For the several that I've mentioned them to since getting back from DragonCon, here are the rules for the Robot Battles that I got to see there. Note especially the "bad idea" rule, and the "frankenstein" rule.
Well, I think you're making it a slight bit harder on yourself than you'd think.
Many of these (looking at the attached images and going over the rules), are little more than glorified remote control cars with a couple of offensive and defensive weapons tacked on. I mean, look at the image on the rules page. That's a simple shell placed over two wheel/axle/motor combos, a blade attached to the front, and wiring attached to a couple of power sources.
Now, I'm assuming that pictured machine is a light weight class... but if you look at lot of the images, they're not actually very sophisticated. With a slight bit of mechanical inclination, a small budget, a workspace and tools to borrow, it seems a pretty simple goal, actually.
But really, I don't see any requirements relating to the bot needing to do any environment sensing, requiring an logic, or any real degree of autonomy, making the task far, far easier.
/me ends his AI snob talking down of the other robots.
In the bigger two weight classes a lot of them don't even have weapons. The matches are sumo style, first one to push their opponent off the table wins. No autonomous capabilities, though that would be super cool also.
It probably would be doable, but theres also the question of free time.
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Many of these (looking at the attached images and going over the rules), are little more than glorified remote control cars with a couple of offensive and defensive weapons tacked on. I mean, look at the image on the rules page. That's a simple shell placed over two wheel/axle/motor combos, a blade attached to the front, and wiring attached to a couple of power sources.
Now, I'm assuming that pictured machine is a light weight class... but if you look at lot of the images, they're not actually very sophisticated.
With a slight bit of mechanical inclination, a small budget, a workspace and tools to borrow, it seems a pretty simple goal, actually.
But really, I don't see any requirements relating to the bot needing to do any environment sensing, requiring an logic, or any real degree of autonomy, making the task far, far easier.
/me ends his AI snob talking down of the other robots.
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It probably would be doable, but theres also the question of free time.
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