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Subject: 
RE: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:03:51 GMT
Original-From: 
Allen Martin <ARM@RENDITIONstopspammers.COM>
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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.

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?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
 
(...) 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 (...) (28 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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