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So far I have only head from Brad, via email, and he says he would be out of town April 15 so for him a later date is better. Does anyone else want to comment on this possible rescheduling? I would really like a little more input on this one way or (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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Hi Brian, I'm sure we'll take lots of pictures and movies. Here is the hint: (URL) motorized yet and jams if there are too many balls at the bottom. Powered by hand it lifts four or fewer balls at a time very quickly and effortlessly. Gus (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) I look forward to seeing the combination, with kids and all! Please take lots of pictures/movies for those of us on the wrong side of the Mississippi for this event! (...) Well now you've got my curiosity up. Hints? (...) Yes, those and the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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This message is from Doug Bell who says he never did manage to get a LUGNET account up a running that lets him post so this is being posted for him. Sorry Doug that it has taken me so long to get this posted: From Doug Bell: Have you seen this? It (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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Hi Everyone, It turns out that the selected day for the SMART Crossroads event, April 15, is very bad for me. This is a big deal since we are going to be putting up the Crate Contraption/Great Ball Contraption at this event. Not only is it bad for (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I've had four people ask about a wider line, including two that were concerned that if the line wasn't really 3/4" wide, their light sensors wouldn't be able to track the line properly. In fact, the "3/4-inch" tape is just a bit under 3/4", so I'm (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Last reminder about Saturday's meeting (2pm, Digipen; mini-challenge is there-and-back-again drag racing). Has anyone built a GBC (Great Ball Contraption) module that they could bring to the meeting? I'd like to have one or more to demonstrate what (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I thought the ascii-art would be understandable, but I've made a picture with the dimensions and starting configuration for the drag-racing arena that you can find here: (URL) that helps. Don't worry too much about the details. You can even bring (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Hi Ben, Looking forward to hearing about CES. I'm not sure if you got David post before or after you made your post. I just saw your post even though it looks like it was time-stamped a few days ago. Not sure what's going on. Anyway, here is my (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I could use some clarification on the track material and layout. I've been using the paper track that comes with the mindstorm kit to practice and just realized the line is 1" wide. It sounds like you are going to use a 3/4" line instead. Is this (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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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)
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| | January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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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)
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| | Re: November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
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(...) 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)
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| | November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
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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)
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| | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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(...) 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)
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| | Robothon Recap - Welcome to SMART
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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)
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| | Robothon 2005 this weekend
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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)
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