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

[Matt Barron]

I would also like to team up, since I don't have quite enough bandwidth to
do this solo. But I feel like it would be immensly satisfying to push Tim's
robot out of the ring. . .


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Tim H <crashcartpro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to stir up some friendly competition:
>
> I will win this.
>
> (Or lose trying.)
>
> -Tim
> On Apr 8, 2014 5:27 PM, "James Fluhler" <j.fluhler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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