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| Hi Steve, hi all (...) having been built by Philo and myself, plus a few by other friends. It was a big success. The table was always crowded with visitors and both adults and the children found it intriguing and enchanting. It was a success also on (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Pinball wizard (was Re: Legoworld 2005)
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| (...) I posted about this a few days ago. (in what I thought was the right group but maybe should have copied more groups? : (URL) ) One of the co-creators sent me quite the amazing writeup about this creation, the project is more impressive than it (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Pinball wizard (was Re: Legoworld 2005)
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| (...) Hmmm, sometimes a picture says a thousand words, and other times it just leaves a thousand questions!!! I would love to hear a report about the building, mechanics, playability and any other information available for that pinball machine. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Legoworld 2005
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| Looks like they had a cute little GBC with about 17 modules at Legoworld 2005 (URL) here's a full-sized pinball machine, that appears to use at least 13 RCXs. (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Line Following & Chibots
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| (...) My whole list for the Chibots events will require 21 light sensors. I'll be doing some sensor swapping. Steve (21 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Line Following & Chibots
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| (...) Yes - it is my operating system of choice now. Of course, I still have some stuff in NQC, but anything new is BrickOS and database...I am sure I will run into something that I actually have to code eventually. (...) Since I have limited time (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Line Following & Chibots
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| (...) Well, you got me beat - I'm running around 40 cm/sec on my course (4+ meters with at least 16 6" radius turns, including a "L-R-L-R" section as well as a couple of "R-L-L-R" sections. And even then, it still looses the line on rare occassions (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
| | | | | Line Following & Chibots
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| Well, I may not be competetive yet for first place. But, I am pretty happy that I am running a robot around a 5 meter track with lots of S-curves. And, the robot is doing laps at 55 cm/sec pretty consistently. Unfortunately, this robot has hit its (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
| | | | | Reminder: SANDLUG Meeting This Saturday
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| Hey All, Just passing along a quick reminder that tomorrow, the 22nd, from 1 till 5, is the date for the meeting. If you need directions to John's home please email him at (<minicoop4@sbcgloba...PAM=.net>) or you may contact Mat (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
| | | | | January Meeting Pics
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| Hardly worth a post since it's been so long, but I figure maybe some might appreciate these pics of our gathering earlier in the year. (URL) Brickshelf> --Ryan (21 years ago, 21-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Frapper
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| (...) John, Considering you've never attended a meeting, but your stuff gets displayed all the time, I think you're fulfilling your obligations. :) Of course, the map shows a whole handful of members in the Lafayette LEGO Robotics Club, but only one (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Frapper
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| (...) Simpler to ask for forgiveness. I've already added my pin to the map :) Now how much trouble am I in? What are the obligations of membership ... JB (21 years ago, 20-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Frapper
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| (...) The club's been around a few years, but so far, to officially become a member, all you have to do is add your name to the above map. :) Considering five minutes after our first meeting, you were running a sumo robot at BrickFest, yes, I think (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Frapper
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| (...) <snip> (...) Oh! Oh! Oh!!! me too!!! (too much watching 'Welcome Back Kotter' on the telly lately) Dave K -when I grow up, I want to be Steve H (21 years ago, 20-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Frapper
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| (...) Hey Steve, can you let me know club requirements??? I would love to join... does having my finger prints on your bricks count??? Janey "When I grow up, I want to build robots, Red Brick" (21 years ago, 20-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Frapper
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| It's the latest craze. You can add yourself to our club's listing, and you'll show up on our map... (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Anyone working on monorail tracks?
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| (...) What an excellent idea! It has completely flat sides, so no problems there. What sort of resolution do you want? (I think I can go up to 1200x1200 dpi without crashing the computer) Regarding the underside structure, the sides are completely (...) (21 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
| | | | | Re: Future GBCs
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| (...) Yes, although I was hoping to come up with a way of doing it using the switching RCX's "spare" in/outputs. (...) I was thinking more along the lines of identifying GBC trains. If there were three trains along the mainline, two non-GBC with 6 & (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Future GBCs
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| (...) ... (...) I was just thinking about this. For non-GBC train loops, one RCX could control the whole siding (detect train, throw switch, power track, watch for oncoming trains...) (...) At the train show last weekend, my train had 2 GBC cars, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: Future GBCs
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| (...) (OK, I've got to say my first impression was of an octopus on LSD, but actually after looking at it a bit that's a good diagram for this stuff. Thanks, John!). (...) Also, it means that RCX #2 is completely independant of RCX #3, meaning each (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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