Has anyone else started this yet? The crosses and lines only idea came up when I realized that I don't really care about corners unless I get lost - maybe...
The Grid Navigation contest tiles are complete, I'll bring them to the RSSC meeting this Saturday ! I took these tiles to the Thousand Oaks Robot Club and they...
Big Wheels: At the SDRS meeting, Alex pointed out to me that the wheelchair motors I bought on ebay are probably overkill for a robot that drives around a ...
Alex, Great Feedback.... 1) Scaling Formula The idea was to have the tiles for the "small" robots, and construct a single larger grid for the bigger robots,...
For those of you interested there is a robot combat competition this weekend (Sat and Sunday) at the Fairplex in Pomona. I have been the technical advisor...
Hi all, Is anyone from San Diego going to the RSSC meeting this Saturday. If you are, could I get a ride; I'm in North County. My regular ride, Steve Vorres,...
A couple items: 1) For the contest, what is the size and color of the obstacles? Length and width info will be needed for sensor placements, and color would be...
I was thinking along the lines of a standard red brick, wrapped in white paper. The rationale being a brick would be heavy enough to resist moving when hit by...
A brick is a good choice for the obstacles. In addition to the reasons stated, additional reasons are : Bricks are common, everyday objects which can be found...
At the Robot Sumo Wrestling contest up in L.A. there was one robot wrapped in black felt, presumably to "hide" from his opponents detectors. I didn't see that...
Alex, just got the CD. Thanks! Looks like a lot of great material to work with. The AVI's are great! FYI, if you don't find a program to dump to bmp I can...
I just wish I had taken the avi's from the center of the road rather than along the edge. I could have gotten Carl to drive on the left while I took pictures...
You might try MGI Video Wave, I think there is a free demo download ... From: Alex Brown To: SDRS-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:51...
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Feb 17, 2003 9:51 pm
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There are now several resonably affordable Stamp-compatible voice recognition boards available. I think it would add an interesting dimension to our robots to...
Hi Bruce. ... I am coming at it from a different angle. Since I plan to embed a PC-class system in the robot, I have been looking for software solutions. I...
Jeff Shirley
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Feb 19, 2003 6:12 pm
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Who makes the stamp-compatible speech recognition boards ? Jim Ubersetzig ... From: Bruce J. Weimer, MD [mailto:weimer@...] Sent: Wednesday,...
MessageJeff Shirley wrote: I am coming at it from a different angle. Since I plan to embed a PC-class system in the robot, I have been looking for software...
does anyone have an oscilloscope that i could rent, or use, buy, i need it for about 2 weeks or maybe one month. I have for sale: old craftman bench drill...
Hi Ralph. ... [snip] I may have an opportunity to pick up one or more Tektronix 5000-series scopes. They have one calibrated and one un-calibrated plug-in (I...
Jeff Shirley
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Feb 25, 2003 12:32 am
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i am looking for one 50 mhz to 100 mhz in speed. sorry that is too slow. ralph ... i ... series scopes. ... remember the ... know if this ... price. ... ...
Hi All, I just got my OOPIC-R in the mail. I ran upstairs to downloaded the software. The web site list 95, 98, NT, ME and 2000. I just got the PC at Christmas...
Doug Clarke
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Feb 25, 2003 1:23 am
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Doug, I'm on a dial-up at a hotel, so I'm giving you the short answer. There's a program at oopic.com that fixes this, and one or two other "missing file"...
San Diego Robotics Society Monthly Meeting Date: Saturday, March 1st, 2003 Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM PST 854 Bel Esprit Circle E, San Marcos Take I-15N to...
Hi Peter: Scott Mummert has volunteered his house in San Marcos again for the meeting place at 1pm Saturday. Scott could you resend directions ? thanks Steve...
steve vorres
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Feb 28, 2003 6:10 pm
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Yes, for the San Diego group. Looks like we are meeting at Scotts again. ... From: Peter Cresswell <Peter_Cresswell@...> To: SDRS-List@yahoogroups.com ...
i was told to buy an oscilloscope, for robotics, of 50 mhz to 100 mhz. what happens if i get one that is slow: 1 mhz to 40 mhz? what happens? does just degated...