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Subject:	Re: Soda-can challenge: beacons, tethers, etc. (was Re: Locating your position with the help of fixed be
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 1999 19:48:18 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Robert Munafo writes: > Yesterday I talked with someone who was involved in Joel Shafer's "soda can > challenge" that was proposed in this message: > > http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=3968 > > and learned that the primary reason people are trying to locate their > *position* is only because they need to *return to the start position*. That's > a totally different and much simpler problem. Some "secondary" reasons: 1) You may want to make sure that the entire area is covered. 2) If you bring back the soda cans one by one, you may want to resume your search from the location of the last soda can, instead of starting it all over. Cheers, Hao-yang wang

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		Re: Soda-can challenge: beacons, tethers, etc. (was Re: Locating your position with the help of fixed be
I realize people have been talking about multiple cans, but Joel's message (URL) actually specified just one can, using the words "find a [...] can", "pick up the can", and "[...] of the coke can". As for making sure the whole area is covered, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: Soda-can challenge: beacons, tethers, etc. (was Re: Locating your position with the help of fixed be
(...) You can find the complete rules here: (URL) are three cans to retrieve. (...) Advanced knowledge that there are exactly three cans makes it easier. You don't have to make sure that the whole area is covered, you just have to find the three (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Soda-can challenge: beacons, tethers, etc. (was Re: Locating your position with the help of fixed be
Yet another comment about my "beacon" ideas. Yesterday I talked with someone who was involved in Joel Shafer's "soda can challenge" that was proposed in this message: (URL) learned that the primary reason people are trying to locate their position (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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