San Diego Robotics Society Meeting Saturday, December 4th, 2004, 1-4pm For directions, click on Meetings, Future at: http://www.sdrobotics.org/ I've got the...
Hi Jim. ... There was some talk about a former RSSC member (whose name escapes me) doing a presentation at around 1:30 PM. I do not remember hearing about...
Jeff Shirley
bucky@...
Dec 8, 2004 6:28 pm
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Hey, look at the last Toyota's inventions: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php the i-foot transporter for disabled people,...
Radio Shack has the Parallax BoeBots for $99 - Great deal for someone starting in robotics or someone who needs a test platform for their projects. Also has...
Hey Everyone, I just picked one of these up from http://www.woot.com to use as a robot base and I thought that I would pass it along. I have no idea how...
hey, everyone, can someone tell where i can find an electronics shop kind of like what the radio shacks used to be like in the san diego area? i need to buy...
Hi Craig: San diego has a plethora of great electronics shops , far better than Radio Shack could ever have hope to be. try these: In San Diego look for ...
steve vorres
svorres@...
Dec 18, 2004 4:53 am
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Is anyone interested in a BUNCH of Com64 floppies? Some manuals too....
Yes There Will Be, an SDRS Meeting on Saturday, Jan. 1st. Why not? Even if you are hung over, you should be able to drive by 1:00pm. Some day, our robots will...
San Diego Robotics Society Meeting Sat. Jan. 1st, 2005, 1-4pm Hung over or not, let's start the New Year off with a meeting. I'll make coffee. I'm trying to...
Hi Scott. [snip] ... [snip] Alex Brown (http://www.abrobotics.com) has a nice PID tutorial on his web site. Reading it gave me the courage to try it myself....
Jeff Shirley
bucky@...
Dec 29, 2004 9:53 pm
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Two of my favorite articles on PID. <http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200011/SmallRobotMotionControl.htm> ...
Scott: I'm trying to implement a PID loop on my microcontroller. Does anyone have any information on this? The simpler the approach, the better. I've got...
Does any one have copies of the old newsletters from the Southern California Robotics Society? I do believe this is where they post correct? I am looking...
Thank You to everyone for the PID info. I ended up using Bruce's suggestion: learn directly from Alex! Alex gave us a tutorial on how he implements PID control...
Hi, first time poster; has anybody here ever worked with a capaciflector (proximity detector device based on using capacitance to sense distance)? It seems the...
This is a very interesting idea! A quick Google search turns up a number of relevant references. However, the range seems to be quite limited - apparently...
Happy New Year SDIEEE-RAS Members and Friends ! Please join us for a great kickoff meeting for 2005 ! An announcement for our first meeting of the year is...
steve vorres
svorres@...
Jan 5, 2005 4:09 pm
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I am preparing three vehicles for the DARPA Grand Challenge Field Test and need your help. Can you help me gather the Manpower, Materials and Money needed to...
... capaciflector (proximity detector device based on using capacitance to sense distance)? It seems the concept has been out there for a while but it does not...
To add to Gordon's comment about different capacitances, when Jim Ubersetzig brought his theremin in to the RSSC meeting, we did some rough testing to see...
Alex and Gordon, thank you for your replies and observations regarding the use of capaciflectors...maybe i should play a little with a sample to get a feel for...
... For a DIY robotics club, I do not think SD is that big on volunteer projects. Earle __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find...
Unfortunately my schedule prevented me from attending the last few meetings, it’s about that time of year when we elect our club officers. Has this happened...
Hi Jerry : Thanks for your help with the website: Yes we held an election yesterday. By Unanimous vote: Russell Newman was elected President. Bill Douglas was...
steve vorres
svorres@...
Jan 9, 2005 7:45 pm
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Hi All, I've been teaching Leaf to detect faces. The good news on this is that the same software should be able to detect things other than faces, possibly...