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Post #34,000
by Silverlock
4/1/02 12:36:29 PM
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New No clue.
Sounds very tough though. I've been wondering for a while now, why no projectiles? I can understand not allowing a remote controlled rifle but what about something like a sticky net or bicycle chain. Another thought I've had is still a little unformed but goes like this; bot uses conventional wheels/tracks, but has the ability to "jump". A pistion arrangement of some kind could accomplish this and the body of the bot could then be the offensive weapon (enough jumps should give a good chance to land on the opponent at some time).
The best scale for an experimental design is ten millimeters to the centimeter.
Post #34,003
by drewk
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4/1/02 12:43:43 PM
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New Problem with jumping
Some of the flip-bots (Toro in particular) are claimed to be able to toss 500 lbs. several feet in the air. The only way to produce the same damage to your opponent would be to drop your own bot on it from that height, which would cause as much damage to yourself -- on each jump -- as to the opponenet, should you be lucky enough to come down on him.
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     RFC on battlebot idea - (drewk) - (18) - April 1, 2002, 12:24:28 PM EST
         No clue. - (Silverlock) - (1) - April 1, 2002, 12:36:29 PM EST
             Problem with jumping - (drewk) - April 1, 2002, 12:43:43 PM EST
         I put an image up - (drewk) - April 1, 2002, 01:18:06 PM EST
         Re: RFC on battlebot idea - (pwhysall) - (4) - April 1, 2002, 02:18:19 PM EST
             Different goal - (drewk) - April 1, 2002, 02:35:03 PM EST
             Designing to win isn't everything, though. - (tseliot) - (2) - April 8, 2002, 10:51:20 AM EDT
                 If we're going for cool ... - (drewk) - (1) - April 8, 2002, 11:22:30 AM EDT
                     Man, that thing was heavy - (tseliot) - April 8, 2002, 04:20:50 PM EDT
         It seems to me... - (marlowe) - (9) - April 1, 2002, 02:21:27 PM EST
             "Reasonable" is in the eye of the beholder - (drewk) - (8) - April 1, 2002, 02:39:44 PM EST
                 change the tires to globes - (boxley) - April 1, 2002, 03:20:46 PM EST
                 Just so long as you move faster than... - (marlowe) - (4) - April 1, 2002, 06:37:36 PM EST
                     Not with how it's scored - (drewk) - (3) - April 2, 2002, 08:51:36 AM EST
                         Could this work? - (Silverlock) - (2) - April 2, 2002, 09:00:53 AM EST
                             Basically what I'm thinking - (drewk) - (1) - April 2, 2002, 09:57:00 AM EST
                                 And the LRPD sayeth "Slices, dices, chops..". :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - April 2, 2002, 02:50:28 PM EST
                 Seems to me - (Steven A S) - (1) - April 18, 2002, 01:19:10 PM EDT
                     But *mechanical* complexity would be lower - (drewk) - April 18, 2002, 01:46:12 PM EDT

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