Hi Jordan, Things are usually pretty quiet in the summer in our club. Sorry this took so long to respond. The sumovore is a cool robot. I've seen a couple of...
Hey, found this on hackaday : http://aquaticus.info/grabber A neat way to hack a cheap screwdriver into a grabber. I've seen those screwdrivers for 2 or 3...
Thanks for the reply Aaron, I'd love to try the sumovore out in the ring, so I'll get it ready for the September meeting. I finally got the Arduino interfaced ...
Hi, I am planning on bringing my robomagellan robot to the meeting on Monday, for a demo in the parking lot across from the T building, weather permitting. ...
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Mordechai, Sounds cool. I'm in BC on vacation so I'll be missing this meeting unfortunately but the vision guidance is definitely something that I'm going to...
... I have not tried the arduino (yet) but have been following them in the MAKE magazines. An OREduino sounds great. I would be interested in them. Now I...
Hi Aaron, I'm using the regular Arduino board, but I'm not the most experienced user. I just started with robotics a couple of months ago after I read about...
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Aaron Ramsey ... I have a barebones clone of the Arduino, and I haven't bothered to use it for anything yet, but that's due to...
... I'm still trying to figure out the terminology of the arduino... a 'shield' would mean that it would be an expansion board for the normal arduino, right? ...
Hi, after trying to solder a fine-pitch (36 pins) chip, it is clear that I need some practice. Would anyone have rejected/discarded board and chips from some ...
Hi, I found this on HackADay.com: http://www.jbprojects.net/projects/wifirobot/ It is a modified toy car, that is controlled using a PIC and a hacked Linksys...
Hi all, Just a note about the next meeting. I will be bringing my minisumo ring and a couple of minisumo robots. If anyone is interesting in bringing their...
If I'm not mistaken, that is the same Linksys router/controller that Stephane was using in his firefighting robot. He likely the fact that it was easily...
Arron: Stephane was using a Linksys NSLU2, a network storage box. Using a router/controller is a definite step up from a wifi reliability standpoint but the...
Actually, this guy is using the WRT54GL router and I'm using the Linksys NSLU2 NAS box. But pretty similar... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54GL#WRT54GL I've...
Hey gang, Long time to talk! Good to see the group and board still so active! Some of you may remember me from a few years back when I was attending meetings...
Hi everyone, It's not my intention to spam the board, but I figured this event is of pertinent interest to all robotics enthusiasts, since we tend to hoard...
... Sorry I'm not in the Ottawa area, but I was wondering which USB PIC programmer are you using? I assume you know that you cannot use a USB-to-serial...
Michael, The programmer is similar to this: http://www.winpic800.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=19&Itemid=88 As opposed to a...
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