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As I was working on the rope climbing mini-challenge, I got thinking that another rope-related mini-challenge that might be interesting is making a robot that can cross between two tables via a rope. Maybe have multiple levels of difficultly, like (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Rope Climbing
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As promised, here are the details about the next mini-challenge: rope climbing. Build a robot that starts 12" away from a dangling rope, moves towards it, and climbs it so that the robot raises itself at least 12" above the ground. The rope will be (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | 4H State Technology Conference
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Hi Everyone, I have been asked by Wendy Lewis, the leader of a 4H Technology club in Everett, to bring some robots to display/demo at a technology conference that they are hosting. Unfortunately, I can make it and besides, most of my RCX's are going (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 2003 SMART Meeting Notes
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Today's meeting was the 2nd anniversary of SMART. A quick show of hands revealed that between half and two thirds of the people attending today's meeting have been attending for two years! We also have a lot of new people coming in -- while today's (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 25th SMART Meeting
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A late reminder about the meeting tomorrow. Hope to see everyone at the meeting in the Redmond library, 2pm as usual. Our mini-challenge is to look for a small black square on a table. Our grand challenge (first of three attempts) is to build a (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 25th SMART Meeting
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January 25th will be SMART's second anniversary. As usual, we are meeting in the Redmond library, room 2, at 2pm. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that can wander over a table, looking for, and stopping on a 2-inch black square, without (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 2002 SMART Meeting Notes
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(...) We will be using the standard tables at the library. I believe they are about two feet wide, and approximately 6 feet long. The corner radius is pretty tight, perhaps one inch. If you would like more accurate measurements, please let me know, (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 2002 SMART Meeting Notes
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(...) David - Some questions about this challenge: 1) What are the dimensions of the table we'll be using? What is the corner radius? 2) Will we be able to pick our starting location and orientation, or will we all use a standardized one? If (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART Maxi-Challenge: Figure-8 Racing Rules
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The purpose of our having a Maxi-Challenge is to learn more about building and programming robots. I hope that this challenge will accomplish that. The fact that it will be competitive, and a lot of fun to watch will be icing on the cake! In order (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 2002 SMART Meeting Notes
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Yesterday we had a great meeting. There was well over a dozen new people who attended -- so many that I apologize for not having time to welcome each of you individually, or spend time answering all the questions. I hope you enjoyed watching, and (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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