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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 find the new room (we'll be meeting on the second floor in Hokusai, go
up the stairs in the lobby, down the hall to the left and in the last bend in
the hall you'll find the room. You should see Archimedes and Galileo on the
way.)
I'll announce the challenge at 2pm, sharp, and you'll have until around 4:30 to
build, program, and test your robots. Then we'll see who came up with the best
solution!
Bring an edge-tracking robot driving base, extra pieces, your laptop, and
whatever else you think you might need for the competition. Make sure your
laptop batteries are charged! I can't promise there are any outlets available in
the new room, as I've never seen it before. You might also want to make sure
your robot's batteries are fully charged!
See you in a couple of days!
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David Schilling
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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, everyone!
For next month, we'll be meeting in the same room we were in today. The
mini-challenge we voted on was to build a "Facilities Robot", a very open ended
challenge. The idea is to build a robot that you would see in some large
institution. It can be anything. A mail delivery robot, a floor cleaning robot,
a robot that runs the elevators, a robot that opens doors, a robot that serves
meals, or makes beds (if it was a hospital, for instance), a robot that takes
out the trash, whatever you can think of. Have some fun with this one.
We'll see you on February 23rd.
PS: If someone accidentally left with one of the cubes I built for today's
challenge, could you contact me directly? (Don't forget to remove the spam bot
from the email address.) I'll arrange a time to come pick it up. Thanks!
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David Schilling
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