[Dprglist] RoboColumbus rules question

[John Swindle]

Doug,
 
A couple more questions:
 
Does the self-contained definition prohibit the robot from asking a website a question? If all the decisions are made on-board, and the website is not merely giving coordinates to the robot, would that be OK? Ezra sent me several links for agricultural robots and plant identification apps. Good stuff. So, I wondered about having the robot look at things and ask a website what it was looking at. The site might reply, "That's an oak tree."
 
Staying on the ground: So if a robot is not flying, but also is not staying on the ground, would it be OK? No, not rocket power. But bouncing, maybe with some propeller lift, but not enough to achieve flight. Just thinking of ways to avoid getting stuck in mud and high grass.
 
Thanks!

John Swindle



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