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(...) Hi David Will the meeting be at 2:00 PM again? Are you going to give an NQC class again? Your last one was very interesting and informative. Gus's group programming exercise was fun too. Thanks, Mike (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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The next SMART meeting will be on July 31st, at DigiPen. We'll be doing "Milkman" as our minichallenge -- a looped track of 3/4" black line with markers (2" long pieces put across the line) to mark locations to drop off a milk bottle (a stack of (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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(...) Thanks David We thought we would put some black tape down and test our robots. Thanks for decribing the kinds of turns to negotiate. My son has already built a line tracker that "picks up the empty milk bottles", I'm trying to get him to build (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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(...) Like all mini-challenges, this is pretty much up to you. I'll bring a surface with a line on it, but you may also bring your own. The point of the challenge is to see if you can get a robot to do it, to find what interesting solutions people (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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Hi David I have a question about the "Milk Man" challenge for the July 31 S.M.A.R.T. meeting. What is the minimum radius of the line's turns? Thanks Mike (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: New Lego store in BelSquare
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(...) $%$#$%!! Sure, they wait until after I move to Arizona to put one in the Seattle area. This on the heels of Major League Soccer announcing that Seattle is on the short list for expansion next season. At least LEGOLAND California and the LIC at (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, FTX)
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| | Re: New Lego store in BelSquare
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(...) Please let us know when it opens and the VLC would be down there an in instant! (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, FTX)
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I was just in Bel Square today, and saw this: (2 URLs) Yeah!! Up until now the nearest Lego store has been either the one in Chicago, or Legoland California, both over a thousand miles away! The location is west of the tug-boat (and Talls Camera), (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, FTX)
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| | Re: Workshop 3D #8 Results
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(...) Thanks David. I would also like to point out that David put in a tremendous amount on work into this challenge. He created both the sumo and the gap crossing arenas as well as making the RCX based timer and the angle templates for the line (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Workshop 3D #8 Results
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Workshop 3D #8 Results I apologize for not posting these results sooner; it's been a busy month since the WS3D RCX Challenge. I've put a few pictures of the event at (URL) Here are the results: Line Tracking 1st: Gus -- 15.8 seconds 2nd: Lennart -- (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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At our SMART meeting last Saturday there were a less robots than usual, but the quality of the robots there was definitely first rate! Gus, Patrick and I brought Gap Crossing/Cube Gathering mini-challenge robots. All of them attempted the entire (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd SMART Meeting
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(...) Last reminder: Just over a week before our next SMART meeting at Digipen (Saturday May 22nd, 2pm). In case you haven't been there before, here's the address and a map. 5001-150th Ave N.E. Redmond, WA 98052 (URL) It's just off SR-520, use the (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 22nd SMART Meeting
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In just over two weeks we'll have our next SMART meeting. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that satisfies some or all of the gap crossing/cube gathering requirements from the last Workshop 3D RCX Challenge competition. The rules for the (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Workshop 3D RCX Challenge in two weeks
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(...) We're pretty lenient, as long as you register the day before, we'll gladly accept your robot. It makes planning for an event much easier if people register earlier, and we can provide your name to the science center to get in free to the (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Workshop 3D RCX Challenge in two weeks
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(...) The deadline has been extended to noon Friday so go ahead and register. Gus Jansson event co-chair (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Workshop 3D RCX Challenge in two weeks
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(...) How loose is the registration? I'd like to enter, but I'm 4 days past the deadline. Yeah, I know I'm lame... -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Workshop 3D RCX Challenge in two weeks
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(...) It's just one week until the RCX Challenge ... if you are planning to participate, make sure you register ahead of time. (URL) Also, as noted before, the mini-challenge for the May SMART meeting is any portion of the Gap Crossing/Cube (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Workshop 3D RCX Challenge in two weeks
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The next Workshop 3D RCX Challenge will be in just under two weeks. If you are interested in entering a robot, please review the rules carefully as the Line-Tracking and Sumo rules have both changed. Also, the Puck Gathering event has been replaced (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 27th SMART Meeting Notes
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Today we had our first meeting at our new location at DigiPen. It's pretty nice there. Thanks Tyler and DigiPen for providing an awesome new location! For our mini-challenge we had four or five people attempt it, and while no one was able to (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART's 2004 Grand Challenge: Robot Soccer
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(...) I didn't actually unroll the mat until today, only to realize that it's 72" long, not 96". So the arena we'll use is 4'x6'. -- David Schilling (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 27th SMART Meeting
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(...) Since my time was limited, I decided to just build two robots that could meet each other. Pretty fun challenge, even without exchanging crates! I just completed programming the robots, and they seem to work ok. I'm excited to see what other (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 27th SMART Meeting
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Last reminder about tomorrow's meeting (at DigiPen 5001-150th Ave NE, Redmond; map: (URL) -- the door is near the end of the building that's behind the Chevron gas station and the 7-11. Here are DigiPen's directions from their web site: (URL) I've (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 27th SMART Meeting
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In just under a week is the next SMART meeting. We'll be meeting at DigiPen (5001-150th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052; A map: (URL)) The mini-challenge is to build two robots that can find each other, and pass a crate from one to the other. Check past (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 27th SMART Meeting
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In two weeks we'll be having the next SMART meeting. Remember, this meeting will be meeting at a new location! We'll be meeting at DigiPen. The meeting will still start at 2pm. The address is 5001-150th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Here's a map: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART Robotic display at Crossroads Shopping Center - Feb 28th
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Here are some pictures I took at the event: (URL) David Schilling (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART Robotic display at Crossroads Shopping Center - Feb 28th
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If someone left a coat at the mall, please contact me. (Remove the spam block on the above email address.) -- David Schilling (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART Robotic display at Crossroads Shopping Center - Feb 28th
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Today we had an AWESOME show at Crossroads Shopping Center! We had a new Crate Contraption with 10 RCXs, and dozens of other robots besides being displayed. The Kids competition was good too. There were 8 competitors in the Tug of War. Robots paired (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART Robotic display at Crossroads Shopping Center - Feb 28th
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(...) Final reminder about the show at Crossroads Shopping Center tomorrow. If you are bringing robots that you wish to demonstrate which require significant setup, and you're willing to show them all day, it's okay to arrive earlier. People (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART Robotic display at Crossroads Shopping Center - Feb 28th
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This Saturday SMART will be putting on a display of its members' robots at Crossroads Shopping Center. The show will be on February 28th from 10am to 5pm. SMART Robotic Marvel LEGO Mindstorms Display and Kids Robotic Competition February 28, 2004 (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART's 2004 Grand Challenge: Robot Soccer
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(...) *SNIP* David, I am glad to see that this challenge is being tackled by another LEGO based robotics group. I have to say that so far this has been the most challenging event we have tackled. (...) *SNIP* We found that robots that get stuck on (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART's 2004 Grand Challenge: Robot Soccer
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At our last meeting we voted on a new Grand Challenge: Robot Soccer. This will be an ongoing challenge for 2004. The reason for a Grand Challenge is that this lets you build a robot over a longer period of time. You will have many opportunities to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 31st SMART meeting notes
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At last Saturday's SMART meeting we had a bunch of people coming for the first time: welcome! Even more impressive, a number of them brought robots! I've posted a few meeting pictures at: (URL) The mini-challenge was to build a robot that could (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 31st SMART meeting
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Final reminder about tomorrow's (Saturday) SMART meeting at the Redmond Regional Library, room 2, 2pm. See previous posts about the mini-challenge. It's our third anniversary, I hope everyone can make it! -- David Schilling (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Cooperative Cybernetic Crate Contraption
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:Hs7AyD.898@lugnet.com... (...) for the (...) the (...) I was amazed at the way that everything was designed to work together without passing bytes. absolutely excellent work, the pcitures (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cooperative Cybernetic Crate Contraption
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Amazing! Purly amazing. Well done all of you! To bad this post seems to have been hidden in the flow of Lugnet. Thanks for the highlight Philo (added a spotlight myself alas I think it's too late for the frontpage). (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cooperative Cybernetic Crate Contraption
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(...) Looks like this incredible job didn't got enough attention... Congratulations, spotlighted ! Philo (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | January 31st SMART meeting
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Just a reminder that the next SMART meeting is only a week away. We'll be meeting at the Redmond Regional Library at 2pm this Saturday (the 31st). The mini-challenge is to build a robot to manipulate crates or the small Lego soccer/basket balls. At (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Has anybody successfully added an RCX to 7471 Mars Rover?
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Ever since I picked up the 7471 Mars Rover a few months ago, I thought it screamed out for an RCX modification. I saw a lot of discussion about the possibility, but didn't find where anybody had actually successfully done it. Now that BrickFest PDX (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.scibrick)
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| | January SMART meeting in two weeks
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The next SMART meeting is less than two weeks away. On January 31st we'll be meeting in the Redmond Regional Library at 2pm. The mini-challenge is to build a new robot that either manipulates crates or the small Lego soccer balls or basketballs. The (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Cooperative Cybernetic Crate Contraption
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Cooperative Cybernetic Crate Contraption ===...=== In June of 2003 SMART put on a massive display of robots at a local shopping mall. After the show a few of us got together for dinner to decide what would be cool to do for our next show. Instead of (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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