Sorry I missed Saturday's meeting at Scott's place. A bad cold kept me in bed all weekend. I hate it when that happens. Anybody show any cool robots? Peter,...
Hi Gordon: We missed your Wisdom and Humor at this Saturdays meeting also :-) I'll be happy to drive a carpool of people up to Fullerton This Saturday. If I...
steve vorres
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Apr 7, 2003 11:38 pm
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I know its still early in the week, however, it looks like I might be able to attend. If I am able to make it, ill bring the RSSC web site CD with me. Hope...
Ralph, One option is to use a resistor divider to get the battery voltage down to the 0 to 5 vdc range, then read it on one of your ATD channels. Of course,...
I can not teach the RSSC class this month. My workload has increased from the normal 9 hours per day to 18 hours, including Sundays ! Perhaps someone else can...
Steve, Sorry I missed the meeting, I was not feeling well on the weekend. Looks like I missed the new people, hope there come back. I would like a ride to the...
OK great you are feeling better I will pick you up about 9:45am Saturday Please call me with details about the actual time Steve...
Steve Vorres
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Apr 9, 2003 6:07 am
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This was originally posted to the Seattle Robotics site, but for those of you seriously interested in machine vision, I think it's an interesting lecture: ...
I will be glad to teach an intro course on the Altera programmable logic software for the next 2 months if someone would just bring the projector. Bill Douglas...
Hi Bill: That would be great, I just bought an Altera board from HVWtech. http://www.hvwtech.com/pages/products1a.asp?CatID=4&SubCatID=13 for 49 bucks I would...
Steve Vorres
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Apr 10, 2003 4:40 pm
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Bill Douglas wrote: I will be glad to teach an intro course on the Altera programmable logic software for the next 2 months if someone would just bring the...
Hi Robot fans! I will be driving the carpool tomorrow , all riders are welcome. I plan on leaving the circle K parking lot on San Marcos blvd and Via Vera...
Steve Vorres
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Apr 12, 2003 2:32 am
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This turned up on the BasicX newsgroup, but I thought I'd pass it along in case some of you might be interested: http://www.rocket-roar.com/rap/alt.html Bruce....
Hello, All! A question: As a scientist, I'm used to keeping a lab notebook with details of my experiments--failures, successes, off-the-wall ideas, etc. The ...
SOZBOTS 2.3 May 4 & 5, 03 Anaheim, CA At RC Expo (www.rcexpo.com) THEY WILL ALSO HAVE 345lbs robots at this event You can buys tickets at the event or online...
Hi Tammy: Most of the robot designers I know do keep a " Notebook" of there trials and tribulations , but because this is a hobby its a pretty informal...
steve vorres
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Apr 14, 2003 8:53 pm
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Thanks, Steve. Parts' sources and prices never occurred to me, and calibration numbers (duh) are also necessary. I've gotten a number of good suggestions from...
Hi Maggie and all: I personally believe that a notebook like a presentation need not be profound or " worthy" but rather it's "all" worthy . And it may be a...
Steve Vorres
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Apr 16, 2003 6:22 am
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Hi! I now have video streaming and frame capture working in Lisp. Next I'm hoping to begin manipulating the pixels to accomplish some "really interesting...
... necessarily Lisp) examples for edge detection, "center of mass", object recognition, etc. Hi Bruce, One of the journals I receive (Pattern Analysis and...
Robin wrote: One of the journals I receive (Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE) frequently prints algorithm and theory articles on robot vision,...
Hi, I was stimulated to start analysing the capabilities of a rate gyro by the Trinity contest. They had a very awkward floor obstacle this year, and once (or...
Hi Alex. ... Sounds great. I am looking forward to hearing about it (and your Trinity experiences) at the meeting. I have an old Futaba rate gyro I was...
Jeff Shirley
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Apr 25, 2003 11:36 pm
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Sounds very cool, unfortunately it only comes in the BGA package, this is the only type of surface mount device that I can't solder at home :( Have you seen...
Yes, the BGA is unfortunate. Luckily, they have the evaluation board for just an extra $20 which fits in a dip socket (20 pin). Easier than dealing with the...