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(...) Thank you for describing these mechanisms! They are really cool, and it's quite instructive to see how you designed them. -- David Schilling (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Challenge Ideas
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(...) These are good ideas, Nathan. I've added them to our list of challenges for future meetings. You can find the current list by clicking on the "Next SMART Meeting" link on our news home page. There you'll find what the current challenge is, as (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Puck Gathering Mechanisms
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I have created building instructions for how to build the (now obsolete) puck pick up mechanisms that I have used on the Workshop3D challenges. I have instructions for both geared and levered mechanisms. These are good examples of how you can use a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Challenge Ideas
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Hi Nathan, (...) I like this idea. Another variation I have thought of is a "connect the dots" tracking. In this case the dots would be a fixed distance apart (maybe 3") and the direction could change by +- 90 (or less) degrees from dot to dot. (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Challenge Ideas
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I have a couple of ideas for a challege 1) Line tracking with occasional breaks in the line. The breaks could occur regularly after some distance and be of a given distance. 2) Find the "token". A round ring like the sumo ring. White with a black (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #4 Results
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Earlier today was the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #4. There were dozens of competitors, and even more robots. This was the best turnout yet for the number of competitors and robots at this event! Below is a summary of the results. For the full (and (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Code-only Line-tracking event results
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It's time for the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge again. The main event will take place tomorrow, from 1pm to about 4pm. It should be webcast. Check out (URL) and (URL) for details tomorrow morning. This year the Code-Only Line-Tracking event was held the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March Meeting Notes
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This post is forwarded from mail from Doug Bell. For some reason Doug is having problems with lugnet and can't post yet. - Gus ---...--- Not knowing much about the Cybermaster, I hunted around for some info. Here is a particularly good link: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March Meeting Notes
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Here is a link to the French online retailer that sells Cybermaster. (URL) the left side of the page you will see Customized Catalog. For no. 1 select Games/Toys and no. 2 Lego Technic/Cybermaster. Then click on See the items found. If I understand (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March Meeting Notes
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Today's SMART meeting was a great success! There were quite a few new comers to the group -- Welcome! We hope you'll join us again at future meetings. There were quite a few people who created robots for the Dead Reckoning challenge, including (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART meeting on March 30th
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Just a reminder that we'll be having our next SMART meeting this Saturday. If you haven't started building your robots yet, don't delay much longer! See (URL) for the task description, or (URL) for other details about the meeting. If anyone has (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | A few reminders...
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First of all, I just talked to Vikki at Digilennium and she still has a lot of Lego Mindstorms kits for sale at $179.99. She had ordered the kits to have before Christmas and Lego didn't deliver until the day before, so she totally missed the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Lafayette (Indiana) Area Lego Robotics Club.
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Steve, This is great news, but do you need to post like this? Why not just cross post in one shot. (i.e. copy and paste the names into the Newsgroups space) Then again I could not fit all the newsgroups you posted to into the space? See Ya... Robin (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind)
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| | Lafayette (Indiana) Area Lego Robotics Club.
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We're proud to announce the formation of the Lafayette Area Lego Robotics Club in Lafayette, Indiana. The Lafayette Area LEGO Robotics Club is a group of people who meet once a month to discuss and build Lego robots and related subjects. We hope to (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Demonstration or exhibit robots
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(...) I would like to give the Pacific Science Center a rough number of how many robots our group will be able to lend them for display. Anyone with one or more possibilities, please either reply to this message, or email me directly. I need to give (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Test message
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Just verifying that my registration worked and I can post. Never say that I don't post nothing here. :) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Mindstorms Kits on Sale!
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Hello everyone, I just this from Vikki at Digilennium. Gus Subj: Hello from Digilennium! Date: 2/7/2002 3:24:27 PM Pacific Standard Time From: vikki@digitalseattle.com To: gjansson@aol.com, rayiii@workshop3d.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Hi (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January Meeting: Photos, Results, and Next Challenge
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Hello Everyone! On Saturday, January 26, 2002, SMART had it's first anniversary meeting. The Mini-Challenge for this meeting was to build a drag-race robot that could race 16' down the library carpet and come to a stop within 6" of a reflective (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Demonstration or exhibit robots
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For this Saturday's SMART meeting, I've already asked people with robots they'd like to show at BricksWest to bringing them along. (see (URL) I would also like to encourage everyone to consider what robots would make good demonstration or exhibit (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Two weeks till January meeting
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First of all, this is another mini-reminder about building your drag-racer for the SMART meeting on the 26th. You've got less than two weeks. Mainly, however, I wanted to mention our group's participation is for BricksWest. BricksWest is a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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