Sure, that should work fine. But, what I think the entries in this year's contest learned is that traveling accurately between GPS points is not enough. It...
Will be available for anyone to buy and test - no info on pricing yet. http://www.segway.com/segway/rmp/ Places that have tested it: Carnegie Mellon University...
I agree 2000% with what you are saying, we where merely discussing the heading hold functionality. As far as the obstacle avoidance and road centering...
One thing was notably a problem with small vehicles. A large vehicle would go down the first straightaway and drift a little bit off the road and bounce a...
Jerry, One trouble with small vehicles. At the start of the race, it was apparent that large vehicles that drifted slightly off the road bounced around a bit...
Alex, I was actually thinking smaller than an ATV with a much more stable wheel base, the design I have in mind wouldn’t be bothered by the “little”...
Sure, its a VB program. I'll give you a demo on my laptop and a copy of the code. I'll be interested to see your design. Alex ... From: Jerry Woods To:...
I now have the ability to make changes to the RSSC website; I need the list of club officers and their email address. That section is way out dated…… ...
Just posted my progress so far on my bot for the upcoming contest at Trinity (with video). Have a look at: http://randy.gamages.com/firefighting Randy...
I looked at this one (well actaully the D100-B25) before deciding on another; this one was very close second. The only drawback I saw (D200 has same...
Hi Michael: You and your son are more than welcome to come to the meetings. The meetings run from 11am until 3pm. However for the short attention span people I...
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Yes, Cricket logo has sensor reading commands. For the list of commands, you can check http://handyboard.com/cricket/program The cricket only has two sensor...
I have two OLD working laptops for sale - $50 each. Good to have one in the garage to program using the COM port. There is NO USB port or CDROMs on any of...
Hi Walter I'd lke to purchase both of the laptops. I'll bring cash to the RSSC meeting. Jim Ubersetzig ... From: Walter Martinez [mailto:wmartinz@...] ...
Hello Robot Fans: Its time for our April meeting This Saturday the 10th on the Fullerton Campus. Held in the Engineering Building on the second floor. Our...
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Logo reminds me of Karel the Robot. Good luck in your Trinity efforts. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web...
I was glad to see so much interest in the open navigation contest today. I'd recommend the contest be something like: 1) Start at far end of the hallway away...
Hi, Attached is my measurements of the hallway. I think they are pretty good, but I'll reverify them next month. Copies are attaches as a JPEG and as a...
I agree with most all Jeff's suggestions. The spectators are a problem. The hall is only 7 feet wide and hence looking down it from a spectator area is liable...
Whoops, I forgot that attachments aren't passed on. I've also put the files with the hallway dimensions into the yahoogroups file area in the Navigation...
Alex Thank you for measuring the hallway at the RSSC meeting location. Your map is very detailed. I'll start thinking about strategies. Jim Ubersetzig ... ...
About audience control. Yes people will have to control themselves during the contest. I have no objection to people standing along the wall (one deep), and...
Hmmm..... Interesting points. So if we have people along the walls of the hallway, then our sonar to the wall measurements would be always changing. I'm...
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Jim, Right, I didn't mean to line all the boxes up at one place; just that a box near one wall amd a box near the other wall at a different location and a...