[General] Makers Local 256 - Autonomous Sumo Robot Competition!

[Nolan Cash]

Damn...
On Apr 8, 2014 3:14 PM, "Jake Polatty" <ki4btj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Technically you would be out first.
>
> As your robot explodes, pieces of it would be flung out of the ring before
> the concussion blast would knock the other robot out.
>
> Science.
>
> -Jake
>  On Apr 8, 2014 3:08 PM, "Nolan Cash" <r48811 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok I may not understand the rules but does it count if your bot explodes
>> and blows the other bot out of the ring?
>>
>> If not I'm out.
>> On Apr 8, 2014 3:04 PM, "Rob Adams" <rob at mindgearlabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually it's not hard, for the LEGO bots to turn as soon as they sense
>>> black. It does require the kids to dampen their desire to go full throttle
>>> though. :)
>>>
>>> Tyler,
>>>
>>> It might be easier to just come by the lab. You ca look at our ring and
>>> the last set of bots that were built. If the rules are different then we
>>> may want to do LEGO exhibitions before the actual matches.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Fully autonomous? I foresee lots of robots driving themselves straight
>>> out of the ring :)
>>>
>>> -stephan
>>>
>>> ------------*------------*------------
>>> Sent from a mobile device, please excuse the spelling and brevity.
>>>
>>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Tyler Crumpton <tylercrumpton at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Rob,
>>>
>>> I think that would be great! Feel free to shoot me some info on the LEGO
>>> bots (tyler.crumpton at gmail.com) like any size, weight, parts
>>> restrictions that you guys might have, and we can get that added! The more
>>> the merrier!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tyler
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Rob Adams <rob at mindgearlabs.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tyler,
>>>>
>>>> That's pretty interesting. We're doing LEGO SumoBots for kids at
>>>> MindGear this year. Our spring break camp went pretty well. What do you
>>>> think about having a LEGO division?
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Tyler Crumpton <tyler.crumpton at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>
>>>> Interested in robots? Today, I'm officially announcing the Makers Local
>>>> 256 Sumo Robot Competition, where you build a completely autonomous robot
>>>> and compete against other robots to push them out of the ring first!
>>>>
>>>> The competition will take place on Saturday, July 12 at 2:00PM, so mark
>>>> your calendars! That gives you about 3 months to design, build and test
>>>> your robot.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone is invited, so feel free to forward this information to anyone
>>>> that you might think would be interested in some friendly, exciting
>>>> competition.
>>>>
>>>> For sign-ups, rules and videos, check out:
>>>>
>>>> http://tylercrumpton.com/sumobot/
>>>>
>>>> Hope to see you all there, and if there is a good turnout, we'll
>>>> continue holding these types of events (possibly including battle-bots!).
>>>> Let me know if you have any questions or problems, and I'll help you out
>>>> the best I can.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Tyler Crumpton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tyler Crumpton
>>>> tyler.crumpton at gmail.com
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