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Since SMART is one of the groups in the Seattle area sponsoring the NWBrickCon, I'm hoping that many of us will be able to bring robots for exhibits. Anything that looks like it would be interesting for others to look at, especially if it can (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Simon Says Robot
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I appologize for not getting this out sooner. Here are the 'official' specs for the Simon Says robot. I've written them as a NQC program so that anyone can use it, even if they haven't done much programming. But feel free to modify the way the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Pitsco bulk order
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(...) A few people have already contacted me and placed their orders. If you want to order some parts, let me know by early Wednesday morning, say around 9AM at the latest. Also, Doug Bell is interested if anyone wants to split the following: (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Pitsco bulk order
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I just received a new catalog from Pitsco which has a lot of useful technic parts. I've temporarily put a few of the pages up on (URL) for you to look at. If anyone is interested in doing a combined order, please email me which parts and quantities (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Answer to Firmware Question
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HI Everyone, Someone asked me at the meeting on upgrading the firmware on the RCX1.0 to the RCX2 firmware. I just did some snooping around to find an official source and here it is. Goto: (URL) download the sdk (software development kit). Run the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 2002 Meeting Notes
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Another awesome SMART meeting! Lots of new attendees, lots of robots, lots of discussion, lots of great ideas! The mini-challenge: The mini-challenge was to build a robot that would walk over or around a bunch of 2x4's set on edge. Every robot (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 27th SMART meeting
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(...) Just two more days until the meeting. I'll share some of the things I saw at BrickFest, as well as some info on the new Spybotics sets. -- David Schilling (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 27th SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is just under two weeks away. We'll meet on July 27th, at 2pm, in the Redmond Regional Library (room 2). The mini-challenge is to build a robot that can walk from a starting line to a finish line, while either going around, or (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Meeting ideas
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I'm willing to give a couple of presentations. What sort of presentations does everyone want to have? I'm starting to dig into the internals of the RCX, standard firmware and NQC. Does anyone want a presentation on that? I think the important part (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Meeting ideas
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(...) Personally I think it's a really good idea. The only question is, who is going to do the presentations? Volunteers are required. I don't want to have the same two or three people doing these over and over, it's not fair to them, as it can take (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Meeting ideas
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Unfortunatly I will not be able to make the meeting next month. I have some ideas about possible improvments for the meetings. I think it would be great if we had some presentations or something like that to help us learn more about mindstorms and (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Challenge Ideas
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I got the following in email from Larry. He also sent this to lugnet.org.us.smart@lugnet.com but it does not seem to appear on the lugnet smart page. Larry, you may want to check your registration on lugnet. | Please don't laugh if I'm way off base (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Technic part that allows powered steering
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(...) Drr. You're right. Sorry, I should have taken a closer look. Thanks for pointing that out. -- David Schilling (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Technic part that allows powered steering
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(...) The set listed on Amazon is <set:8465> Extreme Off-Roader, the price is full retail ($40). The description listed on Amazon appears to be in error, although the part count and price are correct. Brickwise must be keying off of the description (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Technic part that allows powered steering
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For those who went to the SMART meeting on Saturday, I showed a robot frame I was working on ((URL) would allow wheels to be steered and powered at the same time. There's very few technic parts that will let you do this, the one that I used ((URL) (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | 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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| | Robothon this weekend
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Seattle Robotics Societies' Robothon is this weekend! Here is the announcement they sent out: Looking for something different to do this Saturday? Are you interested in high-tech gadgets? Take your family to a robot competition! Robothon 2002 May 4, (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Puck Gathering Mechanisms
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(...) Thank you for describing these mechanisms! They are really cool, and it's quite instructive to see how you designed them. -- David Schilling (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Challenge Ideas
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(...) These are good ideas, Nathan. I've added them to our list of challenges for future meetings. You can find the current list by clicking on the "Next SMART Meeting" link on our news home page. There you'll find what the current challenge is, as (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Puck Gathering Mechanisms
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I have created building instructions for how to build the (now obsolete) puck pick up mechanisms that I have used on the Workshop3D challenges. I have instructions for both geared and levered mechanisms. These are good examples of how you can use a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Challenge Ideas
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Hi Nathan, (...) I like this idea. Another variation I have thought of is a "connect the dots" tracking. In this case the dots would be a fixed distance apart (maybe 3") and the direction could change by +- 90 (or less) degrees from dot to dot. (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Challenge Ideas
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I have a couple of ideas for a challege 1) Line tracking with occasional breaks in the line. The breaks could occur regularly after some distance and be of a given distance. 2) Find the "token". A round ring like the sumo ring. White with a black (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #4 Results
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Earlier today was the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #4. There were dozens of competitors, and even more robots. This was the best turnout yet for the number of competitors and robots at this event! Below is a summary of the results. For the full (and (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Code-only Line-tracking event results
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It's time for the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge again. The main event will take place tomorrow, from 1pm to about 4pm. It should be webcast. Check out (URL) and (URL) for details tomorrow morning. This year the Code-Only Line-Tracking event was held the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March Meeting Notes
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This post is forwarded from mail from Doug Bell. For some reason Doug is having problems with lugnet and can't post yet. - Gus ---...--- Not knowing much about the Cybermaster, I hunted around for some info. Here is a particularly good link: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March Meeting Notes
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Here is a link to the French online retailer that sells Cybermaster. (URL) the left side of the page you will see Customized Catalog. For no. 1 select Games/Toys and no. 2 Lego Technic/Cybermaster. Then click on See the items found. If I understand (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March Meeting Notes
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Today's SMART meeting was a great success! There were quite a few new comers to the group -- Welcome! We hope you'll join us again at future meetings. There were quite a few people who created robots for the Dead Reckoning challenge, including (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART meeting on March 30th
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Just a reminder that we'll be having our next SMART meeting this Saturday. If you haven't started building your robots yet, don't delay much longer! See (URL) for the task description, or (URL) for other details about the meeting. If anyone has (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | A few reminders...
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First of all, I just talked to Vikki at Digilennium and she still has a lot of Lego Mindstorms kits for sale at $179.99. She had ordered the kits to have before Christmas and Lego didn't deliver until the day before, so she totally missed the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Lafayette (Indiana) Area Lego Robotics Club.
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Steve, This is great news, but do you need to post like this? Why not just cross post in one shot. (i.e. copy and paste the names into the Newsgroups space) Then again I could not fit all the newsgroups you posted to into the space? See Ya... Robin (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind)
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| | Lafayette (Indiana) Area Lego Robotics Club.
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We're proud to announce the formation of the Lafayette Area Lego Robotics Club in Lafayette, Indiana. The Lafayette Area LEGO Robotics Club is a group of people who meet once a month to discuss and build Lego robots and related subjects. We hope to (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Demonstration or exhibit robots
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(...) I would like to give the Pacific Science Center a rough number of how many robots our group will be able to lend them for display. Anyone with one or more possibilities, please either reply to this message, or email me directly. I need to give (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Test message
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Just verifying that my registration worked and I can post. Never say that I don't post nothing here. :) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Mindstorms Kits on Sale!
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Hello everyone, I just this from Vikki at Digilennium. Gus Subj: Hello from Digilennium! Date: 2/7/2002 3:24:27 PM Pacific Standard Time From: vikki@digitalseattle.com To: gjansson@aol.com, rayiii@workshop3d.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Hi (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January Meeting: Photos, Results, and Next Challenge
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Hello Everyone! On Saturday, January 26, 2002, SMART had it's first anniversary meeting. The Mini-Challenge for this meeting was to build a drag-race robot that could race 16' down the library carpet and come to a stop within 6" of a reflective (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Demonstration or exhibit robots
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For this Saturday's SMART meeting, I've already asked people with robots they'd like to show at BricksWest to bringing them along. (see (URL) I would also like to encourage everyone to consider what robots would make good demonstration or exhibit (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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