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Originally Posted by squirrel
Which is a good thing, right? because we don't want them to tell us what a robot is, because doing so could stifle our creativity.
One thing is kind of obvious from the ruling, though....if you build two robots, you'll only be allowed to enter one of them into the competition.
Whatever it is that a robot might be in the eyes of the GDC, 1519 built two of them. When I look at the picture of Mach 6 sitting next to Fezzik, I can easily agree with them. When folks talk about what-ifs with different drive bases and mechanisms and whatnot, then we get into a gray area. 1519 did not do a what-if, they built two robots, and apparently they realize it, sadly a bit late.
The rules are vague about what constitutes a robot, but if you use your common sense judgement, do you see one or two robots?
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Jim,
I say I can't answer your question without looking closer at the mechanisms. Would you call a 57 Chevy sans engine and transmission a car? Would you call a PC case without a motherboard or CPU a computer? Would you call this:
A intelligent chess playing robot?
What about if you then saw this:
If you're really trying to tell me that appearances are everything, then I have some Iron Pyrite to sell you at the bargain price of $500 per troy ounce.