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Re: Bowing out of Joel's challenge!
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:09:07 GMT
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Joel Shafer <JOEL@CONNECT.avoidspamNET>
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I'd like to see your bot. I'm having trouble coming up with a good gripper
that doesn't get in the way of the IR proximity detector.
At 04:15 PM 3/10/99 +0000, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to the group, and really enjoy reading the messages and learning
> from all of you!
>
> Anyway...I was pretty excited by Joel Shafer's challenge, but it looks
> like I won't get to compete. The reason is pretty OK though:
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> My 9 yr old daughter's science fair is just getting under way, and we
> decided it would be really cool for her to do a robotics project for it.
> She is new to Technics, Mindstorms, and programming - so it will be an
> interesting challenge to bring her along and have her create something
> interesting, but simple for the fair.
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> The downside, of course, is that my little coke-can challenge bot
> doesn't get to completion. I had a basic idea going - it would pick up a
> can, and set it down. As I am new to all of this I came at it with very
> few pre-conceived notions. What I ended up with may be a little weird,
> but it worked. If anyone is interested in seeing it (I took pictures
> just before I dismantled it, teary eyed), I can post the pics on my
> page.
>
> Matt
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| Here is a rudimentary page with some pics of what I had. Important points to note: - This bot was designed to deal with empty cans only - Last design had 3 motors - but I was planning to eliminate one (hopefully) - I am an inexperienced hacker when (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bowing out of Joel's challenge!
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| Hi all, I'm new to the group, and really enjoy reading the messages and learning from all of you! Anyway...I was pretty excited by Joel Shafer's challenge, but it looks like I won't get to compete. The reason is pretty OK though: My 9 yr old (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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