| | May 2002 Meeting Notes
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Today's SMART meeting was a tremendous success. Several dozen people showed up. At least seven people brought robots for the mini-challenge - locating a 100-watt lightbulb near the floor. Most of them were able to find the light even when it was not (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Ideas for next RCX competition
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(...) Thanks for the comments - but just so there's no confusion, the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge isn't sponsored or run by SMART. I'll make sure that Ray sees your comments. By the way, I also had a blast at the last competition! (...) I'm not sure (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Ideas for next RCX competition
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I've now entered the last two contests, and seen the last three, and I'm getting some ideas on how it could potentialy be improved. Overall I still think it's a great contest, and run quite well. I had a blast every time I came! I think with the (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Gus wins another
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Oh, I almost forgot: Gus also won a "Most Innovative Robot" award at Robothon 2002 for his RCX controlled helicopter! We've seen this slowly evolving at a couple of the SMART meetings. It has been a tremendous hit at both BricksWest, and at the (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Gus wins Line Maze! Also: Next SMART meeting on May 18th
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Last weekend Gus Jansson participated in the Robothon 2002 at the Seattle Center. Last year he won first place with his LEGO maze-solver. This year competition was sure to be much more fierce (how can regular robot-heads let a *LEGO* robot win?!?) (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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