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(...) It hardly seems possible, but our next SMART meeting is in two weeks! If you haven't started your mini-challenge robot yet, now might be a good time! See you then! -- David Schilling (14 years ago, 13-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | LEGO HockeyBots
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A couple of weeks ago I posted the (URL) HiTechnic HockeyBot> on the new HiTechnic blog and video on (URL). My brother Pehr was inspired and made his own LEGO Hockey robot video: (URL) YouTube - Lotechnics.dv> Enjoy! Gus (14 years ago, 11-Mar-10, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.animation, lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | Re: February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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We had a great meeting last Saturday. A number of robots were able to complete the mini-challenge. Everyone who built a robot for the challenge agreed this was one of the more interesting ones to work on. The March meeting is in four weeks. Since (...) (14 years ago, 2-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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A quick reminder about our upcoming SMART meeting on February 27th. The mini-challenge is to build an Obstacle Avoiding Target Seeker (OATS) robot: a 4"x4" retroreflective target will be placed on the ground exactly six feet directly in front of (...) (14 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
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Thanks to everyone that showed up on Saturday, we had a great 10th anniversary meeting! There were a number of good rope climbing robots! As well as some other interesting robots that people brought. For our next meeting, on February 27th, the (...) (14 years ago, 2-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
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(...) Just a quick reminder about tomorrow's meeting stating at 2pm at DigiPen! If you have a mini-challenge robot (rope climbing) don't forget to bring it. Even if it doesn't work perfectly, I'd still encourage you to bring it: we can learn from (...) (14 years ago, 29-Jan-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
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Happy New Year, SMART members! And Happy 10th Anniversary!!! Yes, ten years ago we had our first SMART meeting. It doesn't feel nearly that long, but I guess that means we've been having a lot of fun! This month the fun continues with our latest (...) (14 years ago, 17-Jan-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
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(...) We had a good last meeting, with several interesting candy dispenser ideas. All accepted coins, some even determining which type of coin to give candy for. Everyone went home with a few candies or chocolates under their belts! Gus Jansson (...) (15 years ago, 1-Dec-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Message from Doug Bell regarding Electronic Thinking
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Hi Everyone, It was great seeing all of you at the SMART meeting on Saturday. One of the things that came up at the meeting was Doug Bell's new involvement in the company Electronic Thinking. Doug asked me to forward the message below about some (...) (15 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is in two weeks, on November 21st, at DigiPen. The mini-challenge is to build a candy dispensing robot. You get to choose the type of candy. Have fun! Create an interesting candy delivery mechanism! For a challenge, have your (...) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | BrickHeap Wars at Robothon this weekend
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Robothon is taking place this weekend at the Seattle Center. Numerous competitions take place on Saturday, many of which are suitable for LEGO Mindstorms robots, including the walking robot race. On Sunday I'm hosting a BrickHeap Wars competition. (...) (15 years ago, 7-Oct-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
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Before I talk about our next SMART meeting, I'd like to invite everyone to attend BrickCon 2009. It's in the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall at the Seattle Center this coming weekend, October 3-4. Public hours are from 11am to 3pm. Admission is (...) (15 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 26th SMART meeting
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Reminder about this week's SMART meeting...we'll meet Saturday at DigiPen, at 2pm, as usual. Bring robots you would like to display, or robots for the walking competitions. See you then! -- David Schilling (...) (15 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 26th SMART meeting
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I hope everyone had a very pleasant summer! Now that summer's coming to an end, we'll start meeting again. There will be a SMART meeting on September 26th. Bring any robot you are working on, but especially ones you might consider for display/demo (...) (15 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | LOCATION CHANGE!! Re: May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
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I just drove past DigiPen and there's a strong probability that the building is unavailable today. Fortunately I've been able to reserve meeting room #1 at the Redmond Regional Library, so we'll meet there instead. Redmond Regional Library Meeting (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is on May 30th, 2009 from 2-5pm at Digipen. This will be our last meeting before the summer. The "mini-challenge" this time is an open challenge. Basically, bring a robot! Something you're proud of! Perhaps it's a robot that (...) (15 years ago, 21-May-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: April 25th, 2009 SMART meeting
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(...) A reminder about this weekend's SMART meeting. We'll meet at DigiPen at 2pm, as usual. The mini-challenge is to build a sumo robot that can handle an immovable object (we hope :-) on the field. Don't forget the 5-second wait before moving in (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | April 25th, 2009 SMART meeting
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Sorry for the somewhat late notice, I've been out of town and didn't realize I hadn't posted what the next mini-challenge was yet. Our next SMART meeting is on April 25th, at 2pm at DigiPen. The mini-challenge we voted on at the last meeting was to (...) (15 years ago, 15-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Next SMART Meeting Feb 21
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(...) Thanks for posting this, Gus. The next SMART meeting is only a week away, so I hope you've started thinking about how to build a robot that plays an instrument by now! See you next Saturday. -- David Schilling (15 years ago, 14-Feb-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Next SMART Meeting Feb 21
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We had a great SMART meeting this last Saturday. Despite the difficult challenge David thought up, we had several successful robots. It was pretty amazing seeing the robots line tracking on a rough all LEGO track with scattered bricks and bumps as (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 31st, 2009 SMART meeting
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Unfortunately, there has not been a large response with people committing to participate in the BrickHeap Wars competition for next Saturday's SMART meeting. So instead, we'll do a simpler variation of the competition idea as a mini-challenge. The (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jan-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 31st, 2009 SMART meeting
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(...) I have received a number of "regrets" from people unable to make it to the BrickHeap Wars competition on January 31st (noon to 5pm), but so far only know for sure that one person will be coming, and a "maybe part of the time" from a second (...) (15 years ago, 21-Jan-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 31st, 2009 SMART meeting
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In about three weeks we'll be having our first meeting of the year, and it will be a fun one! We're celebrating our 8th anniversary by running a BrickHeap Wars competition! If you've ever watched Junk Yard Wars on TV, you'll understand the concept: (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 15th, 2008 SMART meeting Notes
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We had a great meeting last Saturday! Nine amazing walking robots for our mini-challenge! I've posted pictures here: (URL) For those who didn't see the robot in a sphere I brought, here's a video of it: (URL) In January, we'll have our meeting on (...) (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 15th, 2008 SMART meeting
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(...) Last minute reminder that our November meeting is in two days! We'll look forward to seeing your walking robots, as well as any other robot you've been working on at the meeting. -- David Schilling (16 years ago, 13-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 15th, 2008 SMART meeting
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Time is sneaking up really quickly for our next meeting! The meeting will be November 15th at DigiPen from 2 to 5pm. The mini-challenge is a walking robot race - walk to the end of a field, turn around, and return to the starting spot. See (URL) for (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Next challenge?
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(...) I talked with David and Gus, and the challenge is to build walking robots. We are going to follow the format of the Robothon walking robot competition, and will have an arena that meets the specifications of that competition at the meeting to (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Next challenge?
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Is there going to be a new challenge for the next meeting, or are we going to work more on the Robot City concept? -Craig (16 years ago, 15-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) BrickCon has probably a dozen or more LEGO themes represented. Each theme is on a set of tables. SMART is hosting the MINDSTORMS robotic display. We'll be at the back of the room, near the curtains. The public hours for BrickCon are from 11 to (...) (16 years ago, 2-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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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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| | Re: January 26th SMART meeting
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Reminder about Saturday's SMART meeting at Digipen. We'll meet at 2 in our regular room. There will be some time to build, test and program your race cars for this year's Grand Challenge. Check previous posts for details. The mini-challenge is to (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 26th SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is only a week away. (Appologies for the short notice!) We'll be meeting in our regular room at Digipen. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that will be able to cross between two tables using a rope. The distance between (...) (16 years ago, 18-Jan-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | I'm looking for the RCX 2.0 software and a USB tower
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There are surprisingly few of the CDs on bricklink, and since they come with every 2.0 set I figured someone here would have extras. Anyone? -- Tony Hafner (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 17th, 2007 SMART meeting
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(...) Just a last minute reminder about tomorrow's meeting. Sorry about the late notice for people who were relying on news-by-mail. The problem has been fixed now, and shouldn't happen again. Anyway, tomorrow, 2pm, at DigiPen. Hope to see all of (...) (17 years ago, 17-Nov-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 17th, 2007 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is only a bit over a week away, on November 17th. We'll meet at DigiPen, in our regular room, from 2 to approximately 5pm. We have a mini-challenge as well as the start of this year's Grand Challenge at this meeting. Build a (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Notes on the last and next SMART meeting
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I wanted to thank all the teams that participated in the BrickHeap Wars competition at Robothon last month. Besides a SMART team, we also had a local company field a team, Steve Hassenplug came to participate, and we had an FLL team as well. (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September SMART Meeting at Robothon!
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Last reminder about this Saturday's SMART meeting. We'll be meeting at the Seattle Center, in the Centerhouse during Robothon 2007. The meeting starts at 12 noon. This month's meeting will be a BrickHeap Wars event. It's a competition where you (...) (17 years ago, 20-Sep-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September SMART Meeting at Robothon!
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(...) Don't forget, we'll be meeting at the Centerhouse, in the Seattle Center on Saturday, September 22nd at 12 noon for this month's meeting. The meeting will be a BrickHeap Wars competition. There's only a bit over a week left to start another (...) (17 years ago, 13-Sep-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September SMART Meeting at Robothon!
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My son, Peter, and I should be able to participate. While I could bring electronic parts, I may not be able to bring a computer so I'm a little hesitant to volunteer to lead a team. However, if there are a bunch of people who want to participate but (...) (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September SMART Meeting at Robothon!
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(...) There's just a couple more days that we've reserved only for SMART teams to register for BrickHeap Wars. After that we'll open up registration for other teams. Once all the slots are taken, you'll have to join one of the teams that has already (...) (17 years ago, 5-Sep-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September SMART Meeting at Robothon!
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(...) David, I'm trying to arrange to attend Robothon. If I can make it, I'll have a team. Steve (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September SMART Meeting at Robothon!
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The next SMART meeting will be on Saturday, September 22nd, held during and at Robothon. The meeting will be a BrickHeap Wars - a competition where we bring the (Technic) LEGO pieces, you build and program a robot at the meeting. For this reason, (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 19th SMART Meeting
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It's time to think of a game for your robot to play -- the next SMART meeting is only 10 days away! What kinds of game would you like to have your robot play? Something physical (baseball?), something with props (cards?), something purely (...) (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: MicroMouse
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(...) Hi Steve, I think you are assuming this is my 'bot. This was just something I found on YouTube. I have a Micromouse robot in the works so I will attempt to answer your questions based on my experience. I believe it is flashing the LEDs in an (...) (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: MicroMouse
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(...) Gus, Just so you know, there are people out here watching. :) Thanks for posting this stuff, and the crate contraption stuff from BFPDX. Nice job on the maze. Are you recording your path? You're using flashing light sensors to detect the (...) (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: MicroMouse
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It can be done! (URL) Gus (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | MicroMouse
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I have built a small, 4 x 6, micromouse arena and uploaded a few pictures. I will bring this maze to the next meeting. The maze: (URL) Note, it will be very tight to build a LEGO robot that can navigate the maze, but I'm sure it can be done. For (...) (17 years ago, 26-Apr-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | May 19th SMART Meeting
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The next SMART meeting is only a month away, on May 19. We will be back at our usual location in DigiPen for this meeting. There are two mini-challenges you can build robots for. Pick one, or build a robot for both! First: Build a robot that plays a (...) (17 years ago, 20-Apr-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Brickfest2007 Crate/GB Contraption
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(...) I have added links to video files, as well as some commentary, to the write-up on the Crate Contraption shown at BrickFest. These video files all come from David Schilling, Thank you David. The write-up page has several embedded Brickshelf (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Brickfest2007 Crate/GB Contraption
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We had quite the Mindstorms/Technic display at BrickFest2007 in Portland last weekend! Now that I have been home for a week, I'm starting to recover enough to actually write something about the event. David Schilling was in charge of our (...) (17 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | EggArt - a 4-colour Easter egg painting robot
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Just in the nick of time, the day before Easter, I completed building a 4-colour NXT Easter egg painting robot. I started building it several months ago, when I thought I'd have plenty of time before Easter. Of course, at about the 85% complete (...) (17 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.org.us.smart) !
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| | BrickFest 2007 registration closing tomorrow
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In case you've been hiding for the last few weeks, here's a last reminder for a few things: First of all, our next SMART meeting is this Saturday, and will be at Renton Technical College. See previous posts in this group for time, (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 17, 2007 SMART meeting
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One more week until our next SMART meeting. Just a reminder that we'll be meeting at the Renton Technical College instead of our usual location. This is because Gus and I are giving a presentation on the NXT at the SRS meeting in the morning. You (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 17, 2007 SMART meeting
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In just over two weeks we'll be having our next SMART meeting. This meeting will take place at 2pm, after the SRS meeting, at the Renton Technical College. Here's a map for how to get to the campus: (URL) Here's a map of what room we'll be in on the (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Lego Robotics Instructor(s) needed this summer
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I'm forwarding this from the Washington FLL yahoo group. I would consider doing this but at this time I'm not sure what weeks this summer I will be in the Seattle area. Poulsbo is also a bit of a drive (and ferry ride) from Seattle. But in case any (...) (17 years ago, 10-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: NXT for $200
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FYI: I received the NXT set and as far as I can tell it was a smooth transaction. -Craig (17 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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(...) I did some testing with encouraging results and programmed the robot to respond to sound this morning. My testing indicated that even if the sound was straight ahead, one sensor gave a higher raw signal then the other so I came up with a (...) (17 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | NXT for $200
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Inspired by the gentleman selling NXTs for $200 (I didn't have a checkbook with me or I probably would have got one), I did some searching on the web (I think I used Froogle) and found them for $199.99 from A Child's Delight, a toy store in (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Thank you. (...) This robot was just finished before the meeting so the ears went on but I never got a chance to program them. The idea is just as you describe and I did try use the View feature to see how directional the sound sensor is. My (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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(...) I like Gus' line-following dog. How well do the ears work? Could it turn towards sounds? Steve (17 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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What a terrific meeting we had yesterday! I was really blown away by all the walking robots people built. There were 7 fully working robots, and many other prototypes that people brought as well. As usual, every design was different. Some robots (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 27th, 2007 SMART meeting
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(...) The mini-challenge vote we had at our last meeting was close between coin sorter and walker, but walker won. Coin Sorter: 8 votes Inverted Pendulum: 3 votes Walker: 11 votes Sorry, I should have posted something sooner. But if you have a coin (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January SMART meeting
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(...) Perhaps I'm way off base, but I thought the next challenge was a coin sorter. I haven't built anything so I've just missed out on some thinking time if I try to build something. -Craig (17 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | NXT for sale
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I just saw this post from someone in Oregon, and I thought of SMART. Maybe someone can help relieve this guy of his NXT... ---...--- Yo, For sale in the Milwaukie, Oregon area: Lego Mindstorms NXP Bought it, used it once, decided it was not the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January SMART meeting
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(...) Okay, I've got confirmation of the date. January 27th from 2 to 5pm, at Digipen as usual. Sorry for the delay, but at least it's our usual time and place. Looking forward to seeing everyone there, and especially looking forward to seeing some (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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I'm sorry that I still haven't been able to confirm a date for the January meeting, I'll post a message as soon as I have a time and location. In the mean time, the mini-challenge is to build a walking robot that can change its direction (not just (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Funny NXT display
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Philo posted this in the Announcements group, ((URL) but I thought it was funny enough to post a note here too. Check out the two video clips on (URL) -- playing pranks on shoppers with the NXT, the sort of the thing you'd see on Candid Camera. -- (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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Doug Bell has found this deal for NXT sets from barnes and noble. With the coupon code you get 25% off the retail price. If you are a member you get 35% off. Limit one per customer (I tried to get several but it would only give me a discount on the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 18th, 2006 SMART meeting
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Just in case you've been hibernating, our next SMART meeting is this Saturday, and the mini-challenge is to build a swinging robot. We're looking forward to seeing you all at 2pm! Any questions, post here, or send me an email (taking care of the (...) (18 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 18th, 2006 SMART meeting
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Here's the standard two-week reminder for our next meeting. If you haven't started a robot yet for the minichallenge, I recommend starting this weekend! It's not a trivial challenge. -- David Schilling (...) (18 years ago, 4-Nov-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Video Clips from Robothon
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(...) Thanks for posting the videos, Shane, and for pointing them out to us, Gus! And congratulations, Gus! Your line-maze solving robot is pure genius. It was amazing to watch! :-) What's really cool about this competition is that it's meant for (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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Hi Folks, Today I noticed that Shane put some BrickHeap clips up on YouTube. Thank you Shane! These are excellent. (URL) BTW, in case you were not there. I was on the dark gray team that made the robot using the NXT. Our robot was not the winning (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 18th, 2006 SMART meeting
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Our next meeting will be on November 18th, at DigiPen. The mini-challenge is to build a swinging robot. We'll provide a thin rope that your robot needs to hook onto. It will be attached at the top at two locations, 18" apart, to form a 'U' shape. (...) (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | NWBrickCon next weekend
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This coming weekend (October 6-8th) SMART is putting on a Crate Contraption and Great Ball Contraption show at NWBrickCon. If anyone has any GBC modules they'd like to include, please bring them by any time on Friday (10am-6pm) or early Saturday (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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Once they get moderated (should be soon, I hope), pictures of today's BrickHeap Wars event can be found at: (URL) videos can be found at: (URL) of these videos are not the final 'official' runs, but they give a good idea of how the various robots (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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Today's SMART meeting, held at the Seattle Center as part of Robothon was a great success. We had a BrickHeap Wars competition, and five teams participated. The teams, and their results were: Red Team (Mark & Cathy Williams) "Peninsula Power (...) (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Brickheap Wars - September 30
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Last reminder about our September meeting tomorrow. The location will be in the Centerhouse at the Seattle Center. We'll be in one of the conference rooms upstairs. It shouldn't be too hard to find, but if you don't see it, ask the Robothon folks, (...) (18 years ago, 30-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Brickheap Wars - September 30
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(...) Here's the standard "one-week" (give or take a bit) message: In a little over a week (September 30th) we'll be having our next SMART meeting. This meeting will be at Robothon, taking place at the Seattle Center in the Center House (note: NOT (...) (18 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Brickheap Wars - September 30
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All - We are hosting another Brickheap War event! This event will be held Saturday afternoon, September 30, from 12-5 ((URL) in the Center House at Seattle Center (Conference Room A). The space we have for the event at Robothon is a bit limited, so (...) (18 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Upcoming SMART meetings
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At our last SMART meeting we decided that the next meeting (September 30th) will be held at Robothon, in the Centerhouse, Seattle Center. The meeting will be another BrickHeap Wars, and teams will need to sign up ahead of time. More details to (...) (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 29, 2006 SMART meeting
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My son Sean has built 4(!) robots for the drawing challenge. I'm not sure how many of them we'll end up bringing to the meeting. The last one he built using his new NXT set. Total build time was under 30 minutes, and that was his first NXT robot! I (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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