Ron Wrote:<br>><font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">I suggest that Jeff Koenig be banned from the club.<br><br>(Jeff) Now, there's a sensible suggestion! I'll second it.<br><br></font></font><font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">
>...let the folks who are going to build the robots or volunteer to
run the contest have the real say. <br><br>(Jeff) I completely agree.<br><br>></font></font><font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">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.<br><br>(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.
<br><br></font></font><font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">>Running robots at meetings is probably a good idea to do the same
thing.<br><br>(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.<br><br>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.
<br><br>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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