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Re: Battle Report: Duck vs. Little Idiot
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lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 02:09:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Greg Majewski writes:
> I have just successfully completed my first ever robotic combat! Details for
> all who care are below:
> Specs:
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> Duck
> Duck is a wireless treaded robot operated via the remote. Its main brain is
> a Scout, but it also has a slave Microscout that gives power to its weapon
> (a rotating spike) when it sees light. So a flashlight was used. Duck is
> slow and heavy but has lots of pushing power.
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> Little Idiot
> Little Idiot is a bot controlled (via wires) by an RCX brain. It can move
> forward, backward, left and right on two large wheels. It also has a pick
> axe operated via a battery box, so its weapon was up and down mobility.
> Idiot is significantly faster than Duck, but since its computer isn't on
> board, it weighs less and can be pushed around.
>
> Battle! (approx. 5 mins):
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> The bout started off with Little Idiot seeking shelter from the signals of
> Duck's remote control. When a good control point was reached, the fight
> started for real. Little Idiot came out fast and went for Duck's rear. But
> Duck turned around and surprisingly managed to climb on top of Idiot and
> tried to rip its wires out. Unsuccessful. Duck was shaken off by Idiot who
> then proceeded to turn around and face Duck head to head. Idiot used his axe
> repeatedly on Duck's rotating spike, but the axe broke! As Idiot tried to
> figure out what to do without a primary weapon, Duck moved in. It got its
> spike under Idiot and managed to ramp its foe partially into the air.
> Fortunately, one of Idiot's wheels was still barely touching the ground and
> the two bots were separated. As Idiot slid off of Duck, Duck's spike was
> pulled off! By this point neither bot had a primary weapon. Idiot's was
> reduced to a motorized axle, and Duck just has a big blunt front end useless
> for lifting. The next few minutes was just a shoving match in which not much
> was accomplished. Idiot finally managed to get what was left of his axe,
> about 3 studs worth of plates and a protruding Technic beam, into one of
> Duck's treads. Duck tried to move away and free himself, but in doing so
> pulled his tread from the sprocket! Duck now only had one functioning
> drivetrain. Idiot took advantage of Duck's plight. With only one motor
> driving him in wide circles, Duck was a lot less powerful. Idiot managed to
> wedge him into the corner where it was decided by the two drivers that
> Little Idiot had prevailed!
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> Hopefully I'll have pics of the two bots later on. I already cleaned up the
> mess after the fight.. I should have taken pictures of that.
>
> Greg "12 feet and no toes! Crush this!" Majewski
> http://www.geocities.com/citrusx__/q.html
Wow! This looks really neat! It's pretty neat that you were able to get the
robots to actually rip each other apart...it looks like "Little Idiot"
wasn't such an idiot after all ;-) ! I need to try a robot battle sometime...
Do you have any pictures of the robots?
BTW it might be a good idea to post this in the Mindstorms newsgroup as well...
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