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Re: Game Possibilities

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Originally Posted by Mr_I View Post
Running wild with the recycling idea ...
The field is covered with hundreds of recyclable objects (say, Crackerjacks, Haagen-Dazs cups and Diet Coke cans), scattered all over. The robots have to pick up as many as possible and deposit them into appropriate containers (plastic, cardboard, and metal). Two of each trash type bin, one for red team, one for blue. Scores are easy to calculate: +2 points per object in the right bin, -1 per object in the wrong bin. (Double the points during the 15 seconds of autonomous mode.)
That's very similar to what I was thinking. I made a simulation before I read this...

The scoring system doesn't quite work yet.
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