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  • Author Author: dubbie
  • Date Created: 17 Mar 2020 12:24 PM Date Created
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I've started hoarding - Robots!

dubbie
dubbie
17 Mar 2020

At present I am not panicking but recently I was given a refund for a robot I ordered two months ago, because the company no longer had any stock due to the effects of the Corona virus. As the idea of not having robots to study in a serious and scientific way (otherwise known as playing) caused me some concern, I ordered several more from a source that had them in stock - with the added bonus that they were cheaper than the original one.

 

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I now have plenty of robots to put-together as part of my master plan of creating a herd of walking robots and then subsequently, taking over the world. Still, it wouldn't hurt to have a couple more.

 

Dubbie

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie +4
    There was the 1930's Brooks Walker 'park-car' design which may be of interest. It re-used the spare wheel in the boot as a parking assist device, but it never caught on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
  • genebren
    genebren over 6 years ago +3
    Those are some nice robots. I have been a robot hoarder for many years. My wife thinks I have a problem, but I think I have a hobby.
  • genebren
    genebren over 5 years ago +3
    Dubbie, I had recently received a gift certificate for Amazon, so I got online and did some shopping. At first I thought, oh yeah I need more tools (not really), but then I thought, cool, I use a robot…
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

    There are a few videos on YouTube of the Carolo-Cup parking competition:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/user/CaroloCupTuBs/search?query=einparken

    (filtered by 'einparken')

     

    They appear to have incorporated parking into their larger test track circuits now, and also include different styles of parking.

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    dubbie over 5 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Dave,

     

    Thanks for this. I've had a quick look and it looks interesting. I'll have to spend a bit more time on this a bit later (maybe).

     

    Dubbie

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

    Originally it was part of the RoboCup which I mentioned before regarding the robotic football

    https://robocup.org/

     

    The car specific stuff may have moved over to the Carolo-Cup now however

    https://wiki.ifr.ing.tu-bs.de/carolocup/carolo-cup

     

    The regulations for 'Einparkroboter' are listed here:

    https://robotiklab.wordpress.com/regularien-2019/

    some FAQ's here:

    https://robotiklab.wordpress.com/faq-regularien-einparkroboter/

     

    'Einparkroboter' and 'Schul-Robotik-Cup' should get some hits though.

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  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Dave,#

     

    Is there a web site or some standard name I can use to search for this. It could be fun to see if I can make something that works, probably very slowly!

     

    Dubbie

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

    "...I remember all three of the robots illustrated, especially the Greif Roboter..."

    Two of them (including the 'Tower of Hanoi' robot) were from the 80's 'Computing' kit.

     

    There are some documents on it available on the Netherlands Fischertechnik Club site:

    http://docs.fischertechnikclub.nl/computing/39496.pdf

    http://docs.fischertechnikclub.nl/computing/39497.pdf

    http://docs.fischertechnikclub.nl/computing/39499.pdf

    http://docs.fischertechnikclub.nl/computing/32127.pdf

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