material restrictions of SOR contest

[S. Karim]

would legos be allowed?

[Admin]

Any material is allowed, although legos has a lower 'coolness' factor

[maverick monk]

i beg to differ, legoes are some of the coolest toys ever, i love them :p

[KambeiX]

i beg to differ, legoes are some of the coolest toys ever, i love them :p

they are cool, but a lego robot will still look like a toy.

[RobotBuilder]

i beg to differ, legoes are some of the coolest toys ever, i love them :p

they are cool, but a lego robot will still look like a toy.

I agree.

[Ro-Bot-X]

I have built Lego robots that I could never have built with regular parts. Not without a shop and lots of headache...

[S. Karim]

they are cool, but a lego robot will still look like a toy.

sometimes legos look better than the scrap junk robots you guys make. to be honest, i dont like things that look like toys, i actually love the way the wires hang out and all but comon, the objective is to make a robot, i didnt know it had to be out of cardboard and pieces out of my toy radio to be considered "cool". i highly hope legos arent discriminated against when i enter in the competition, i mean geez they can be just as useful with the correct ideas.

and i thought this was a hobby forum, for people who are "student-like" moneywise and dont have "shops" laying behind their houses, legos are extremely versatile mechanically and everyone has access to it.

[Admin]

I highly recommend people to buy a sheet of plastic and learn how to cut out your designs and drill holes. If you ever want to be an expert, this is a skill you will need to learn anyway . . .

As for legos, it tends to fail the shake test - shake it real hard and see if it still works
I will look down on any design that fails the shake test, lego or not . . .

[KambeiX]

Will it Blend?

 

[ed1380]

Will it Blend?

 

lol

have you seen teh iphone one?

[S. Karim]

As for legos, it tends to fail the shake test - shake it real hard and see if it still works
I will look down on any design that fails the shake test, lego or not . . .

Oh really? Fine with me. I'll have a shaking portion in the video just for you. I better see the other robots shaken just as hard lol.

[Ai-bot]

"Oh really? Fine with me. I'll have a shaking portion in the video just for you. I better see the other robots shaken just as hard lol."


How about buying some "crazy glue" and glue the lego together before the video demo.

Just joking.... I wish all of you good luck, even the lego robot builder.

[Admin]

In the past Ive used the legos with those big holes in the center, and used zip ties to hold everything really tight using those holes.

Ive made quite a few lego bots in the past, I should probably upload the videos one day . . .

[S. Karim]

How about buying some "crazy glue" and glue the lego together before the video demo.

Just joking.... I wish all of you good luck, even the lego robot builder.

heh crazy glue my legos? for what? the prize isnt enough for me to do that, and its not guaranteed either