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  Re: February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
 
(...) 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)
 
  LEGO HockeyBots
 
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)
 
  Re: February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  Re: January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
 
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)
 
  Re: January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
 
(...) 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)
 
  January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
 
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)
 
  Re: November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
 
(...) 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)
 
  Message from Doug Bell regarding Electronic Thinking
 
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)
 
  November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  BrickHeap Wars at Robothon this weekend
 
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)
 
  November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  Re: September 26th SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  September 26th SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  LOCATION CHANGE!! Re: May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  Re: April 25th, 2009 SMART meeting
 
(...) 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)
 
  April 25th, 2009 SMART meeting
 
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)
 
  Re: Next SMART Meeting Feb 21
 
(...) 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)
 
  Next SMART Meeting Feb 21
 
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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