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(...) So, any details around exactly what we will be doing and when? I've never been to Brick Con so have no idea how it works or where the SMART display would fit in. I looked at the schedule and it seems like people will be moving their stuff in (...) (16 years ago, 1-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) BrickCon is definitely a "go", and SMART will have some sort of display there, though I'm not sure it will be a robot city as we originally planned. Thanks to everyone who made it to the meeting, and worked hard building robots and writing (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) Hi David, Just wanting to confirm whether the BrickCon event is a go or not? Just trying to set up plans for the week and allocating time where needed. Thanks, Carl (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) Sorry for not replying sooner, I was hoping to have some code to share sooner, but it's still not ready. When it is, it will deal with detecting intersections and line tracking. In any case, if you can just make sure that your robot is capable (...) (16 years ago, 21-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) David, Are any additional details of how the SMART-Bot City robots supposed to work published somewhere? I remember that we discussed a lot of ideas about how to space intersections and whether they would be marked, but I don't remember (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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The next SMART meeting will be held at the Redmond Regional Library on September 27th from 2 to 5pm. We'll be getting our SMART-Bot City display ready for BrickCon, which takes place on the following weekend. So the mini-challenge is to build an (...) (16 years ago, 9-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 31st, 2008 SMART Meeting
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(...) We made some great progress on SMART-Bot City, but didn't get everything coordinated to the point of having robots driving around our sample city. I'll post some pictures and video of the meeting soon. It's great to hear that Kyle's been (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 31st, 2008 SMART Meeting
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(...) Hello David, We were unable to attend the last meeting, but are looking forward to the next meeting. What did you guys cover on the 31st. I remember from the April meeting that you were planning on having so software put together for the bots. (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 31st, 2008 SMART Meeting
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Our next SMART meeting will be May 31st, 2008. Note, this is two weeks later than I indicated during the last meeting -- I knew we wouldn't meet Memorial Day weekend, but didn't think that there was actually a Saturday this month *after* Memorial (...) (16 years ago, 9-May-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | The Adventure Begins: BrickCon 2008 Registration is Open!
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BrickCon 2008 Early Registration is now available at (URL) the special Early Registration price (prices go up starting in August). BrickCon is an annual adult Lego hobbyist convention and exposition in Seattle. BrickCon 2008 will be October 3, 4, (...) (16 years ago, 8-May-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community) !!
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| | Re: April 26th, 2008 SMART meeting
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In two days (Saturday) we'll have our next SMART meeting. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that moves around in an unusual way. The Grand Challenge is our continuing Indy-500 race. See previous posts for details. Even if you don't have a (...) (16 years ago, 24-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | April 26th, 2008 SMART meeting
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Our next SMART meeting is only 2 weeks away. We'll meet at DigiPen, in the Plato auditorium at 2pm on Saturday, April 26th. (I've been assured the building will be open for us.) The mini-challenge is to build a robot that moves around using an (...) (16 years ago, 12-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Challenge for April 26 meeting?
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Hi David - Have you had a chance to pick a mini-challenge for the upcoming meeting yet? It would be great to have a couple weekends to work on robots before the meeting. Thanks, Mark (16 years ago, 10-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 22nd, 2008 SMART meeting notes
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We had a great show at the LEGO store yesterday! Seven different robots built by Patrick, Craig, Gus, Doug, Tony and myself delivered thousands of chocolate Easter eggs to the waiting kids (and adults!) Gus also put on a mini Crate Contraption. It (...) (16 years ago, 24-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 22nd, 2008 SMART meeting at the LEGO store!
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Easter's just a week away, which means our next meeting, the day before Easter (Saturday) is even closer! This month we'll be meeting at the LEGO store in Bellevue Square, from 10am to about 4pm. The mini-challenge, (and totally coincidentally (...) (16 years ago, 17-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 22nd, 2008 SMART meeting at the LEGO store!
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I've got some great news about those who are participating (not just showing up!) at the Robotic Easter Egg Hunt at Bellevue Square. I met with the people in the LEGO store today, and they'll give a special discount in the store for anyone who (...) (16 years ago, 9-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 22nd, 2008 SMART meeting at the LEGO store!
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David: Thanks for organizing this event! Everyone: I think this is going to be a really cool event and a great opportunity to show the community and the LEGO store what we can do. The Easter egg hunting robots is the right level of difficulty to (...) (16 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 22nd, 2008 SMART meeting at the LEGO store!
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First, thanks to the people who showed up for our February meeting. Due to a scheduling glitch, our regular meeting place turned out not to be available. Those who showed up went to a nearby cafeteria to have our meeting. I hope that there weren't (...) (16 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: February 23rd, 2008 SMART meeting
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Just a reminder about the meeting this Saturday at DigiPen at 2pm. We'll be preparing for our Easter egg hunt next month, as well as doing our racing grand challenge. See the previous message for details. -- David Schilling (16 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | February 23rd, 2008 SMART meeting
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Thanks to all who showed up at the last meeting. We had a few people who brought working rope crossing robots. None crossed successfully from one table clear to the other, but the point behind our mini-challenges is to do as much as you feel (...) (16 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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