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Gus, Mark and I have spent much of the last week ironing out little bugs in
getting our latest Crate Contraption working. It's now set up at NWBrickCon.
I'll have more pictures soon, but for now here are two:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Friday/pa290009.jpg,
and
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Friday/pa290011.jpg
If you'd like to see it in action (live!) come visit the show on Sunday. All
sorts of LEGO models are on display, along with our robots. It's open to the
public from 12 noon to 6pm. No charge. The display is in Federal Way, at "The
Commons" (used to be "SeaTac Mall" until recently) near the 'Target' end of the
mall. Directions are currently posted on the NWBrickCon home page.
http://www.nwbrickcon.org
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David Schilling
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As promised, I have a few more pictures of our current Crate Contraption. I'll
have a write-up of them sometime in the next week or three.
Overall layout:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300089.jpg
Simple forklift:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300001.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300011.jpg
Ball distributer:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300002.jpg
Dump Truck:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300004.jpg
Front End Loader:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300005.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300006.jpg
Dumping Forklift:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300007.jpg
Crane:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300010.jpg
Some robot interactions:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300012.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300013.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300016.jpg
Additionally Gus had a cool RC car that he ran in a race. With four wheels it
has two wheel steering (that really IS non-obvious!) and three wheel drive. I'll
let him describe it more. Very nice!
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300094.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300096.jpg
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David Schilling
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I just saw this thing live and I must say it was incredibly impressive. I
talked with a gentlemen from SMART for a bit of time, but I forget his name (I
believe it was Mark). Anyway, hats off to you folks, it was a really neat
display. The whole Expo was a lot of fun with many cool things to see. It has
me excited to actually participate in the Con next year. I'm also stoked about
attending my first SMART meeting next month. Good work folks!!
-Jim
In lugnet.org.us.smart, David Schilling wrote:
> As promised, I have a few more pictures of our current Crate Contraption. I'll
> have a write-up of them sometime in the next week or three.
>
> Overall layout:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300089.jpg
>
> Simple forklift:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300001.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300011.jpg
>
> Ball distributer:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300002.jpg
>
> Dump Truck:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300004.jpg
>
> Front End Loader:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300005.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300006.jpg
>
> Dumping Forklift:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300007.jpg
>
> Crane:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300010.jpg
>
> Some robot interactions:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300012.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300013.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300016.jpg
>
> Additionally Gus had a cool RC car that he ran in a race. With four wheels it
> has two wheel steering (that really IS non-obvious!) and three wheel drive. I'll
> let him describe it more. Very nice!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300094.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300096.jpg
>
> --
> David Schilling
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In lugnet.org.us.smart, Jim Johnson wrote:
> I just saw this thing live and I must say it was incredibly impressive. I
> talked with a gentlemen from SMART for a bit of time, but I forget his name (I
> believe it was Mark). Anyway, hats off to you folks, it was a really neat
> display. The whole Expo was a lot of fun with many cool things to see. It has
> me excited to actually participate in the Con next year. I'm also stoked about
> attending my first SMART meeting next month. Good work folks!!
>
> -Jim
Thanks for coming by to see us! We'll look forward to seeing you again in a few
weeks. (November's meeting is on the 20th, due to Thanksgiving weekend.)
There's a few more pictures of the crate contraption robots at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103448. (Most of the second half
of the first page.)
I want to thank Gus and Mark for all their hard work, the many hours they put
into their robots, and all the time that they spent at the event. Thanks!
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David Schilling
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