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I noticed a new folder in the SMART Brickshelf today: have you tried using those flexible thin rubber pads used to open really tight jar lids? I use one of those, and it works great (and is cheap). Using two of them makes pulling small pins out of (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 20th, 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) For the BrickHeap Wars competition there were strict rules about what and how the robots had to work. For our mini-challenges, we leave much of the interpretation up to you. Do what you can. Challenge yourself to build the best robot you can. (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 20th, 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) Hi David This challenge sounds like fun. Some questions. Will the blocks be white? How many blocks will there be (approx.)? How long is the course? (to gauge speed to complete in 3 minutes) I read some of your previous notes and understand (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 20th, 2004 SMART Meeting
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It's hard to believe that the next SMART meeting is almost upon us! I've been so busy with the Crate Contraption at Robothon, and NWBrickCon that I haven't even thought about the next meeting until now, but it's only 10 days away! So if you haven't (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2004 - Crate Contraption
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(...) Thanks for coming by to see us! We'll look forward to seeing you again in a few weeks. (November's meeting is on the 20th, due to Thanksgiving weekend.) There's a few more pictures of the crate contraption robots at (URL) (Most of the second (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2004 - Crate Contraption
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I just saw this thing live and I must say it was incredibly impressive. I talked with a gentlemen from SMART for a bit of time, but I forget his name (I believe it was Mark). Anyway, hats off to you folks, it was a really neat display. The whole (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2004 - Crate Contraption
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As promised, I have a few more pictures of our current Crate Contraption. I'll have a write-up of them sometime in the next week or three. Overall layout: (URL) forklift: (URL) distributer: (URL) Truck: (URL) End Loader: (URL) Forklift: (URL) robot (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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Gus, Mark and I have spent much of the last week ironing out little bugs in getting our latest Crate Contraption working. It's now set up at NWBrickCon. I'll have more pictures soon, but for now here are two: (URL) you'd like to see it in action (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Size
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(...) Why 2x2 square bricks for feet, instead of 2x2 round bricks? Having played (only as little!) with the crate on a self-aligning stand (2x2 slopes to help center the feet), the slopes don't seem to need the square edges of the 2x2 feet, and a (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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A friend passed this thread onto me and thought you might be interested in some work I've done with marbles: A marble pump (Pump folder) A marble machine i.e. continuous pump with falling devices A marble factory (supertrain2004 folder) (URL) be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) up on it. Two things I can see at this time, though, are that it only has one technic hole. It'd be much more useful with two or three that you could connect to. And second that it's not quite as thick as a rounded beam on the 'lifting' part. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Similar to this piece? (URL) Good luck! Thanks! (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Thanks! It has been extremely fun and rewarding to build these. They certainly attract a lot of attention from crowds. (...) The current crate that we use is this one: (URL) The other one that you see was an old prototype when we first started (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) If I haven't said this already, let me first express how impressed and fascinated I am with your Contraptions. Three questions about the SMART crate. 1. The one at (URL) is 7 1/3 bricks high. The ones at the Road Show ((URL) appear to be 7 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption scripting system?
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(...) That sounds very interesting. David Schilling has some white 3x7 boards that we are using that work fairly well. I would prefer something less glossy because then I get a better gray scale reading on the edge of the line. I'm going to look (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Wow. Thank you for an absolutely fabulous describtion - that is far more than I hoped for, and it makes a lot of things clearer. (...) That's probably next on my list. I grabbed some cheap retroreflective tapa at Meijer's the other day, and (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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I'm not sure how 'exactly' I can describe the system but I'll give it a try. I'll basically describe how the scripting system is used and you can infer how the code must work. First of all, let me talk about the marker tape pieces. They come from a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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How exactly does the scripting system you use work? I'm trying my hand at this, and did not think of using the remote to "program", so you've got my curiosity arroused (I'm using NQC, but that still gives me program access to three buttons (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004
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(...) Oops. Should be fixed now. -- David Schilling (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004
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(...) Some of the video links are broken, but you can still see the videos at (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004
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(...) Wait no more! Well, except for the downloads! :-) (URL) has a discription of the Robothon 2004 Crate Contraption setup and links to various video clips. I put up a bunch of different overviews, but essentially they all show the same thing, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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David, Thanks for the input. I think the goal for the Great Ball Contraption will be different from your Crate Contraption for a couple reasons. For example, I don't expect this to run constantly. I'm hoping we'll be able to make it work for (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004
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(...) Me too! ;-) (...) Actually we used one of the 3x7 melamine boards from Home Depot. These are easier to transport in a car, they have a pretty good surface for line tracking, and they are quite inexpensive. Using only one, however, was very (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Size
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(...) Usually we aim for around 30 balls per crate. That gives enough leeway that if a robot is out of commission for a few minutes (changing batteries, say) that a 'filling' robot still can run without being stopped. More than around 60 balls and (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) I've been quite busy recently, and so haven't had a chance to participate in this discussion until now. Pardon the long post, but it'll answer many of the questions and give details about SMART's own quest for a module standard. As Mark said, (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004
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(...) ... (...) I'm looking forward to the video. From what I can see, the whole layout is on a white 4x8 board, right? Two stationary "Ball Lifting" robots, and two moble "transport" robots. One question. Does this robot: (URL) the "dump truck" by (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Size
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Here's a couple more questions for the SMART guys. First, how many balls are "normally" loaded into a crate? I'm guessing between 20 and 30. How would things be effected if the crates were a little shorter? It appears the crates could be one or two (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004
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In the "Better late than never" department, here are pictures from the second day of SMART's mini-crate contraption at Robothon 2004. (URL) display was VERY popular! We had several thousand people come by to take a look at our display during the two (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Which brings up a point about the standard. For a "simple" input, my methods (flip-up-able feeder ramp to temporarily hold incoming balls, or gravity-fed empty crates into newly vacated input zone) need very little height beyond the standard (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) I'm sure many AFoLs will feed on each other's ideas. My thought was to make a "holding" bin/crate with a trap door at the bottom, that is opened when a removable crate is put underneath it, or, something else that's only "active" when the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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(...) As long as the "Type 1" standard doesn't tightly constrain future expansion, I think both are achievable. (...) It seems a good one, but certainly not the only one. For instance, have a empty crates not filled directly, but instead via a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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Steve clearly wants to keep this simple for the first go-around. But others, including myself, dream of more flexibility. I like Larry's idea of referring to versions. So rather than having to reject some features as too difficult, we can ear mark (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) I had in mind something a bit like the moonbase concept except where they have level passage-ways between modules, a GBC module would have either one or two two ins which include a slight down slope to encourgage balls to enter and either one (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Yes, I think more people will participate in a "ball contraption" than a "crate contraption". It's my intent to create a ball contraption standard. People can use crates to move balls within there own module, if they choose. When balls are (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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(...) I guess I am confused then. A crate is a thing that balls go in. A crate contraption would need to be able to handle crates, yes? Else it would be a ball contraption? The thing is, I think the problems of actaully building a mechanism which (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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(...) This is really along the same lines as what I was thinking, except, I'd start with two ports (1 in, 1 out) on opposite sides of the module. Each module would have 1 input "crate" in a specified location, and would be responsable for moving (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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I have been pondering on the subject of a modular "thing" for next year's BrickFest Mindstorms room. I have been working on an idea similar to the moonbase idea where a module can have four ports. West and North are ins, East and South are outs. My (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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Are the SMARTies going to be showing anything off at NWBrickCon? (...) Alternatively, if you restrict the depth of a module somewhat, you COULD devise a standard way for a sorter to branch, and a combiner to merge (sorter has two outputs that are (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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(...) I suspect it will be somewhere between very difficult and impossible to define and interface that is truly flexable enough to do everything you (we) will be interested in doing. However, the goal is to define an interface, so anyone can build (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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(...) Steve - We've discussed this a few times too. What keeps blocking us is trying to define an interface that is flexible enough. Here are some of the issues we saw: Different interface types: Balls Crates (e.g., drop & pick up) Lines (e.g., (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Crate Contraption Standard
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Hey, SMART guys... I must say I really love your Crate Contraption. In fact, I like it so much, I'd like to steal the idea. Sort of. Let me explain... After Brickfest, I've spoken with a couple people about creating something for the Mindstorms room (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon 2004 this weekend
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(...) Today we had our first day at Robothon. Tons of robots of all shapes and sizes! SMART's display was always busy with people watching the fascinating and dynamic dance of a new mini crate contraption. At least four SMART members brought other (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Robothon 2004 this weekend
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Hopefully no one is expecting a SMART meeting this Saturday! I hope everyone kept informed by reading the newsgroup and know that it was last Saturday instead. The reason for the earlier time was that this weekend is Robothon, the annual Seattle (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 $109.99 at Fry's - ONE ONLY
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(...) It is gone. Went to Fry's and checked. Someone already bought it. Was it one of you SMART members out there? Hope it was. (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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Oh, for the BrickHeap Wars competition, I also provided a small snippet of line-tracking code that teams could use if they wanted. The code isn't guaranteed to work, and depends on the geometry of your robot, but it's a good starting point if you're (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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Our annual BrickHeap Wars competition this year was not as strongly attended as previous years, but the people who did attend had a ton of fun. The challenge given at the start of the meeting was to build a robot that would track a line and be able (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) So far I've received notes from two people that they'll be bringing laptops. Is there anyone else? Ideally we need four. Also, a small change of location: we will be meeting in the Galileo room instead of the cafeteria. It's a much nicer and (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | RIS 2.0 $109.99 at Fry's - ONE ONLY
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There is a RIS 2.0 for $109.99 at Fry's. There is ONE ONLY. It is mis-marked. They honor mis-marked prices. Always pick through the pile when shopping at Fry's. They often mis-mark prices. Hmmmm......maybe it's intentional. (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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It's only a few days until the next SMART meeting. We are planning on doing a BrickHeap Wars, but I still haven't had a single response from anyone indicating that they'd bring their laptop. The game won't work without enough computers. If you are (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) There's a bit under two weeks until the next SMART meeting. The meeting will be a BrickHeap Wars, where people get into teams to build robots to accomplish a challenge given at the start of the meeting using a heap of bricks that has been (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: What is the mini challenge for Sept. 18 meeting?
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(...) Nick: If you would like to build some robots before the SMART meeting, I recommend coming up with something that would make a good display robot. Something you can show at Robothon or NWBrickCon. Additionally, there will eventually be another (...) (20 years ago, 1-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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In order to allow people to participate in (or at least attend) Robothon, the next SMART meeting will be on September 18th. This month instead of a mini-challenge, we'll have a BrickHeap Wars. This is a time-restricted team robot building exercise. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | What is the mini challenge for Sept. 18 meeting?
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Hi David What is the mini challenge for the Sept. 18 meeting? Looking forward to building/programming the next mini challenge. Also looking forward to the next meeting. Thanks Nick (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2004 Costume Ball
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(URL) Ladies and Gentlemen of LUGNET, Whether you are attending NWBrickcon™ 2004 or not, you are cordially invited to the sig-fig costume ball! The event will be held in the grand mini-fig ballroom at NWBrickcon™. Bring or send your mini-fig avatar (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2004 Haunted Mansion Module Contest!
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NWBrickCon™ 2004 CONTEST!! In support of this year's NWBrickCon™ ocurring on Halloween, we are going to have a contest. Using the techniqes of Moonbase and Castle, we are going to build a modular Haunted Mansion. Each module will represent one room (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | Calling All Presenters - Help Make NWBrickCon™ 2004 Great!!
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Call for Presentations at NWBrickCon™ 2004 Some of the many activities at NWBrickCon™ 2004 will be opportunities to share your knowledge and experiences, and to learn from each other. So, we would like to open an invitation to all individuals, (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
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| | The Vancouver LEGO club at Science World in Vancouver, BC
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Hello Fellow brick fetishists! There is a very good chance that the Vancouver Lego Club will be exhibiting its talents at Science World ( (URL) ) in the spring of 2005. We are very keen on involving some of the surrounding area groups, if they would (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | NWBrickCon Is Coming Soon
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It is my pleasure to announce NWBrickCon 2004. This fan-based event will be held Halloween weekend (October 29-31, 2004) in the Great Northwest (Seattle area). This amazing event will be three days of : Fellowship - Meet with other AFOLs from (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) Hi everyone! I've been out of town myself, so I know a lot of people are traveling. I hope that I'll still see most of you at the meeting this Saturday, though. Afterwards we'll head over to Red Robin for dinner for whoever would like to come. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) David asked me to post a message reminding folks about the meeting next Saturday. The meeting should start at the normal time of 2:00. I'm not sure about the classes, but I think the plan was to do the classes at every meeting for a while, so (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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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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| | New Lego store in BelSquare
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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) (...) (20 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 (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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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 (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics)
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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). (20 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Looks like this incredible job didn't got enough attention... Congratulations, spotlighted ! Philo (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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