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So far I have only head from Brad, via email, and he says he would be out of town April 15 so for him a later date is better. Does anyone else want to comment on this possible rescheduling? I would really like a little more input on this one way or (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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Hi Brian, I'm sure we'll take lots of pictures and movies. Here is the hint: (URL) motorized yet and jams if there are too many balls at the bottom. Powered by hand it lifts four or fewer balls at a time very quickly and effortlessly. Gus (18 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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(...) I look forward to seeing the combination, with kids and all! Please take lots of pictures/movies for those of us on the wrong side of the Mississippi for this event! (...) Well now you've got my curiosity up. Hints? (...) Yes, those and the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | The LEGO difference engine
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This message is from Doug Bell who says he never did manage to get a LUGNET account up a running that lets him post so this is being posted for him. Sorry Doug that it has taken me so long to get this posted: From Doug Bell: Have you seen this? It (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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Hi Everyone, It turns out that the selected day for the SMART Crossroads event, April 15, is very bad for me. This is a big deal since we are going to be putting up the Crate Contraption/Great Ball Contraption at this event. Not only is it bad for (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I've had four people ask about a wider line, including two that were concerned that if the line wasn't really 3/4" wide, their light sensors wouldn't be able to track the line properly. In fact, the "3/4-inch" tape is just a bit under 3/4", so I'm (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Last reminder about Saturday's meeting (2pm, Digipen; mini-challenge is there-and-back-again drag racing). Has anyone built a GBC (Great Ball Contraption) module that they could bring to the meeting? I'd like to have one or more to demonstrate what (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I thought the ascii-art would be understandable, but I've made a picture with the dimensions and starting configuration for the drag-racing arena that you can find here: (URL) that helps. Don't worry too much about the details. You can even bring (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Hi Ben, Looking forward to hearing about CES. I'm not sure if you got David post before or after you made your post. I just saw your post even though it looks like it was time-stamped a few days ago. Not sure what's going on. Anyway, here is my (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I could use some clarification on the track material and layout. I've been using the paper track that comes with the mindstorm kit to practice and just realized the line is 1" wide. It sounds like you are going to use a 3/4" line instead. Is this (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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(...) One week left to build your most amazing drag racing robots! I've had a couple of questions about the arena and event which I'll answer here. First of all, the arena will be made out of separate boards that are painted white. This means that (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Reminder - in two weeks we'll have our 5th anniversary SMART meeting. The location is Digipen, the time, 2pm. Meetings usually go to around 5pm, and often people gather together for dinner at Red Robin afterwards. Check the previous post for rules, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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The nxt SMART meeting is going to be January 28th. This will be our 5th anniversary! The mini-challenge is to build a drag-racer. The robot cars will have a 12-inch wide lane to travel on, with a 3/4" black tape line in the middle to follow. Cars (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
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(...) Just a little under two weeks to try to cross the largest gap you can with a robot. If some of you haven't attempted a mini-challenge before, the main objective is to learn. Tackle as much of the task as you feel you are able to; you don't (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
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The next SMART meeting is going to be November 19th, at Digipen. Our mini-challenge will be Crevice Crossing, but as always you are welcome to bring any robot you've built. Crevice Crossing: Build a robot that can cross a gap between two tables. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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(...) Thanks for the great write-up, Gus. Thanks also for all your help and your terrific robots! Here are some pictures that I took at the event: (URL) David Schilling (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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(...) What did you bring to NWBrickCon? The next SMART meeting is scheduled for November 19. Normally we meet at Digipen, a collage for games programming, in Redmond. You can find more information about upcoming meetings, including a map link, at: (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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(...) I'm kind of kicking myself for taking my robot to NorthWest BrickCon, which while it obviously had far far more Lego than Robothon, didn't have the emphasis on robotics of Robothon. I only found out after the events that Robothon was taking (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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We had a very busy and exciting weekend at Robothon 2005. SMART had two tables where we demonstrated some of our robots and showed a video of our the last Crate Contraption that David, Mark, and I put together. Our table was manned by Brad, David, (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Robothon 2005 this weekend
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This weekend Robothon 2005 will be held at the Centerhouse in the Seattle Center. We'd love to see you there, especially if you have some robots to display, or better yet compete with in the various competitions. The event is from 10AM to 5PM both (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 24th 2005 SMART Meeting
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Last reminder of our meeting this Saturday. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. I hope everyone's had a chance to work on a robot for Robothon, and that many of you will have a chance to attend Robothon in two weeks. -- David Schilling (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 24th 2005 SMART Meeting
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The next SMART meeting is only a bit over two weeks away. Back to our normal location, we'll meet at Digipen on Saturday, September 24th, at 2pm. Two weeks after the meeting, on October 8-9, is Robothon (in the Centerhouse). Therefore the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 23rd 2005 Meeting Notes
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On Saturday's SMART meeting we had a robot building competition. The object of the game was to push LEGO cylinders to the opponent's field. Two teams competed. I'm sorry I don't remember everyone's names on the teams, but the robot named "Lawn (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 23rd 2005 Smart Meeting
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Last reminder about Saturday's meeting. Don't forget, we'll be meeting in the Redmond Regional Library (15990 NE 85th St., Redmond, WA 98052) at 1:30pm. Hope to see everyone there! -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 23rd 2005 Smart Meeting
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I have been unable to confirm our being able to meet at Digipen next Saturday, but fortunately I've been able to reserve a room at the Redmond Regional Library for Saturday July 23rd, so we'll meet there instead. The address is 15990 NE 85th St., (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 23rd 2005 Smart Meeting
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I just realized that I'm going to be in DC on the 30th of July, and so unfortunately we'll have to reschedule the meeting to be the weekend before, to July 23rd. Sorry for the date change, I'm currently trying to find out if we'll be able to use the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | June 25th 2005 SMART Meeting Notes
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At Saturday's SMART meeting we had quite a number of interesting solutions for the mini-challenge: step ladder traversal. With one exception, most of the solutions attempted to climb the ladder the way a person would, on the outside. There were a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART Meeting On June 25th
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Don't forget ... SMART meeting this Saturday! Rules and pictures for the Step Ladder Traversal minichallenge can be found in this thread: (URL) David Schilling (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART Meeting On June 25th
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Our next meeting (postponed from May) is just under two weeks away. The mini-challenge is stepladder traversal. Hope to see everyone on the 25th! -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | West Seattle Robotics Club event this Saturday
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Doug Bell just informed me about a local robotics event that SMART might be interested in. Details from their website, (URL) : Come join us for a day of Lego Robot building and Engineering Challenges!!! Lego Robotics Fun Day June 11th from 10:00am - (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART Meeting Postponed!
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The SMART meeting scheduled for this Saturday, May 21, is being postponed. I was going to run this meeting since David is in Europe but I will not be able to make it. I apologize for any confusion, or even worse, if anyone goes because they did not (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Meeting reminder
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Hello, Here are some photos of the step ladder I built for the meeting. (URL) Overview> (URL) Rung Spacing> (URL) Bottom Rung Height> (URL) Width> As specified by David, the ladder has rungs 6" apart and bottom rung is 6" off the floor. I made the (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | Meeting reminder
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Hello SMARTies! This is a reminder that the next SMART meeting is next Saturday, May 21, 2:00 p.m. at Digipen in Redmond. Details and map can be found on David's meeting reminder page: (URL) mini-challenge is the stepladder traverser. I have yet to (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Coming in October: NWBrickCon 2005
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NWBrickCon 2005, a convention in the Pacific Northwest for Adult Fans of Lego, will take place October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2005, in Seattle. All AFOLs are invited. This will be the fourth annual NWBrickCon. Planned highlights include: * MOCs * public (...) (19 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.wa.tac, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug) !!
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Writeups
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Thanks to Philo, I've put up much smaller versions of the Crate Contraption videos for download. You'll have to have the latest DIVX codec (from www.divx.com) installed. The videos average 1/4 to 1/5 the size of the originals. (URL) on the Divx (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Crate Contraption Writeups
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On Thu, March 31, 2005 6:06 pm, David Schilling said: (...) This is the good thing about even the worst crate contraptions that's totally lacking in even the best GBCs. Continuity. It's very cool to see all the machines working together. I, for one, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Crate Contraption Writeups
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I didn't want to post a writeup of the recent crate contraptions we've done until I had some video to show. Unfortunately all the video I took at NWBrickCon in October had really messed up audio. Last weekend we showed a nearly identical setup, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | May mini-challenge
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(...) I've had a couple of questions about the step ladder. Here's a picture that shows what it will look like: (URL) If there are other questions, please ask -- post online so others can see them as well. (Especially as I'll be reading my email (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 26th 2005 SMART Meeting Notes
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We had a great SMART meeting at Crossroad Shopping Center yesterday. We had two robotic displays set up. First was an improved version of the Crate Contraption that we showed at NWBrickCon 2004. All the robots looked pretty much the same (though (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 26th Smart Meeting
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Final reminder about this weekend's SMART meeting. We'll be meeting at Crossroads Shopping Center (corner of 156th Ave NE and NE 8th St in Bellevue) near center food court area. The official meeting time is from 2pm to 5pm, as usual. But the egg (...) (19 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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