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Re: NWBrickCon 2004 - Crate Contraption
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Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:03:57 GMT
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As promised, I have a few more pictures of our current Crate Contraption. I'll
have a write-up of them sometime in the next week or three.

Overall layout:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300089.jpg

Simple forklift:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300001.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300011.jpg

Ball distributer:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300002.jpg

Dump Truck:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300004.jpg

Front End Loader:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300005.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300006.jpg

Dumping Forklift:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300007.jpg

Crane:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300010.jpg

Some robot interactions:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300012.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300013.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300016.jpg

Additionally Gus had a cool RC car that he ran in a race. With four wheels it
has two wheel steering (that really IS non-obvious!) and three wheel drive. I'll
let him describe it more. Very nice!

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300094.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/Conventions/NWBrickCon2004/Saturday/pa300096.jpg

--
  David Schilling



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  Re: NWBrickCon 2004 - Crate Contraption
 
I just saw this thing live and I must say it was incredibly impressive. I talked with a gentlemen from SMART for a bit of time, but I forget his name (I believe it was Mark). Anyway, hats off to you folks, it was a really neat display. The whole (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)

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  NWBrickCon 2004 - Crate Contraption
 
Gus, Mark and I have spent much of the last week ironing out little bugs in getting our latest Crate Contraption working. It's now set up at NWBrickCon. I'll have more pictures soon, but for now here are two: (URL) you'd like to see it in action (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)

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