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Robothon and June 30th SMART meeting
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lugnet.org.us.smart
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Sun, 3 Jun 2012 05:39:29 GMT
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We had a GREAT time at Robothon today! For the first couple of hours we were
putting together our ball contraption, and the crowds weren’t too heavy yet, but
they enjoyed watching the progress, always anticipating what the rest would look
like when it was added too. Soon we had everything pretty much working, and just
in time too, because that’s when the crowds really picked up. Or at least that’s
how it seemed to me. Maybe I was just too busy building to notice them much
before then.
Anyway, thanks to Dan for the hoppers, Alex and Natalia for the ball sorter,
(and Alex for building another ball device on the spot in about 20 minutes when
we needed it), Doug for helping with random “glue” logic between the sorter and
the next device, Andrew for the stair ball lifter. Also, thanks to Mike for
bringing a really cool remote control robot. Mike took a bunch of pictures,
which you can enjoy at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104667803940601062545/Robothon2012
He asks that you please link to them rather than copying or repost them.
It was great seeing some of the other SMART people there, including some that I
haven’t seen in several years! That’s what I like about Robothon: you meet so
many cool people that are really into robotics of every sort, and run into many
old friends there as well.
At the SMART meeting last weekend mostly we were just preparing for Robothon. We
voted on the next mini-challenge. The vote was evenly split between building a
mechanical computer (in honor of Alan Turing’s hundredth birthday) or building a
robot that imitates an animal. So do which ever you like. You’re always welcome
to bring whatever robot you happen to be working on.
For the mechanical computer idea, chose any level of complexity you want.
Anything from a NAND gate (or any other logic gate) to a full Turing Machine.
--
David Schilling
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