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I'd like to extend my thanks to all of you for making Sumo-bot 6 a
success! When I say all of you, I mean all of you who came out to
participate, built robots or just showed up to help, thanks!
I'd like to specifically thank Joe and Rob for their contribution to the
day and their on-going support of the group over these past 3 years (oh
yeah did I mention Sumo-bot 6 marks our 3 year anniversary?). Without them
the LRGoAA would not exist.
Also, I feel I would be slighting him if I didn't thank Duane for all his
hard work on the images we used for the web site and the excellent poster
he created for us. Additionally Duane deserves thanks for all of his
event-day work manning the 4 (or was it 5?) video cameras that were placed
around the playing area. This will turn into more hard work for him
editing all of that footage down into some web friendly movies as well as
a full-blown DVD archive. Thanks Duane, you rock!
Additional thanks goes to the Ring Masters: Tim, Brian, Gabe, Steve, Josh
and Paul. In particular I would like to thank Tim for basically running
the RIS half of the event. Aside from a few moments here and there with
the scoring system, I don't think I was required to even think about how
that class was going all day; thanks Tim!
Other people that need mentioning: Josh deserves big thanks for all his
help lugging my junk in and out of the museum and for helping me get
things set-up and going. thanks to Brian, Gabe, Josh, Steve, Rob and Duane
who all brought stuff to be used by the event (rings, computers, scales,
cameras, etc.). And if you brought something we used and I didn't thank
you, then thanks!
Jona
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LEGO Robotics Group of Ann Arbor invites you to compete in Sumo-bot 6
What: Our annual LEGO-based robotics sumo wrestling competition pits robot
contestants against each other in a struggle to shove one another off of the
sumo-ring. Last year's event fielded 34 robots in 2 classes competing on 2
sumo-rings, we will be using 4 sumo-rings this year to allow for maximum number
of matches. Event rules and details may be found at www.24tooth.com/sumobot6/.
When: Saturday, September 18, 2004 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM (doors open for
competitors at 9:00 AM)
Where: At the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum located at 220 E. Ann St. here in Ann
Arbor. The museum can be reached at 734-995-5439.
Who: The competition is open to anyone who can build a robot that conforms to
the event rules, pre-register their robot, and attend the event. Everyone is
welcome as a spectator. Free admission to museum for 2 builders per each robot
entry, normal museum admission price for spectators.
Why: For fun and experience with LEGO robotics and because based on fair
competition, Sumo-bot wrestling encourages friendships and the exchange of
ideas, showcases accomplishments, advances robotics, and seeds interest in
future generations of robot builders.
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2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show ........call for participation........
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2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show
NILTC is pleased to announce that we will be holding the 2nd Annual
Midwest Lego Train Show in Wheaton, IL December 4-5th. This show was proven to
be a great success last year smashing all previous attendance records while at
the same time bringing together 3 separate Lego train clubs. This year we are
looking to encourage even more clubs to come join the fun. We have a large
indoor facility at the historic Cantigny Park.
Any interested clubs or individuals should contact OnDrew Hartigan to discuss
the details.
Friday, December 3rd
SETUP noon until we are done. Please note that we will have visitors in
the building until 4pm.
Saturday, December 4th
SETUP 7-9am SHOW 9am-4pm PLAY time 4pm-?
Sunday, December 5th
SHOW 9am-4pm tear down 4pm-?
Address
1s 151 Winfield rd.
Winfield, IL 60190
Directions:
http://www.cantignypark.com/NewSite/directions.htm
Last year we had 4 train layouts and 1 castle layout. While we have
named this show a "train show" all themes are welcome. From robotics to
moonbases, anything Lego will make a delightful addition to this event.
Thanks,
OnDrew
roj2323 at yahoo . com
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p.s. Thank you Jason for helping me write this up.
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Hi all,
The Trash Day event will take place:
Saturday, April 17th. at 2:00 PM.
The location will be my house here in Ann Arbor, my street address is:
422 S. 7th. St.
My house is on the West side of the street about 3 houses from the intersection
of Liberty and Seventh. You can see a detailed map and also get directions from
your location by following this link to Mapquest.com:
Click here for map.
Doors will be open approximately at 12 noon for you to have time to test run the
route and debug your programs. If it is possible, please do not show up before
noon as we may not be home. :)
A word about parking...
We share a drive way with out neighbors, so parking is tight. However, there is
a street nearby that usually has plenty of parking available on it. If you find
our house and see the drive is full, continue south on 7th. until you reach
Jefferson (which intersects 7th. from the east). You can safely park on
Jefferson and walk the half block or so to my house. If this is unclear, just
stop in our drive way, and we will help you.
A word about programs and competition day...
I have successfully set up the current version of BricXcc on my laptop. BricXcc
is a front end GUI for the widely used NQC programming language for the RCX. I
also have RIS 2.0 on my desktop machine. So if you think you may be needing to
tweak your program on event day, and don’t have your own laptop to bring along,
then you are welcome to use my stuff. If you use NQC or BricXcc, then just bring
your files on a floppy. If you use RIS 2.0 then you are going need to e-mail
your files to me ahead of time (my desktop floppy drive is not functioning).
If there are any questions or concerns, please let me know.
See you Saturday,
Jona
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In lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, Jason Spears wrote:
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Ok, so we sorta came to a conclusion that having a meeting could be
interesting. Now we need to figure out a date and location that works for
both clubs.
Date - I haven’t polled the MichLUG members, so people are going to have
express themselves here, but some dates that I guessed might work are listed
below. While I have listed dates on Saturdays, it is possible that a Sunday
would work as well.
May 1st
May 29th
June 5th
June 12th
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I think I’d prefer to hold off until after MCCC, if possible, especially if
we’re going to hold this in lieu of a regular MichLUG meeting (May 1st, June
5th).
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Hi guys,
I have finaly received the parts ordered from BrickLink and I am about to finish
the third robot. But there is something interesting that I want to say first. I
have challenged myself on building a RIS only robot that will do the job. The
good news is I have succeded! I am using one motor for driving following the
line with the light sensor and the second motor to grab/lift the trash can. One
touch sensor detects the trash can and the other is detecting the arm position.
Cool, huh? It will not be able to U turn to pick the 6th can but it works! Now
I’m going to work on my pneumatic-arm-double-spybots robot wich it turns out to
be a monster... I hope I’ll get some time next week to finish them all!
Happy Easter for everybody!
Gabe
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In lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, Jona Jeffords wrote:
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May 1 might make the most sense from our point of view because we will have
just finished the trash collecting event and could easily have our robots on
hand to show off.
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Cool. Those should be very interesting.
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As far as location goes, I wonder how many people typically show up for a
MichLUG meeting? We usually have 3-8 people at our monthly meetings and
usually slightly more for our events. Since I haven’t heard a word from any
of the members concerning this joint meeting, I would expect 2 to 3 memebrs
to show up. Holding it in Ann Arbor would make it more appealing to me and
more likely that I will actually be able to attend. There are a variety of
locations for us to meet at, but it sort of depends on the head count. The
most likely locations would be a) my house, b) Rob’s house, and c) the coffee
shop.
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We usually have 8-12 members (and 2-4 member’s kids) at a meeting.
As for a location, this was brought up a our meeting this past weekend and a few
people were going to look into it. If it is a possibility, would the Ypsilanti
public library be ok on your end?
Jason Spears | BrickCentral | MichLUG
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In lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, Jason Spears wrote:
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Ok, so we sorta came to a conclusion that having a meeting could be
interesting. Now we need to figure out a date and location that works for
both clubs.
Date - I haven’t polled the MichLUG members, so people are going to have
express themselves here, but some dates that I guessed might work are listed
below. While I have listed dates on Saturdays, it is possible that a Sunday
would work as well.
May 1st
May 29th
June 5th
June 12th
Location - I’m not sure that we would be able to find seating at a coffe
shop, but there may be other options in the general Ann Arbor area. (I think
that something nearish to Ann Arbor might work as a location, as we have lots
of members on that side of the state.)
Anyways, does anyone have any suggestions?
Jason Spears | BrickCentral | MichLUG
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May 1 might make the most sense from our point of view because we will have just
finished the trash collecting event and could easily have our robots on hand to
show off.
As far as location goes, I wonder how many people typically show up for a
MichLUG meeting? We usually have 3-8 people at our monthly meetings and usually
slightly more for our events. Since I haven’t heard a word form any of the
members concerning this joint meeting, I would expect 2 to 3 memebrs to show up.
Holding it in Ann Arbor would make it more appealing to me and more likely that
I will actually be able to attend. There are a variety of locations for us to
meet at, but it sort of depends on the head count. The most likely locations
would be a) my house, b) Rob’s house, and c) the coffee shop.
Jona
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In lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, Jason Spears wrote:
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Ok, so we sorta came to a conclusion that having a meeting could be
interesting. Now we need to figure out a date and location that works for
both clubs.
Date - I haven’t polled the MichLUG members, so people are going to have
express themselves here, but some dates that I guessed might work are listed
below. While I have listed dates on Saturdays, it is possible that a Sunday
would work as well.
May 1st
May 29th
June 5th
June 12th
Location - I’m not sure that we would be able to find seating at a coffe
shop, but there may be other options in the general Ann Arbor area. (I think
that something nearish to Ann Arbor might work as a location, as we have lots
of members on that side of the state.)
Anyways, does anyone have any suggestions?
Jason Spears | BrickCentral | MichLUG
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Probably any dates are good with me.
Presumably Spencer’s might work .. but I can’t volunteer someone else’s house.
I have an RCX 2.0 and I am interested in (safely?) hacking in a dc supply
connector. Not sure this is something that might be discussed, at least the
how-tos... as presumably the robots are mostly mobile? perhaps I presume too
much. My interests are relatively diverse within lego and beyond and I just
don’t seem to have the time to devote to mindstorms. Eventually I will do more,
but it is geared towards train layout automation. Not just train operation
themselves, but other accesories and possibly some accessories triggered by...
the audience? Just thinking out loud. I am curious about use of home brew
sensors like the reed switches and use of LED lighting features I know there
are web resources, books and so forth, but sometimes this stuff if much more
inspirational to see live or discuss with someone that has done it.
Ken
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I’m interested in meeting. At this moment I don’t have anything personal of
robotics interest to show... I have a couple different line following programs
from high school AP Computer Science students in robots of my creation... but
nothing outstanding there.
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May 1st
May 29th
June 5th
June 12th
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Ann Arbor is good for me. I’d be more interested in 5/1 or 6/12 at this point.
Peter
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