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...burrowing or anchoring in the sand, digging a trench or building a hill, in-water operations. Making it solar-powered-only would introduce not only a "green" element, but make a number of additional choices available for sun-powered movement and weaponry.
(not, may I stress, intended in any way,
shape or form, to replace volleyball or other swimsuit-related competitions)
A whole bunch of wind powered robots
http://www.google.c...mages?q=Theo+Jansen
[goldbb, May 18 2010]
Strandbeest
http://www.strandbeest.com/
"beach creatures" (as cited by goldbb above) [BunsenHoneydew, May 20 2010]
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I envision this as being very slow. Robot sidles up to another robot... charging... charging...c harging - WHACK! |
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charging... charging... charging... |
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Sort of like turf battles between sea anemones. Fast forward function would help. |
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I'm torn, for one I love robot wars, but solar power is
both so low energy AND so fragile. The sand,
depending on the beach, could really up the energy
requirements and the surf could really add another
whole dimention to the battle. |
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Tracked vehicles would do well ... or balloon tyres. |
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Adding amphibious capabilites would be neat, too. |
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Dibs on leftover Mars Roverbot parts! |
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Wind powered, without electronics, would be cooler. |
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The winner would be based on a large golf umbrella, with its own solar cells on top. Shading out all opponents who approach, thus depriving them of power. |
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Could be big in the German market, as soon as the sun comes up the robot covers the nearest sunlounger with the owner's towel. |
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If they wanted to trade, I could think of a few choice locations in the Carribbean that are going cheap these days. And they come with a fuel source. |
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// Germany will also legitimately own the greek beaches soon // |
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Yes, their previous tenure (1941 - 1945) was successfully challenged by the legitimate owners. |
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//successfully challenged by the legitimate owners// by
some third parties, I'd have said. |
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If China's the world leader by volume, who's the world leader
by mass? |
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// world leader by mass? // |
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// Fast forward function would help// |
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Well a lot of people have snail races in pubs so the low speed probably wouldn't be a show stopper. |
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If the robots were solar powered, then presumably the idea's suggestion of //burrowing...in the sand// would be ill-advised? |
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//burrowing...ill-advised?// anchor, but you could save up solar power and actually burrow, or a solar-landshark thing. |
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<links> nifty, but a robot with a parabolic mirror (array) would take those out rather spectacularly. |
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I'll just stand unobtrusively in the crowd, with my massive parabolic mirror concentrating solar energy on my robot's solar panel... |
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ooh shiny, [hippo] on cloudy days (or even not), there could be "supercharge" spots on the beach from fixed mirror emplacements. |
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