[Dprglist] DPRG's Dec 12th Virtual Competition

[jesse brockmann]

Ron,
 Thanks for writing LFS!  I think it's pretty good and I already signed up
for the competition.  I wrote a similar simulator
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrjVnTccio> in the past for my rovers in
C++.

Jesse

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 7:28 PM Ron Grant via DPRGlist <
dprglist at lists.dprg.org> wrote:

> Hello Jesse,
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> My best time is 48.737 seconds.
> Can you beat that?
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> OK, I know that is SimpleBot's run time.
> I wrote the SimpleBot demo before any of the features were written to help
> tune your robot - so you probably can beat that time.
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> OK, adjusting some of the SimpleBot parameters. I just figured out that I
> can beat the time.
> I am thinking there has got to be a way to beat that.
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> Different sensors? Sensor locations..  Different ideas on speed control...
> I hope to give that a whirl before contest day.
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> Anyway,  I would urge you to compete. Half the fun is not knowing what
> people are capable of.
> LFS took months to write. Every person who has the time or inclination to
> compete earns my respect and appreciation and I am sure the respect and
> appreciation of all DPRG members who directly or indirectly have made LFS
> happen.
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> My thinking too. Is with Time warp, anyone can demo alternate controller
> designs not part of an official entry. So  if you come up with some alien
> sensor scheme and want to show it off I would think for this contest it
> would be welcomed as a demo. Just me talking. I will leave that to the
> official people. You could always show off at any virtual meeting in the
> future...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jesse brockmann via DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org>
> To: dprglist at lists.dprg.org
> Sent: Wed, Nov 25, 2020 10:04 am
> Subject: Re: [Dprglist] DPRG's Dec 12th Virtual Competition
>
> Thanks Doug.  I already signed up with a line follower bot and I'm working
> on video for a rover.    I had a quick question, is anyone willing to share
> their times on the novice course so I know if I am competitive or not?
>    I'm very excited to be able to do a competition this year.  And thanks
> to everyone for the hard work on the simulator.  It's awesome!  I'm in Iowa
> and there are not any local groups like DPRG here so the virtual
> competition is perfect for me.
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> Jesse Brockmann
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> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 7:12 AM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist <
> dprglist at lists.dprg.org> wrote:
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> -All,
>      The details for the Dec 12th virtual competition can be found at Virtual
> Competition - dprg.org <https://www.dprg.org/virtual-competition/>.
> Make sure to check it out. There is still plenty of time to compete.
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> Regards,
> Doug P.
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