to exploit knowledge about the maze to solve it, so even (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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| (...) Depending on the topology of the maze, your bot may never find the exit with this strategy. Here's the simplest example: +---...---+ | F | | | | +-+ | | | |S | | +-+ | +---...---+ S = Start F = Finish -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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| (...) 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. (...) If you stipulate in the rules that the bot must touch each step, or some such, it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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