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We had a very interesting BrickHeap Wars competition at our September meeting. Following the meeting we voted on our mini-challenge for the October meeting which will take place in two weeks, on October 26th. The meeting runs from 2-5pm, and we'll (...) (11 years ago, 14-Oct-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | June 29th 2013 SMART meeting
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We had a great second-chance sumo competition at our May SMART meeting. We voted on building a Space Elevator ribbon climbing robot for our June meeting. The June meeting will be on the 29th, in the Michelangelo room. Build a robot that can climb a (...) (11 years ago, 19-May-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | April 27th, 2013 SMART meeting
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We had a great meeting in March with more robots than we've seen in a while. The challenge was to build a sorting robot, and there were a couple of really good ones! I was very impressed with what people came up with. This month’s mini-challenge is (...) (11 years ago, 11-Apr-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 30th, 2013 SMART Meeting
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The mini-challenge for the next SMART meeting, to take place at 2pm on March 30th, at Digipen as usual, and back in the Michelangelo auditorium, is to build a sorting robot. You can chose which item to sort, and whatever sorting criteria you like. (...) (11 years ago, 1-Mar-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 26th, 2013 SMART meeting
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We had a great meeting today! Seven teams showed up for the Build On The Spot competition. I guess it was harder than it seemed, but everyone had a robot, even if they didn't score too consistently. FOUR teams tied for first place! Great job, (...) (11 years ago, 27-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 26th, 2013 SMART meeting
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Last minute reminder about the SMART meeting this Saturday. The meeting starts at 2pm. Since it's a Build On The Spot competition, you'll probably want as much time as possible. I recommend arriving a couple of minutes before the meeting starts to (...) (11 years ago, 23-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 26th, 2013 SMART meeting
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On New Year's EV3 I came up with a good challenge for our Build On The Spot competition. I just wanted to remind everyone that it will take place in just under 3 weeks, and look forward to seeing you all there! A line tracking driving base would (...) (11 years ago, 6-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 26th, 2013 SMART meeting
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Our last SMART meeting was decent, but we missed all the people who couldn't make it. Hope that you can all attend the next SMART meeting, this January (assuming the world doesn't end four days before Christmas!) At the next meeting we will have a (...) (11 years ago, 8-Nov-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | October 27th, 2012 SMART meeting
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First, a tremendous thank-you to all the people who helped with robots at BrickCon last weekend! Mark’s fine balancing robots were very cool to watch, and Gus’ shooting gallery always had a line of people wanting to try it out, and his Ranat player (...) (12 years ago, 12-Oct-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 29th, 2012 SMART meeting
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Our next SMART meeting is in two weeks, on September 29th. We'll meet in the Michelangelo room of Digipen, from 2-5pm. The mini-challenge is to build a dancing robot. It must be able to do four actions: - turn left 90-degrees - turn right 90-degrees (...) (12 years ago, 16-Sep-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | BrickCon 2012 robot competitions
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At the last SMART meeting I mentioned that I would consider hosting a couple of robot competitions at BrickCon (October 5-7th) if there was enough interest. Note: I won’t do a competition if there’s less than four competitors for that particular (...) (12 years ago, 27-Jul-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | June 30th 2012 SMART meeting
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Here's your two week reminder for our next SMART meeting. We'll meet in our usual location at Digipen, in the Michelangelo room, from 2-5 pm. In honor of Alan Turing’s 100th birthday (this coming Saturday), one of the mini-challenges is to build (...) (12 years ago, 18-Jun-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Robothon and June 30th SMART meeting
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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 (...) (12 years ago, 3-Jun-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 31st, 2012 SMART Meeting
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We had our meeting on Saturday, and while the turnout wasn't as big as a couple of the previous meetings, we had a number of really cool Easter egg collecting robots, and some new people showing up to check out what we do. For our next meeting, (...) (12 years ago, 3-Apr-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 31st, 2012 SMART Meeting
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Just a friendly reminder that the next SMART meeting is this Saturday at 2pm in the Michelangelo room at Digipen. The mini-challenge is Easter Egg Hunt. See below for a reminder of the details. BTW: the walls are a fraction over 2" high. See you in (...) (12 years ago, 27-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 31st, 2012 SMART Meeting
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We had a great meeting last Saturday, with lots of really good line-tracking robots. The people there voted to do the line tracking competitively, so here are the results: For a straight line: 1st: Kyle (34.9 seconds) 2nd: Rose (36.5 seconds) 3rd: (...) (12 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | February 25th, 2012 SMART meeting
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We had a great meeting last Saturday; a huge turnout! Thanks to everyone who came! If you’re new, and have questions, don’t hesitate to ask. For our February 25th meeting (also at Digipen, and also in the van Gogh room) we voted on line-track racing (...) (12 years ago, 3-Feb-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 28th, 2012 SMART meeting
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Happy New Year, and happy 12th anniversary, SMART! Our next meeting is in two weeks, on January 28th, at Digipen. The Michelangelo room is unavailable, so we'll be meeting in the Van Gogh room instead. Our mini-challenge is a repeat of the rope (...) (12 years ago, 13-Jan-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | December 10, 2011 SMART Meeting
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The next SMART meeting is December 10th, from 2-5pm, at Digipen. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that can cross the gap between two tables. There will be a taut rope going over the tops of the two tables. See you then! -- David Schilling (12 years ago, 30-Nov-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: October 29th, 2011 SMART Meeting
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Just a reminder about the upcoming SMART meeting this Saturday, from 2-5pm, at DigiPen. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that can throw a LEGO "pumpkin" as far as possible, or as accurately as possible. The "pumpkin" can be any LEGO element, (...) (13 years ago, 27-Oct-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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