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I do not have the resources to actually try this out for myself, but if somebody here wants to try this, I'd be interested in knowing if it works. The walls of the area are to be painted solid black. Several coats of paint may be necessary to (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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Let the contest begin. The deadline for entry is March 31, 1999. Final rules are posted at: (URL) move all contest discussions to lugnut.robotics.events (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36D42D72.7B46763E@l....bc.ca>... (...) feel (...) to (...) I have a feeling that Lugnet will just bounce any messages from people reading through the list that haven't gone through the sign-up procedure. I had (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) It isn't! That's the real challenge!! :-) (...) I don't know if you intend to use the standard firmware, but in the CyberMaster I don't even have that choice. The CyberMaster and the PC were made to work as one. For one thing, without floating (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't know if I was out of line in doing this or not (somebody please feel free to correct me if I did a no-no), but I am trying to redirect followups to my posts on this subject to this group. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) I don't anticipate having the time to participate myself either. I have some ideas on how to go about it though, which I've already posted. (...) The Cybermaster does not appear to be robust enough to handle this sort of challenge. I'm not (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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What are the chances we will get conversation on your contest to move to this group? I don't want to mention the move, because I know that a lot of people on the robotics list don't read through Lugnet. Would be nice to move it here though. Perhaps (...) (27 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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I've placed a description of the contest and preliminary rules at: (URL) Shafer joel@connect.net (27 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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[Followups set to lugnet.robotics.even...bot-arena] (...) Both of these groups have just been created. Here are their brief charters: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.robotics.events (group and hierarchy): Organized events, competitions, (...) (27 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena)
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