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Re: Contest
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:55:58 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@^spamless^marktest.pt>
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At 17:42 23-02-1999 Tuesday , you wrote:
> We've talked a lot about theory on this list, but how about an actual
> project contest?
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> I propose a contest. Be the first to create a robot that can enter a room
> with no obstacles (other than walls), find a randomly placed coke can, pick
> up the can and bring it back to the starting point. The robot must act
> autonomously and have no prior knowledge about the room or the position of
> the coke can. Bonus points are awarded if you can accomplish this using
> just the basic RIS set.
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> If there are any takers we can define the rules a little better.
Seems to me that MindStorms doesn't have sensors for to see the coke can so it can "take a look" and run for it.
The results will be somewhat random and wins the bot that on average covers more ground using the best filling algorithm and in the smallest space of time.
Have I missed something here...?
Laurentino Martins
[mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Well I am definately inn - it's a great use for the proximity detector as well as the light sensor to detect the color of the can. Of course a fast bot would help out alot. How should we judge it? Time? Finesse? Looks? Cheers, David (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Contest
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| The Dallas robotics group has a similar contest. We can adapt our rules from theirs if needed. (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| We've talked a lot about theory on this list, but how about an actual project contest? I propose a contest. Be the first to create a robot that can enter a room with no obstacles (other than walls), find a randomly placed coke can, pick up the can (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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