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From: gap+@CS.CMU.EDU (Garrett Pelton)
Subject: Re: Local Robotics Event?
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 18:31:13 GMT
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Some more local color seemed appropriate.

In article <21s5erINNbca@uwm.edu>, rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
|> My interest in amateur robotics has re-awakened recently after farting around
|> with some toy race-car motors, rubber-bands, masking-tape and scrap wood, and
|> I've seen announcements on the net for events like the "All Japan RoboSumo",
|> "BEAM Robot Olympics", and some sort of *aerial* robotic thingy in Texas.
|> 
|> So I was thinking...  Why not HERE in Milwaukee??
|> 
|> Is anyone interested in a robotic event to be held in the Milwaukee area?
|> If so, what kinds of events do you want to have?
|> 
|> Some Ideas for Competition Events
|> ---------------------------------
|> Most of these ideas are gleaned from other robotic competitions, while a few
|> of them are my own.  See if you can think of some more!
|> 
|> o Robot Sumo:  Robots of different sizes/types try to push each other out
|> 		of the ring.  Rings of differing surface textures?  Maybe
                                                                 ^
                How about using Wisconsin Cheese of various type. Swiss
                cheese would make an interesting texture. And a wheel of
                cheese makes a natural arena :-).


Gary
