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The Masters

Miguel Agulló is a “professional expatriate” in many senses. Born in Spain, he has lived
abroad for long periods of time, from the Far East to South America, from central Europe
to the U.S. Formally trained as a journalist, his wide range of interests and set of skills
have enabled him to work in such diverse industries as finance, media, aeronautics - and
even antique trading! As an adult, he picked up his old childhood LEGO hobby, using it
as a tool to prototype designs of his invention. His building interests revolve around
robotics, and specifically biomechanics: creating mechanisms that mimic the behavior of
natural devices such as legs or arms. His creations include biped walkers, robots that jump,
as well as more traditional designs like a fully functional (including a brake!) LEGO
motorcycle. Miguel is a contributor to Syngress Publishing’s 10 Cool LEGO MIND-
STORMS Dark Side Robots,Transports, and Creatures:Amazing Projects You Can Build in
Under an Hour (ISBN: 1-931836-59-0) and LEGO Software Power Tools,With LDraw,
MLCad, and LPub (ISBN: 1-931836-76-0).

Doug Carlson is a Lego Master that specializes in mobile configurations. Some of his
latest work can be seen at www.visi.com/~dc, including his innovative tri-star wheel
design, Killough’s mobile robot platforms, synchro drive platforms, pneumatic hexapod.
Doug is an active member of the FLL, specifically in Minnesota where he resides with his
family.

Kevin Clague is a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he does verifica-
tion work on their Ultra-SPARC V RISC processor. He also worked for Amdahl
Corporation for 18 years as a Diagnostic Engineer. Kevin played with LEGO as a child,
and got back into LEGO as an adult when his wife, Jan, got him the LEGO MIND-
STORMS Dark Side Developer Kit for Christmas three years ago. Kevin soon got him-
self a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System 1.5 set, and has been having
fun inventing LEGO creations ever since. In 2001 Kevin got involved with authoring
LEGO instruction books for Syngress Publishing, including 10 Cool LEGO MIND-
STORMS Dark Side Robots,Transports, and Creatures:Amazing Projects You Can Build in
Under an Hour (ISBN: 1-931836-59-0), 10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS Ultimate Builders
Projects:Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour (ISBN: 1-931836-60-4), and
LEGO Software Power Tools with LDraw, MLCad, and LPub (ISBN: 1-931836-76-0). In the
process, Kevin developed the LPub program for creating professional quality building
instructions using MLCad, L3P, and POV-Ray. More recently, Kevin has developed the
LSynth program so that bendable LEGO parts can be more easily documented when cre-
ating building instructions. Kevin would like to thank his wife, Jan, and children,Aaron,
Tony,Allison, and Andrew for “ooohing” and “aaahing” over his LEGO creations.

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