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Fw: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:09:40 GMT
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Tom Rowton <trowton@broadcast*ihatespam*.com>
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So just get one of those small hamster balls, where you put the animal
inside it and the animal can move about 'freely', so the bot would still
have to herd it, thus being harder than herding a plain ball, but saving the
pet and owner from any traumatic experience....
trowt
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Alternative Mindstorm Robotwars
Pete Hardie wrote:
> Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> > 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.
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 the mouse, however, the mouse could be seriously injured and
might have to be put down. Can we put any kind of value on someone else's
pet?
> > Mark
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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