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

[James Fluhler]

That assumes it's an unplanned explosion; if it were planned with a explosion behind a free plate that could act as a projectile from the robot with some braking on the opposing side if could be possible to knock the other robot out first! 

On a more serious note, I would definitely be interested in jointing up with some like minded people to build a team robot! 

James F.

> On Apr 8, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Nolan Cash <r48811 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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