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Unread 06-01-2002, 17:33
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Talking This year's strategy
This year's strategy will be quite simple.

Using the custom circuit board to read the gyro into a PIC controller will then send directions for motor operation to the control system. This will allow for the building of a large 4 foot tall mechanical rat to ride around on top of a large model of Ginger/It/etc. The mechanical rat will then have a large swimming pool skimmer with which to grab the balls.
This year's strategy is simple, amusing, and completes the task.
We look forward to building it within 6 weeks.

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P.s.- maybe we should make it fly too.
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Unread 06-01-2002, 17:37
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Lightbulb hoverbot
we will construt a bot that shall hover up and block the top of the goal while still being able to lock on to the 6 foor center shaft and manipouylate to the goal scoring area

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Unread 06-01-2002, 19:02
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How about a robot that flies and makes pizza (an actual suggestion by a member of my team last year)?
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mmmmmmm pizza....

~John, who has been drawing robot designs into the night, and needs a snack
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We could build a walker similar to the AT-ST from Star Wars. Actually, with the gyro, it could be possible.
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Why not the AT-AT?
It's got more firepower, this year is a fighting game afterall!
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Why not the AT-AT?
It's got more firepower, this year is a fighting game afterall!
Too slow, and an AT-AT would be too easy to build.
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but the rat!
Yes, yes, we could build an AT-ST or AT-AT or even IT, but we're missing the vital point!

To build a large, mechanical rat!

With a Pool Skimmer!

-smokescreen (who has been defeated by the bloody sheep and is currently being devoured by the killer rabbit in very loud 5.1 Dolby Digital sound)
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No offense, but
I think you guys need some serious sleep. You're starting to get a bit too "chatty."
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the sheep are rebelling...
i must retaliate!

lambchops are falling on my head...
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Seriously, lay off the No-Doze and Mountain Dew for a while and take a nap.

You are getting very sleepy.... ZZZZZZZZ
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Where's the fun in that?
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Ya, good point. I survive on pop/soda. If this is this bad now, I can hardly wait till the last week...
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Wait! Poprocks & Dew!

BTW: I'm going with Big Tom to take the $1,000,000.
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Wait! Poprocks & Dew!



BTW: I'm going with Big Tom to take the $1,000,000.
but dew has brominated vegetable oil to minimize the effects of carbonation [which is the opposite of what you're going for with poprocks...]

you're haroc0r when you've memorized the ingredients to mtn dew...

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