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The competition was to gather some 20 tennis balls in
a 4 meters by 4 meters wide field, which had a hole in the center of one of
it's sides as goal. the robots should have gathered all the balls and bring
them to the goal.
Kambiz Artist does this job by a very intuitive way. instead of getting each
ball one by one, it takes them all in one move by placing a roll of "cinema
film" around all the balls, virtually putting a "net" around them. then when
the "netting" is completed, it gathers the film roll inside itself, hence
bringing all the balls near itself. the trick is that kambiz artist starts
its journey from near the goal. just before starting it's movements, it
places a "lead weight" near the hole. one end of the film roll is connected
to the lead weight. it then goes round the field once while laying it's net
round the field. then when it again reaches the goal (from the other side)
it starts gathering the film roll inside itself by a special mechanism. so
when it completes gathering the film, on end of the film is on one side of
the hole and the other side (inside the robot) on the other side. this means
by this time, all the balls are inside the goal.
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