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  Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
 
(...) One week left to build your most amazing drag racing robots! I've had a couple of questions about the arena and event which I'll answer here. First of all, the arena will be made out of separate boards that are painted white. This means that (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
 
Reminder - in two weeks we'll have our 5th anniversary SMART meeting. The location is Digipen, the time, 2pm. Meetings usually go to around 5pm, and often people gather together for dinner at Red Robin afterwards. Check the previous post for rules, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
 
The nxt SMART meeting is going to be January 28th. This will be our 5th anniversary! The mini-challenge is to build a drag-racer. The robot cars will have a 12-inch wide lane to travel on, with a 3/4" black tape line in the middle to follow. Cars (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
 
(...) Just a little under two weeks to try to cross the largest gap you can with a robot. If some of you haven't attempted a mini-challenge before, the main objective is to learn. Tackle as much of the task as you feel you are able to; you don't (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
 
The next SMART meeting is going to be November 19th, at Digipen. Our mini-challenge will be Crevice Crossing, but as always you are welcome to bring any robot you've built. Crevice Crossing: Build a robot that can cross a gap between two tables. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
 
(...) Thanks for the great write-up, Gus. Thanks also for all your help and your terrific robots! Here are some pictures that I took at the event: (URL) David Schilling (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
 
(...) What did you bring to NWBrickCon? The next SMART meeting is scheduled for November 19. Normally we meet at Digipen, a collage for games programming, in Redmond. You can find more information about upcoming meetings, including a map link, at: (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
 
(...) I'm kind of kicking myself for taking my robot to NorthWest BrickCon, which while it obviously had far far more Lego than Robothon, didn't have the emphasis on robotics of Robothon. I only found out after the events that Robothon was taking (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
 
We had a very busy and exciting weekend at Robothon 2005. SMART had two tables where we demonstrated some of our robots and showed a video of our the last Crate Contraption that David, Mark, and I put together. Our table was manned by Brad, David, (...) (19 years ago, 11-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Robothon 2005 this weekend
 
This weekend Robothon 2005 will be held at the Centerhouse in the Seattle Center. We'd love to see you there, especially if you have some robots to display, or better yet compete with in the various competitions. The event is from 10AM to 5PM both (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: September 24th 2005 SMART Meeting
 
Last reminder of our meeting this Saturday. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. I hope everyone's had a chance to work on a robot for Robothon, and that many of you will have a chance to attend Robothon in two weeks. -- David Schilling (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  September 24th 2005 SMART Meeting
 
The next SMART meeting is only a bit over two weeks away. Back to our normal location, we'll meet at Digipen on Saturday, September 24th, at 2pm. Two weeks after the meeting, on October 8-9, is Robothon (in the Centerhouse). Therefore the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  July 23rd 2005 Meeting Notes
 
On Saturday's SMART meeting we had a robot building competition. The object of the game was to push LEGO cylinders to the opponent's field. Two teams competed. I'm sorry I don't remember everyone's names on the teams, but the robot named "Lawn (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: July 23rd 2005 Smart Meeting
 
Last reminder about Saturday's meeting. Don't forget, we'll be meeting in the Redmond Regional Library (15990 NE 85th St., Redmond, WA 98052) at 1:30pm. Hope to see everyone there! -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: July 23rd 2005 Smart Meeting
 
I have been unable to confirm our being able to meet at Digipen next Saturday, but fortunately I've been able to reserve a room at the Redmond Regional Library for Saturday July 23rd, so we'll meet there instead. The address is 15990 NE 85th St., (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  July 23rd 2005 Smart Meeting
 
I just realized that I'm going to be in DC on the 30th of July, and so unfortunately we'll have to reschedule the meeting to be the weekend before, to July 23rd. Sorry for the date change, I'm currently trying to find out if we'll be able to use the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  June 25th 2005 SMART Meeting Notes
 
At Saturday's SMART meeting we had quite a number of interesting solutions for the mini-challenge: step ladder traversal. With one exception, most of the solutions attempted to climb the ladder the way a person would, on the outside. There were a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  Re: SMART Meeting On June 25th
 
Don't forget ... SMART meeting this Saturday! Rules and pictures for the Step Ladder Traversal minichallenge can be found in this thread: (URL) David Schilling (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  SMART Meeting On June 25th
 
Our next meeting (postponed from May) is just under two weeks away. The mini-challenge is stepladder traversal. Hope to see everyone on the 25th! -- David Schilling (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
 
  West Seattle Robotics Club event this Saturday
 
Doug Bell just informed me about a local robotics event that SMART might be interested in. Details from their website, (URL) : Come join us for a day of Lego Robot building and Engineering Challenges!!! Lego Robotics Fun Day June 11th from 10:00am - (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)


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