Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02864
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: jester96beam@iname.com
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 14:17:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: My thoughts (Arena-bots)
I was thining the same thing. The goal is to KILL the other bot (push it off a cliff, into water etc.) while still staying alive :-)
Maybe it should be judged like the photovore competitions. - They have to show good exploration, survival, power efficiency etc.
> Nice idea, but:
>
> 1) A model amphibious tank equipped with bumpers and tilt sensors,
> moving about at random would appear to qualify rather too well.
>
> 2) Without an actual task, what reason does the `bot have to move?
> Staying put would be the best survival strategy.
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