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IndyLUG participated in the Parent & Child Exposition this past weekend (Feb.
28-29) at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Part of our setup included a table with
Steve Hassenplug’s AWESOME Connect 4 robot.
This robot does everything on its own, except press its own start button.
It waits for you to drop your chip, finds where you put it, then drops its own
and verifies that if fell properly. Yes, that’s right, I said it drops its
own chips! It isn’t slow either. Both the strategic decisions and the chip
dropping mechanism are quick and flawless.
Pictures of the Connect 4 robot
(and the large crowds that it drew) can be found here:
Brickshelf gallery
The robot was kept busy all Sunday by children and adults alike...and all day it
continued to skunk children and adults alike. The robot suffered 2 defeats the
entire day. One was by its master and creator Steve Hassenplug. The other was
by IndyLUG member Steve McDonough. (I need to change my name to Steve, then
maybe I’ll stand a chance.)
The robot’s table was also graced by a Dexter
sculpture, a couple giant “mini”figs and some Star Wars stuff.
A big congrats
goes out to Steve Hassenplug for making this super cool machine. It was the
only LEGO creation that the kids were allowed to touch, so they really enjoyed
it.
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| (...) A few other people claimed to win, but I was always able to quite their celebrations by showing them the robot had already won (somewhere they didn't see!) I'm still finishing up the web page, where I hope to include some interesting info like (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun, lugnet.games, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Steve, That is an wonderful idea for a robot. I am very intrigued by the hopper and loading mechanism and look forward to further details. Congrats on a great display. KK Quah (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun, lugnet.games, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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