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(...) That sounds like a great plan though we did actually pick a mini-challenge at the last meeting. I should have posted something about it but I guess I never got around to it. My bad. The proposed mini-challenge was to make a non-traditional (...) (13 years ago, 14-Jan-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 29th, 2011 SMART meeting
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In just over two weeks we'll have our next SMART meeting. We'll meet at the new DigiPen building, from 2pm to 5pm. As no mini-challenge was posted, we'll try a very low-key variation on BrickHeap Wars for this meeting. It will be an individual (or (...) (13 years ago, 14-Jan-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Motors comparison page updated
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(...) Interesting thread, even if a bit off topic of LEGO motors. I'm not an expert on power circuits, but a google search turned up this web site with a number of interesting power supply circuits (there is a search option). (URL) Putz (URL) (13 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Motors comparison page updated
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(...) Good thing, the load is not inductive. (...) OK, with a 1 second cycle time, and pure on/off, it is simpler. All you need is a solid state relay. (...) Looks like some people do: (URL) and worse, most of these dimmers work by dissipating and (...) (13 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Motors comparison page updated
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(...) I've been operating outside my personal SOA for years now :) (...) It's actually not a motor - it's a small electric hot water heater element. When plugged in it produces 1300W, but if I want less than that I need to figure out some way to (...) (13 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Motors comparison page updated
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Hi Brian, (...) I was surprised too. I suspect a relatively high internal resistance of the windings, rather than mechanical friction, as the source of losses. No, (shame on me!) I didn't checked yet with an ohmmeter. (...) This is clearly outside (...) (13 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 20th SMART meeting
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I just wanted to remind everyone about our next SMART meeting in two weeks (Saturday, November 20th, 2pm). We'll be meeting at the new DigiPen facilities, in the Michelangelo auditorium. The address is 9931 Willows Road, in Redmond. Here's a map: (...) (14 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 20th SMART meeting
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For the November SMART meeting (at the new Digipen location) bring whatever robot(s) you happen to be working on! Our mini-challenge will be to build a robot that can balance on a teeter totter. You can design whatever sort of teeter totter you like (...) (14 years ago, 20-Oct-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: BrickCon 2010 awards
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(...) Any video or pictures around? I love what you folks have done with the crate contraption, and wish I could see it in person... but if not, I'd still love to see it as much as possible :). (...) Cool... (...) Shooting what? Spheres, or bullets? (...) (14 years ago, 15-Oct-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | BrickCon 2010 awards
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What an awesome robotics display we had at BrickCon this year! I really wanted to thank Mark Kenworthy for putting together an awesome Crate Contraption! These are very difficult to put together, and Mark did this one entirely himself! It was a (...) (14 years ago, 14-Oct-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART meeting this Saturday, September 25, 2-5pm
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I just got confirmation that we will be able to use the new Michelangelo auditorium in the *new* DigiPen facilities for our meetings this year, starting with this Saturday's meeting. The meeting starts at 2pm, and goes to 5pm. Please note the new (...) (14 years ago, 23-Sep-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Robot Competition at BrickCon 2010
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This year's robot competition at BrickCon will be a racing competition. Build and program a robot able to race around an irregularly shaped gradient track while avoiding obstacles on the track. The track is approximately two feet wide, with black in (...) (14 years ago, 16-Sep-10, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | Register for BrickCon
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At the build session on the weekend I was reminded that I hadn't mentioned where to register for BrickCon. If you plan on attending the entire convention (not just the visitors exhibition on Saturday and Sunday) you should register before September (...) (14 years ago, 1-Sep-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Build session on August 28th for BrickCon 2010
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Here's a quick reminder about the build session this Saturday at the Bellevue Library in room 3 starting at 2pm. Besides just a time to work on your robots, ask questions, etc, I will be presenting an idea for a racing robot competition at BrickCon. (...) (14 years ago, 24-Aug-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Build session on August 28th for BrickCon 2010
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As many of you know, I'm the Mindstorms coordinator at BrickCon. As such, I need to make sure that anyone bringing robots will have room to display them. So if you are thinking of displaying a robot, please let me know by email (remove the spambot), (...) (14 years ago, 8-Aug-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd, 2010 SMART meeting
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It's very likely that I'm going to be late to tomorrow's meeting, and I'm not sure that Gus will be there when the meeting starts either, but I just wanted everyone to know that tomorrow's SMART meeting is on anyway. I hope everyone has a good time (...) (14 years ago, 22-May-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 22nd, 2010 SMART meeting
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What happens to the time? In just a week we've got our last SMART meeting before our summer break. (This will also be our last SMART meeting at the current DigiPen facilities.) The mini-challenge is to build a robot for BrickCon 2010. Ideas proposed (...) (14 years ago, 15-May-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | April 24th, 2010 SMART meeting
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(...) Wow, it's almost that time again already! Our next SMART meeting is this coming Saturday, from 2 to 5 at DigiPen. The mini-challenge is part two for our stair climbers, as well as building a robot for BrickCon, either from the list of ideas we (...) (14 years ago, 19-Apr-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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We had a small, but wonderful SMART meeting last Saturday. While the turnout was smaller than usual, nearly everyone brought a robot, and four people brought stair climbing robots! Not one was anything like any other! As previously mentioned, we'll (...) (14 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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Just a last minute reminder of tomorrow's SMART meeting, at Digipen, starting at 2pm. I'm looking forward to seeing you all there! The mini-challenge is stair-climbing. See previous messages for details. -- David Schilling (14 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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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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