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March 29th SMART meeting
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Sun, 16 Mar 2003 02:57:36 GMT
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In two weeks we'll be having the next SMART meeting. The time and location
will be as usual: room 2 at the Redmond Regional Library, starting at 2pm.
The mini challenge is to climb a rope. See the previous message (below) for
details. I highly recommend starting on this soon, as it's more tricky than
it seems at first. Tackle as much of the challenge as you are able.
I'll also bring the Figure-8 mat for our Grand Challenge. This is a
challenge that we started last meeting, and will continue for at least one
additional meeting. But I recommend bringing your robot, no matter what it's
state of completion is, to gain experience with the arena, work out details
about starting, etc., and also to have an opportunity to talk with others
about how you are approaching the task.
Remember, anyone who brings a robot gets extra say in voting for what the
next challenge will be! Speaking of which, I've had the suggestion that the
next challenge be one of two for which I have an arena already prepared: the
truck unloading pallets into a warehouse challenge that was used for the
September BrickHeap Wars game, or the Drag Racing track that I prepared for
BrickFest. What do people think about these two ideas as mini-challenges?
Feel free to post comments here before the meeting.
See you in two weeks!
--
David Schilling
In lugnet.org.us.smart, David Schilling writes:
> As promised, here are the details about the next mini-challenge: rope climbing.
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> Build a robot that starts 12" away from a dangling rope, moves towards it,
> and climbs it so that the robot raises itself at least 12" above the ground.
> The rope will be tied to a 2x4, which will be held up by a pair of tables.
> The end of the rope nearest the ground will be hanging loosely. You should
> bring your own rope to tie onto the 2x4, but if you like, here are the
> details about the rope I'll bring: It's a braided nylon rope which is 24mm
> wide to start with, and easily compresses to 12mm. With a lot of force you
> can get it down to 10mm wide. (24mm=0.94"; 12mm=0.47"; 10mm=0.39")
> Your own rope should be at least four feet long, to provide enough length to
> tie it down, as well as to climb it.
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> For extra credit:
> - Build a robot that uses an anthropomorphic climbing mechanism (that is,
> acts like a human would in climbing a rope)
> - Build your robot to climb all the way to the top
> - Build your robot to sense that it's at the top (there will be a knot
> there, after all) and climbs back down again
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> If you have trouble building a robot that finds the rope itself, build one
> that starts hanging onto the rope.
>
> And don't forget, we'll have the second run at our Grand Challenge, Figure-8
> racing. If you haven't requested a robot ID yet, don't forget to do so. See
> http://news.lugnet.com/org/us/smart/?n=142 for details on this challenge.
>
> Finally, I will bring the black 'tokens' to the meeting if anyone wanted to
> finish or improve their robots from the last mini-challenge. This is just
> for people who want to.
>
> --
> David Schilling
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 | | Re: March 29th SMART meeting
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| Brief reminder: the next SMART meeting is tomorrow at the Redmond library (2pm). The mini-challenge is rope-climbing - see previous messages for details. The Grand Challenge arena will also be set up. Hope to see everyone there. Also, don't forget, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Rope Climbing
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| As promised, here are the details about the next mini-challenge: rope climbing. Build a robot that starts 12" away from a dangling rope, moves towards it, and climbs it so that the robot raises itself at least 12" above the ground. The rope will be (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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