Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02867
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "onald Burn" phantomfx@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 12:57:37 PDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Re:My thoughts (Arena-bots)
>From: jester96beam@iname.com
>Reply-To: jester96beam@iname.com
>To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>Subject: Re: My thoughts (Arena-bots)
>Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 14:17:45 -0400 (EDT)
>
>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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thee wrote:no walkers ,put treads or legs on the poppers ,make a
indoor yard ,put a bright lite on one end and see who gets there the
fastes.....
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