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Re: May 31st, 2008 SMART Meeting
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Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:43:54 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.smart, David Schilling wrote:
> Our next SMART meeting will be May 31st, 2008. Note, this is two weeks later
> than I indicated during the last meeting -- I knew we wouldn't meet Memorial Day
> weekend, but didn't think that there was actually a Saturday this month *after*
> Memorial Day! Sorry if this causes any problems. I hope everyone will still be
> able to make it.
>
> This will be our final Grand Challenge 2008 event. If you have yet to start
> building an Indy 5.00 racer, you'd better hurry! The final rules we decided on
> are as follows:
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> Programs must have a 3-second delay before cars start driving.
> Robots must race around the gray-scale track in a counter-clockwise
> direction.
> The robots must be no longer than 10", and no wider than 6".
> Only "normal LEGO construction" is allowed. Only unmodified LEGO pieces are
> allowed. HiTechnic Sensors available through LEGO Shop-at-home ARE allowed.
> The race will last 5.00 laps.
> A maximum of 4 robots will race at the same time.
> Robots must be completely autonomous.
> If all the robot's tires cross the solid black area, or any tires go off the
> mat surface, the car will be disqualified from that race.
> If your robot is stopped or disabled for any reason, you are allowed to stop
> the program, place the robot as close as possible to it's current location on
> the mat, and re-run the program. This will mean that besides the time to correct
> the problem, your robot will incur a 3 second penalty since the robot's program
> must wait 3 seconds before driving.
> If the judges determine unsportsmanlike conduct, (just for example, a racer
> that thinks it's a sumo robot, though certainly not limited to just that) then
> they have the right to disqualify the robot from the race.
>
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> As usual, we'll be meeting at Digipen, from 2pm to 5pm. Our mini-challenge is to
> build a robot for SMART-Bot City. It needs to be able to line-track 3/4" black
> masking tape lines, and handle 90-degree turns. The robot size restrictions are
> basically that it never goes more than 6" from the line, even when turning the
> corners. Gus will post more about this, including some sample code in the near
> future.
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> We talked about this display at our last meeting. Here is the PowerPoint
> presentation about the idea:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/april_2008_smart_meeting_notes.ppt
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> At the last meeting we had some very interesting robots with 'unique' ways of
> moving. I've posted pictures here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=315980
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> The video folder isn't moderated, but you can watch these robots in action by
> following these links:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2558.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2559.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2560.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2562.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2564.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2568.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2569.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2573.avi
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Meetings/2008-04/Videos/cimg2575.avi
>
> --
> David Schilling
Hello David,
We were unable to attend the last meeting, but are looking forward to the next
meeting. What did you guys cover on the 31st. I remember from the April meeting
that you were planning on having so software put together for the bots. Is
there anything that Kyle should be working on for the next meeting. He has been
working on a robot that can load a ball into a container for the SMART-Bot City.
By the way, when is the next meeting? Also, do you have the date for the when
the SMART-Bot City will be shown. If I remember right, it was sometime in
October. I am trying to planning a trip in October and will plan it around this
event
Thanks,
Carl Cerniglia
stangboy67
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| (...) We made some great progress on SMART-Bot City, but didn't get everything coordinated to the point of having robots driving around our sample city. I'll post some pictures and video of the meeting soon. It's great to hear that Kyle's been (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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