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November 20th, 2004 SMART Meeting
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lugnet.org.us.smart
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Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:15:24 GMT
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It's hard to believe that the next SMART meeting is almost upon us! I've been so
busy with the Crate Contraption at Robothon, and NWBrickCon that I haven't even
thought about the next meeting until now, but it's only 10 days away!
So if you haven't started on your mini-challenge robot, now's the time to start!
What is the mini-challenge? At the September meeting we had a BrickHeap Wars
competition. The task was quite challenging for the time alloted, but it was
pretty unanimous afterwards that everyone wanted to use the same idea as the
next mini-challenge.
The mini-challenge is to build a robot that will pick up a set of blocks that
are placed on a 3/4" black line, and build one or more stacks of blocks out of
them. The robot can build the towers anywhere it wants, on or off the line.
For a simpler challenge, build only two block high towers, and assume the line
the blocks are placed on is straight. For a more difficult challenge, build
towers as high as you can, and follow a line with bends in it. (Blocks will be
placed on the line at least six inches past any bend.)
In either case, the blocks will be placed at random intervals on the line, with
at least a small separation between blocks. They'll be placed 'neatly' in their
orientation (two sides parallel to the line).
I'm looking forward to seeing many interesting ideas for how to do this!
--
David Schilling
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: November 20th, 2004 SMART Meeting
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| (...) Hi David This challenge sounds like fun. Some questions. Will the blocks be white? How many blocks will there be (approx.)? How long is the course? (to gauge speed to complete in 3 minutes) I read some of your previous notes and understand (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | Re: November 20th, 2004 SMART Meeting
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| This Saturday at 2pm is the next SMART meeting. We'll be at Digipen, as usual. The mini-challenge is block stacking along a line. See previous posts for details. I hope to see everyone there! -- David Schilling (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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