Our Robo-Magellan entry, Scout, is based on the Tamiya Super Clod Buster R/C Monster Truck. It's a bit spendy (about $250 from Tower Hobbies), but it is four...
I'm with you. I like the software but pretty hardware challenged. I followed the pattern of the UPenn's GRASP project and used a Tamiya TXT-1 monster truck as...
Hmmm, the Bess filtering at my school blocked that URL, saying that it fits in the category of "Tasteless/ Gross, Nudity". What do they think robots really...
No, I hadn't seen that one, thanks for the link. But it is $100, and I was hoping for something a little less. My drive train is such that it will have...
I want to say I am very frustrated with Robothon. Mainly it was not in Orlando. Sounds like you guys had all the fun and we got all the hurricanes. Yours for...
You might want to consider looking for a "Rolling Chassis" of RC truck or buggy on eBay. Many of these have been pounded on pretty hard before they are sold,...
... thinking of ... or its' ... car tires have ... topologically identical ... Hi Larry, you're asking "me" what I think a leg is? Gakk. Besides all the other...
2c from a bystander.... I thought the robo-magellen event was excellently put together. I would recommend the general format for future contests as well. I...
I like the layout of the robo-magellen. I think it could be adapted to the walking robot contest. My vision: An obstacle course with a number of challenges....
... maze ... flight ... leg ... you ... box...) ... their bots ... obstacles ... Why do I get the feeling that walking robots are expected to engage in...
... I would think that any step or stair would be normalized to the length of the leg of the bot. A step 1/16 of leg length would be easy. a step twice leg...
Instead of beating up the issue of what is a "walking" robot, let me rephrase the original question. Would people like to see walking style robot contests at...
You have some good observations here and I think you'll like the tweeks we publish for the rules next week. Subjective scoring is gone. The course will still...
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Ben Greear
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Oct 1, 2004 9:53 pm
... Looks promising. That cylonrobot.blogspot.com just takes me to the main blog creation page. Do you have a different link maybe? Ben -- Ben Greear...
I have been doing a lot of thinking about RoboMagellan this past week. What went wrong, what went right. In considering the use of GPS in the robot, and how it...
John, this contest is primarily about dead-reckoning. It has to be. HOWEVER, GPS or maps or waypoints will eventually be essential for long term correction of...
... [...] ... The textbook answer to this type of question is "Kalman filter". http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/Levy1997/ I think anyone who is comfortable...
They seem to be having a problem with the redirection of that root page the last day or two. It works about 90% of the time I've tried it. I've just seen...
Depends on the contest. I'm not sure I am willing to spend a couple thou on a robo-one, but somethign simpler---SURE! Larry eIn a message dated 10/1/04...
Personally, I like the idea of a contest with a 1000 dollar prize for the first robot to complete the contest the quickest. I don't think the contest rules ...
LOL, well my point is that they are not changing the rules, just competing within the rules ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
... And a fine presentation it was. :-) IMO both the race and the robo-one are great ideas for contests. My guess is that there are enough kits out there, at...
OK, I've posted my Kalman filter code to: http://cylonrobot.blogspot.com/2004/10/sample-code-for-kalman- filter.html See if that helps you out. - jcb ... ...
... http://cylonrobot.blogspot.com/2004/10/sample-code-for-kalman- ... Link didn't work. Maybe because I was using Netscape. _______________________________ ...
