I apologize, I'll be out of town again this weekend, so no meeting on Saturday Oct. 7th. We will hold our normal meeting next month on Saturday, Nov. 4th,...
Hey, here's a fun one. We're setting up some new web telerobots at http://www.teletoyland.com. Just in time for Halloween, we added servos to the joints of...
Greetings All, The RSSC meeting is to be held this Saturday at Cal State Fullerton. Ron Rose will start things off by presenting a class on ultrasonic devices ...
Robopet is $29.99 RobotRaptor is $49.99 Seem like good prices considering all the sensors, technology and capability of these toys. I, of course, got one of...
Carl, I just tried it - very cool! Will you please talk about it at the RSSC meeting? Bruce. ... From: Carl Sutter To: SDRS-List@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hello, I've been to a few meetings of RSSC, but it's been a few months. I was very impressed at the expertise and the caliber of the projects. Recently, I've...
Hi, I worked on a school robotics project last semester, we used a PNI V2Xe electronic compass. The device is small and low powered and uses SPI to interface....
Take a look at SparkFun's Compass Module - HMC6352, Parallax's Hitachi HM55B Compass Module or Acroname's R117-COMPASS. Any of them could meet your needs....
I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with the VRStamp voice recognition system and what their evaluation of it was. Once one buys into the...
... A little cheaper is the mikroElektronika VRStamp board, for about $130 (without a C compiler): http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/easyvrstamp/ I have their AVR...
... the ... Sorry, I haven't yet personally tried the VRStamp. Just looked at it on the Internet. So far, I've been a bit disappointed by all the VR systems,...
Hi, I haven't gotten anywhere with Bluetooth. Steve actually went further and bought a headset, but it did not work as he had hoped. I think it did not talk to...
San Diego Robotics Society Meeting, Sat. Nov. 4th, 2006 1pm to 4pm I'm back! I apologize for the missed meetings. My garage is messier than ever, but I will...
SDRS Meeting this Saturday November 4th, 2006 1-4pm Duplicate message;I wanted to capture the whole message in the Subject line. Please see preceding email...
... by ... it ... and ... I will be bringing many freebies, including motors, wheels, PVC plastic sheets and blocks, various electronic goodies, RC vehicles, ...
Great to hear it, Gordon! Thanks for the post. Scott ________________________________ From: SDRS-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SDRS-List@yahoogroups.com] On ...
Reminder about this months Talent Show: - The show is this month on the 11th - 1.5 weeks away! - Very nice trophies have been ordered. - The evaluation form is...
Hey all, first time caller, just found this group and thrilled to meet you all. Let me give you a quick note about myself, I've worked as a network admin for...
No, there is not to larger a robotics industry in So Cal. I have only heard of one small company and they have a military contract for UAV's. Take as much ...
Hi, Robotics has many areas including, medical, military, automotive and the most popular in SoCal entertainment. Work in controls or animatronics is still...
Hello everyone, I am an engineering student studying in Chennai,India.I am studying electronics and communication engineering.Me and my friend, who is studying...
I would join some location competitions and enter your robots in them, like Line following, Sumo, the DARPA challenges Etc. Then after doing those you will...
Hi All, Given that the talent show is coming up in less than 1 week I wanted to enter in the following robot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMlCkclfT-0 With...
Can an LED be used for reverse current protection? If so, is it simply a matter of adding it to the load end just before where the load would plug in (with the...
Yes, and no. The LED is a diode. But it will have a reverse current breakdown. Also an LED won't take a lot of load through it. It will fry. So for small...