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Hello to all Lego fans!
Get your Lego bricks ready for some serious Lego action — the TexLUG Lego Users
Group is hosting a Lego MindStorms robotic sumo event in conjunction with David
J. Perdue (that’s me!), author of “Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to
Robotic Sumo using Lego MindStorms.”
The event is based on the use of the Lego MindStorms Robotics Invention System
and the RCX microcomputer, but we also allow other Lego elements. If you would
like to read the rule set for this event and/or view the date and place of the
event, please visit the Competitive MindStorms web site — you’ll find a box at
the right of the page announcing the event:
www.davidjperdue.com/competitivemindstorms
And, of course, if you would like to find out more about what Lego MindStorms
robotic sumo is, the Competitive MindStorms web site has that information too.
If you’re interested in participating, you’ve got about 2 ½ months to get a bot
built, so make sure you start thinking about what you want to create. Oh yes,
there’s also going to be two nice prizes for the winner and runner-up of the
event which are being donated by Tim Rueger, who is co-hosting the event with
me. Tim is also the instigator of the group — the Austin chapter of TexLUG —
that is officially holding this event, and I must give the credit to him for the
event’s conception; he invited me in on this effort, and now together we’re
hosting the event — see you there!
- David J. Perdue
www.davidjperdue.com
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On Thu, March 24, 2005 9:50 pm, David Perdue said:
> Get your Lego bricks ready for some serious Lego action — the TexLUG Lego Users
> Group is hosting a Lego MindStorms robotic sumo event in conjunction with David
> J. Perdue (that’s me!), author of “Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to
> Robotic Sumo using Lego MindStorms.”
David,
Sounds like fun, I wish I could attend.
Will you be using any of the robots from your book?
You may want to correct the date posted on your web site.
Steve
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> On Thu, March 24, 2005 9:50 pm, David Perdue said:
> > Get your Lego bricks ready for some serious Lego action — the TexLUG Lego Users
> > Group is hosting a Lego MindStorms robotic sumo event in conjunction with David
> > J. Perdue (that’s me!), author of “Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to
> > Robotic Sumo using Lego MindStorms.”
>
> David,
>
> Sounds like fun, I wish I could attend.
>
> Will you be using any of the robots from your book?
I'm constructing a new one for the event, but I'm thinking I'll probably bring
along another one from my book as well. I'll probably use "Zip-Bam-Bot Version
XK2."
> You may want to correct the date posted on your web site.
Thanks for letting me know - the date has been corrected.
- David J. Perdue
www.davidjperdue.com
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Hello fellas,
I would like to ask, has anyone tried interfacing a CMU cam with an RCX so that
the RCX functions as a tracking rover. Thanks.
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In lugnet.announce, David Perdue wrote:
> Get your Lego bricks ready for some serious Lego action — the TexLUG Lego Users
> Group is hosting a Lego MindStorms robotic sumo event in conjunction with David
> J. Perdue (that’s me!), author of “Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to
> Robotic Sumo using Lego MindStorms.”
There's been a slight revision of the rule set for this upcoming event; a few
details and the updated rule set can be found at my web site at the following
address:
http://www.davidjperdue.com/competitivemindstorms/upcomingevent.html
- David J. Perdue
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