I (Frits) had the great pleasure of knowing him personally, we met different places around the world, have slept in tent together and he even visited me, and our kids played. I've also had the pleasure of meeting his older son.
I'm in a sort of state of shock as I'm writing this, so I'm sorry for not writing anything suitable.
RIP Lutz, thanks for everything, and big hugs to you.
Lumi always inspired positive energy at LMR. He appreciated every little project, and was always curious about the next big thing that would happen in our robots. I am so gutted typing this out, as just days ago we chatted, talking about dinner at Shanghai soon. I regret not having the chance to meet him in real life. RIP Lumi.
Wow I am in quite an amount of shock myself. I remember chatting with him on the lmr shoutbox and him complimenting me on my steampunk gizmo. RIP, Amen.
Its a shocking and sad news when I wake up this morning. Lumi was one of great person in this society that helps with warm heart to others. He will truly be missed. Fairwell my friend.
I feel like i lost a good friend… He was always really kind, helpful and warm with all. He was putting smileys everywhere
As he said
"I still want to write something else. I think many of you have the same feeling. Since the use internet, being a member of several online communities like LMR my view of things changed. Many years agou in times of no internet (yeah, i am in that age) you heard some news report about an earth quake, a storm or a wild fire somewhere in the world. Ok, that’s far away you thought and you never really got the whole picture.
Now you have internet, you have youtube with all that in almost real time. But the most important part (at least for me) is the sudden proximity. Why’s that you may ask? Well, just look around LMR, there are peaple from Nepal, India, China, USA, Germany, France, Spain and who know what distant country and if you are and active LMRian you may know some of them by chatting in the SB or exchanging emails or comment. That makes such disasters a personal disaster since you could face that one of your online friends gets hurt or worst."
If it there wasn’t LMR i’d never heard of him, of you all, and this would be an everyday evening. But i was reading his comments, projects, chatting… Now it happened the worst. But i’m happy he was here, helping and smiling.
Though I did not know him well, in the short time that I have been a member of LMR, I had come to know him as a very kind and creative man. His creations, which I always thought were elegant in their simplicity, both amazed and inspired me. It saddens me to know that he is gone. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Very sad news indeed… I’m very sad to hear of this. Having read many of Lumi’s posts I can tell he was a genuinely great guy and his contributions to this community have been immense. My condolences to his family and loved-ones, both online and off.
It is an amazing testament to Lumi as a person and robot inventor that he inspired and helped so many people who never had the honor of meeting him. He was always positive, curious about other’s projects and willing to give advice. His very cool insect robots will live on as testament to his inventiveness, his caring warmth a reminder to make us all strive to be better people.
a few years a go i was on my first workshop out of town. Lutz was helpful at first, but almost instantly you just felt this connection to him - an instant bond. for me it was his child-like wonder combined with the calmness and grounding of an ancient soul, his passion for hacking and especially making understandable robots.
this is a video from that robot workshop in xinchejian.
