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Lego robots in volleyball tournament

Posted by Hemos on from the better-then-a-web-lego-bot-by-a-spike dept.

Mike Knell writes "The Irish Times has an article on a robot volleyball tournament held at the British Association Festival of Science in Sheffield yesterday. Teams from five universities took part in the contest to design and produce volleyball-playing robots from off-the-shelf Lego, with the 'droids developed by Trinity College, Dublin emerging as the victors. "

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  1. Foiled again! by SirSlud · · Score: 3

    I knew I shouldn't have sold all my lego. I really really wanted to become a world player in the volleyball robot field, but who knew lego would be the way to get me there! Arg!

    Are they going to release this series next year? Town lego, space lego, Tecnique Lego, and Robot Volleyball Lego? Heehee.

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  2. Here are some pictures, and the full rules by jcupitt65 · · Score: 5

    The BBC has a page up about it here.

    There are some pics of the robots, and a little summary of the rules. They also link to mindstorms and the official volleyball page.

  3. That's called a "proximity sensor" by SEWilco · · Score: 3

    That is called a "proximity sensor". Sonar uses sound. Coarsely detecting that something is nearby is a proximity sensor. Using light to measure distances is rangefinding. Using your own light beam to measure distance and direction is lidar. Using light from another source is photography.