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| Inspired by the gentleman selling NXTs for $200 (I didn't have a checkbook with me or I probably would have got one), I did some searching on the web (I think I used Froogle) and found them for $199.99 from A Child's Delight, a toy store in (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Re: January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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| (...) Thank you. (...) This robot was just finished before the meeting so the ears went on but I never got a chance to program them. The idea is just as you describe and I did try use the View feature to see how directional the sound sensor is. My (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Re: ULUG Train Show
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| Brian & All, (...) It is always nice to that interaction with the crowd, even if it is the 50th time you heard it. : ) (...) It is great to have some interactivity like that in a layout - I need to do more of that in ours. (...) The most important (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug)
| | | | | Re: ULUG Train Show
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| (...) Brian- Congrats on your first show.It's a lot of fun to put your stuff out in front of a crowd for the first time. I especially liked the decorative archway, dino museum, bridge, fishing hole, and mech. Good stuff in any layout! Small idea: Be (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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| (...) I like Gus' line-following dog. How well do the ears work? Could it turn towards sounds? Steve (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | ULUG Train Show
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| Over the weekend ULUG (Utah LUG) participated in "The Ophir, Tintic and Western" Train Show at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. We are a newer LUG (under 6 months) with 9 active members and this is our first Train show as a LUG. We were pleased to (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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| (...) camera angle and lots of action! I liked it! (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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| The second set of arms on Mike's robot gives it better mobility. They make its overall tread length much longer, so it can treat stairs like a ramp instead of, well, stairs, and that makes it faster at climbing them. The arms also let it raise the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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| (...) Ha! Methinks you underestimate the talents (not to mention obsession) of the other folks in this event <grin>. Seriously, thanks for the kind words, and I'm very happy with it, but now the rest of you know yet another way to try to do it. Go (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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| (...) well, in all honesty I shamelessly implemented a solution I had already known about: PackBot by iRobot. I won't remotely claim the idea originated with me, as it didn't. I was inspired by the "real world" here. That said, I'd not run across (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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