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[DPRG] Black Paper Floor - Worth Keeping?
Subject: [DPRG] Black Paper Floor - Worth Keeping?
From: Jeff Koenig
koenig.jeff at gmail.com
Date: Sat Dec 16 14:17:51 CST 2006
Ron Wrote:
>I suggest that Jeff Koenig be banned from the club.
(Jeff) Now, there's a sensible suggestion! I'll second it.
>...let the folks who are going to build the robots or volunteer to run the
contest have the real say.
(Jeff) I completely agree.
>1. Drive out a given distance (within some tolerance) then return to start
point. Radial distance of stop point from start point would be your score.
Lowest score wins.
(Jeff) I like this one, a lot. I remember a demo that David did some time
ago at InfoMart, and the beauty of this contest is you can make it more
difficult by adding stationary or moving obstacles.
>Running robots at meetings is probably a good idea to do the same thing.
(Jeff) I think this is an excellent idea. That way, we'd be encouraged to
maintain our robots, not just work on them before contests.
I discovered this has been one of the problems with my personal
robot-building. Looking at my shelf, I have eight robots, each entirely
scratchbuilt. None of them would do anything useful if I turned them on.
I tend to build (software, mechanically, or electrically) until I arrive at
a problem that I can't quickly solve. Then, I give up for several weeks,
and when I come back to re-visit, I've forgotten the details. (Software is
especially tough on me in this regard). Or, I don't plan far enough ahead,
and build myself into a corner.
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