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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m
a heavy programmer so the mechanics is actually really fun for me because I don’t
know anything about it, which usually messes me up for awhile, but hey that’s
what makes it fun for me. It’s not that it’s just done when I write
the program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> dprglist-bounces@dprg.org
[mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Glenn Pipe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 11, 2006 9:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ed Paradis; Eric Sumner<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dprglist@Dprg.Org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DPRG] Robot building survey</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>>Anyone else who has worked on the Tankbot: does this
match up with<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>>your impressions of the project? Perhaps
some long-time members can<br>
>shed some light on past DPRG group projects. I remember the last
time<br>
>GARP was discussed, a few people involved mentioned that focusing the<br>
>group was a difficult task. Would anyone involved with GARP
think<br>
>that it could have benefitted from breaking it into Mechanical,<br>
>Electical, and Programming?<br>
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1) The reason I mentioned it was because I have heard DPRG members or ex
members<br>
say things like "I like the mechanical parts but hate programming"<br>
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or<br>
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2) "I like programming and have no interest in the mechanics of it"<br>
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A type 1 could be accomodated by grouping with a type 2.<br>
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A type 2 could be accomadated by grouping with a type 1 or<br>
by using a robot kit.<br>
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Glenn<o:p></o:p></p>
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