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[Twiggie]

why use parts for money when we can get it free...

we have programming, we should use it to create virii and sell them or hack people's details and sell them

[maxicaxi]

why use parts for money when we can get it free...

we have programming, we should use it to create virii and sell them or hack people's details and sell them

no we should create the most advanced spam bot in the universe !!!! this will get us lots of money and we can be evil muahahahhahaah 

[GlyphGryph]

Anyways, last time I DID use notepad, but since it was destroyed by another person it didn't help. I also never found the shift key. But whatever. Third try...

Action 12
You hurry home, your mind racing with ideas during the walk, piecing things together and coming up with possibilities. You're going to make something... something useful. Something to... Urgh, this bag is so heavy with all this crap in it. If only you had something to... Yes! You'll build something to carry things around for you!

Getting home, you pull out your laptop, hook it up to the Designix device, and begin designing. You also remember the remote control you shoved in the back of one of your drawers and pull it out. But, back to planning, first, you'll need some sort of chassis...

New Schematic Invented!
Medium Frame
Small Metal Sheet [x2] OR Plywood Sheet
Screws or Nails
2x4 [x2] or Small Pipe Section [x4]

Then, of course, you'll have to turn it into something that can move around... You dig out the remote controls for your RC motors, and look at them. They aren't very strong... but if you use both, you should get enough power for now.

New Schematic Invented!
Medium RC Roller
Medium Frame [Chassis]
RC Motor [x2] [Engine]
Small Pipe Section [x2] [Axles]
Small Wheels [x4] [Wheels]
Nails and Screws
Wires [x2]
Duct Tape [x1]

And then, if we add some sort of platform on top, which should be fairly straightforward.
New Modification Invented!
Platform Modification
Plywood Sheet [1/2] or Small Metal Sheet
Nails and Screws

Spoiler: Statistics for Rose Donlan (click to show/hide)

Time Constraints:
1.5 Months - Science competition
3 Months - Return of Cousin

Known Locations:
Cousin Caroline's Basement
Coffee Shop
Scrapyard
Scrapyard Warehouses


Wearing:
Casual Clothing of NORMALCY!
White Lab Coat of SCIENCE!
Glasses to correct your POOR VISION!
Yellow Dishwashing gloves of SCIENCE!
Comfortable Shoes of SCIENCE!
Regular Clothes (under Lab Coat)

Inventory:
2 Reference Books
--Chemistry
--Physics
Letter addressed to one Dr. Donlan

Devices:
         Design and Machining device

Tools:
         Cheap Netbook
         Metal Saw, Wood Saw
         Drill with an assortment of bits
         Hammer
         Dwemel
         Sledgehammer
         Soldering Gun
         Fire Extinguisher
         Assorted wrenches/screwdrivers/pliers/wirecutters
         Some other tools you forgot about in the back of your drawers
         Smoke Detector
         Large Table
         Workbench
         Remote Control

Parts:
         Small Sheet Metal (x3)
         2x4 (x4)
         Large Plywood Sheet (x2)
         Screws and Nails (Many)
         Solder (x10)
         Circuit Board (x2)
         RC Motor (x2)
         Magnetron
         High Voltage Power Transformer
         Small Motor
         Small Wheels (x8)
         Large Plastic Tarp (x1)
         Various Wires (x10)
         Duck Tape (x30)
         Rope, 25ft (x2)
         Various Wires x11
         Circuitry x4
         Spigot x1
         Small Pipe section x 3
         Small Plastic Tubing x 3


Chemicals:None
Minions: None

Knowledge:
Primary Passion: Programming! Level 3
Secondary Passion: Engineering! Level 2
Specialty: KillBotics (+1 effective level)
Other Disciplines: None
Gained Knowledge: None

Negligible Fame
Mild Megalomania

Spoiler: Schematics and Mods (click to show/hide)

Medium Frame
Small Metal Sheet [x2] OR Plywood Sheet
Screws or Nails
2x4 [x2] or Small Pipe Section [x4]

Medium RC Roller
Medium Frame [Chassis]
RC Motor [x2] [Engine]
Small Pipe Section [x2] [Axles]
Small Wheels [x4] [Wheels]
Nails and Screws
Wires [x2]
Duct Tape [x1]

Platform Modification
Plywood Sheet [1/2] or Small Metal Sheet
Nails and Screws

So, you've got a working design, but were there any sort of additional modifications you wanted to make before piecing it together?
The bot is a bit unstable with just those 4 small wheels and that platform on top of it, and the platform is currently about 2 feet above the ground, meaning you'll have to bend down to get stuff. Perhaps there's something you could to do strengthen the motors, since right now its max speed would only be a couple miles per hour even without stuff on it. Also, you currently have to control it manually via the remote (at least you hooked the two motors together, so you only need to use one). Maybe you should spend some time trying to make it autonomous? Of course, then you'd have to figure out what sort of programming to give it - you don't want it rolling people over (without your permission, anyways) or knocking stuff over, and it doesn't have any sort of sensors yet.

Well, when you think you're ready inventing, just CONFIRM to start constructing the bot.

TIME: 4:30pm

[omagaalpha]

I think she should work created an program that will be able to make robot that follow you around and create a design modification to allow Medium RC Roller to be able allow it follow user around.

[maxicaxi]

I think she should work created an program that will be able to make robot that follow you around and creade a design modification to allow Medium RC Roller to be able allow follow user around.

we do this 

[Diablous]

I think she should work created an program that will be able to make robot that follow you around and creade a design modification to allow Medium RC Roller to be able allow follow user around.

we do this 

Sounds good.

[Urist McMalaclypse]

I think she should work created an program that will be able to make robot that follow you around and create a design modification to allow Medium RC Roller to be able allow it follow user around.

Fourth'd.

I'm not sure how much we can do to improve robot speed - we do have a small non-RC motor that we could probably make work through the RC ones, but that's our last motor, and I'm not sure what sort of speed it would provide. I'd also hate to add more wheels without more motors to drive them. Any ideas?

[GlyphGryph]

I think she should work created an program that will be able to make robot that follow you around and create a design modification to allow Medium RC Roller to be able allow it follow user around.

You're going to have to let me know exactly how you are going to accomplish this. I mean, the programming you can do, but how do you want it to work? Remember that your robot currently has no sensors of any sort. You might be able to work something out so it triangulates on the remote control, perhaps, and moves towards it (until a certain distance), but it would still blindly crash into anything between them.

Right now, I'll assume you will write that program then. A button will be added to the remote that will cause the robot to move directly towards you, and some modifications made to the bot. Unless someone has a better idea?

[Cheddarius]

Firstly, money gives us safety. If we get caught just once entering the junkyard, it's all over. We effectively lose the game. Buying parts is safe.
And I think it would be quite possible to sell the robot to some kid somewhere.

Also, what is the purpose of the following Medium RC Roller? I assume we could slightly increase our junkyard stealing capacity, but I doubt that that would be very useful with such a small robot.

Glyph, are remotes and radio transmitters and such free/abstracted out?

[GlyphGryph]

You've got one remote, and the RC motors have transceivers in them (on account of being RC motors).

I just keep forgetting to add it to your parts list.

[GlyphGryph]

Also, the medium RC roller, when complete, would be about 2x2x2 as far as dimensions go, with a plate on top of whatever size you wish (up to 5x5 which is the size of the plywood sheet)

[omagaalpha]

Actual thinking was make program that use like camera figure to figure out obstacle in way but

Firstly, money gives us safety. If we get caught just once entering the junkyard, it's all over. We effectively lose the game. Buying parts is safe.
And I think it would be quite possible to sell the robot to some kid somewhere.

I think this be good idea if decide to actual make one Medium RC Roller is mostly for selling it to make money. Since it quality low.

Actual think we should focus on make stuff that we can sell to build up money to buy stuff that we need for the real science project.

[Cheddarius]

Also, the medium RC roller, when complete, would be about 2x2x2 as far as dimensions go, with a plate on top of whatever size you wish (up to 5x5 which is the size of the plywood sheet)

Eh? 2x2x2 feet? Inches? Meters? Miles? AU? Planck lengths? Light-years?

Glyph said we don't have any sensors. I think a lot of the specialty parts we'll need to get from stores - after all, people don't usually abandon cars with robot cameras or whatnot.

[Rilder]

How about some crude wires/metal prongs or something that jut out in front of the bot so that when it hits something it trips something and makes it try and move around the obstacle?

[Cheddarius]

Glyph, you have Various Wires (x10) and a bit under that, Various Wires x11.

Hmmmm, sounds good.
How about this? Two metal prongs, like you said, stick out in front of the robot.
A metal square hangs by some rope on a stick or something in front of those prongs.
When the robot bumps something, it pushes the square into the prongs, connecting them and completing the circuit, which trips the detection.

Consider Schematic: Touch Sensor
Small Sheet Metal x1
Solder x1
Duck Tape x1
Various Wires x1
Circuitry x1
Small Plastic Tubing x 1