Forum: Regional Competitions
07-03-2004, 23:48
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Replies: 44
Views: 4,149
Re: Pacific Northwest Regional in Portland, OR
Yes, I was very sad when Team 753 didn't work during the very last match. I was sitting on a crate with 2 other guys (sorry to that team) when I saw them sprinting as fast as they could and grabbing...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
07-03-2004, 23:45
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Replies: 63
Views: 4,275
Re: Food at regionals?
I skipped lunch on Friday and Saturday at the PNW regional. On Thursday they said that if they found a team member eating or drinking outside food or drinks, his or her team would be kicked out for...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
07-03-2004, 01:29
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Replies: 44
Views: 4,149
Re: Pacific Northwest Regional in Portland, OR
We're baaaack! We (Team 948) just got back to Bellevue (Newport HS) from Portland. Here's my report: The field had a high rate of error, especially during the final round - If anyone was watching...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
08-01-2004, 00:54
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,008
Re: QotW 01-04-04: T-minus 5 days.
We're planning out how we want our drive train to be and teaching our new kids how to do... stuff. Also experimenting with the new controller and language. Unfortunately we didn't have a meeting...
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Forum: Programming
08-01-2004, 00:43
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,380
Re: Random Match Generator Challenge
I know it's a good exercise/challenge, but wouldn't it be more practical for them to just work it out by hand? It seems like it'd only take an hour or two, which equates to less than one can of...
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Forum: Programming
08-01-2004, 00:30
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,643
Re: LOL! Code easter egg! I love it!!
And here's another one:
According to the Oscar protocol used in AIM, every packet sent is started by 1 command start byte. And guess what its value always is? 0x2A. (That's 42 in decimal for those...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
06-04-2003, 12:46
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,504
One of our guys at 948 (Newport HS) taped the...
One of our guys at 948 (Newport HS) taped the matches we were in, and I think he got the final round, too.
Definitely, there was a lot of box pushing and stack knocking, but not a lot of building....
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Forum: General Forum
05-04-2003, 20:24
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,042
One of the most interesting things I saw was a...
One of the most interesting things I saw was a two-wheeled robot from the Norther RobArtics in Alaska at the PacNW regional. It used two bicycle wheels for drive and had all the other components put...
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Forum: General Forum
20-01-2003, 16:10
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Replies: 163
Views: 39,007
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Forum: General Forum
20-01-2003, 16:03
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,393
We have designed our main chassis, and built a...
We have designed our main chassis, and built a slightly skewed to-scale cardboard rendition of it. The whole chassis was put into Rhino, where we got dimensions for everything, and now we're starting...
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Forum: Programming
12-01-2003, 00:18
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,268
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Forum: Electrical
07-01-2003, 23:11
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,197
The manual this year says "The 12vdc SLA...
The manual this year says "The 12vdc SLA batteries can deliver current in excess of 200 Amps for a sustained period of time (minutes)." I'd guess sustained would be about 3 minutes.
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Forum: Programming
07-01-2003, 23:01
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Replies: 156
Views: 21,072
That java theory was actually first used for...
That java theory was actually first used for girls:
Girls = time * money...
Java is really slow and takes up a lot of resources on my computer; I remember bringing up the task manager and seeing that...
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Forum: Programming
07-01-2003, 22:53
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,004
Once you detect the tape, you could rotate the...
Once you detect the tape, you could rotate the servo back toward the center of the robot (the axis going from stern to bow) a couple degrees, turn the robot until the sensor reads true again, and...
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Forum: Programming
07-01-2003, 19:55
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,969
I, too, might be wrong, but I believe C is more...
I, too, might be wrong, but I believe C is more lax with pointers than C++. I know C++ *requires* you to type cast void pointers. (Perhaps that's why C is a better language for writing exploits?)
I...
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Forum: Programming
07-01-2003, 19:17
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,163
Well, under the "Programming tools"...
Well, under the "Programming tools" section on the InnovationFirst documentation site, a disabled link to the PBasic 2.5 editor is already there. I presume they will also release a new manual?...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
05-01-2003, 23:24
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,664
I think someone at our kickoff said if you have...
I think someone at our kickoff said if you have zip ties around your tires for traction, it'd be great going up the ramps, but if you were camping on the platform, a light push could send you sliding...
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Forum: Programming
05-01-2003, 23:11
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,947
Are you even allowed to take a laptop into the...
Are you even allowed to take a laptop into the arena with you? I thought the score tracker was for spectators.
A scouting program sounds like something more useful. You could have something asking...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
05-01-2003, 18:03
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,064
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
05-01-2003, 14:00
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,064
Boxing in
Is it legal for human players to put the boxes in a way so that the opponent robot(s) are walled off by boxes, or "boxed in"? It would make an interesting strategy, because if you put a box with its...
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Forum: Programming
04-01-2003, 23:02
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,121
I think it's pretty cool, because last year I...
I think it's pretty cool, because last year I don't think we (our team) focused much on the software side, if at all. Plus I'm interested in AI and that sort of stuff. The part that I fear is wiring...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
02-01-2003, 01:21
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,928
Beatles, Beatles, and more Beatles, until...
Beatles, Beatles, and more Beatles, until somebody else rips out the CD and sticks a new one in. I particularly like the Blue Album and the One album. When I start breaking out into "Penny Lane",...
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Forum: Programming
02-01-2003, 01:02
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Replies: 156
Views: 21,072
Starlogo! I have fond memories of that... I can...
Starlogo! I have fond memories of that... I can barely remember the instructions, but I can remember doing
create 1000
fd 1000
Which wouldn't lag the CPU down too much. Logo was what really got me...
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Forum: Programming
02-01-2003, 00:43
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,318
For extremely simple skid (tank-like) steering...
For extremely simple skid (tank-like) steering and two joysticks, you'd use the joystick values for p1_y and p2_y (changes depending on which ports the joysticks are connected to, so there's also...
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Forum: Programming
31-12-2002, 01:51
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,947
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We also indirectly benefit from those rookie teams having well-built and working drivebases. It helps raise the level of performance across the board, making for a better competitive environment.
- Alan Anderson [more] 
