Kevin Ross, Do you have photos available of the FIRST competitions in Portland last weekend? I'd like to see some of them if possible. My good camera was not...
I'm in the need of a little machining help. I need to drill and tap a 1/4-20 hole in the head of a ordinary 1/2" dia. bolt. This is a nothing project for...
I upgraded my HTC Hero to an Epic. The Hero still works great, has android 2.1 on it. Has plenty of sensors, wifi and more. I have certain things around the...
To All, First I'll start with a little bit of back story to give some more context to my questions below. A few weeks ago I had an idea for a Fondue Timer. A...
Is anyone interested in another surface mount soldering class? I know I need to go over it again. I'm thinking after the regular meeting on a build day. If...
Hi SRS, It was great seeing many SRS people down to Portland for the 2011 FIRST Autodesk Oregon Regional at Portland's Rose Quarter. Kevin Ross, Cathy & Tom...
Hello, I have been trying to pull my I2C EEPROM experience from my brain without success. I am using the 24LC256 from MicroChip, it can have eight(8) 24LC256's...
Check this out. They are using a remote-controlled fire truck to aim a water cannon at the spent fuel pools, and iROBOT (among others) is sending in robots to...
Interesting idea - would be fairly easy to implement on a homemade robot, since it uses swiffer pads instead of a rotating brush. Cleans and mops hard floors,...
Whoops. I went and banned the ID, and then goofed and hit "Approve" instead of "Delete". I deleted the message from the Yahoo messages, but unfortunately, ...
Hi Peter Interesting. The top pushrod needs to be a tendon though as it will bend when it tries to move the leg down and push up a loaded body. DAvid ... From:...
I saw this particular Roomba on Amazon.com and the price is shown in several areas. I wish OrderDynamics luck in selling them. Tom C. _ iRobot 560 Roomba...
Greetings All, The meeting notes & pictures from the last couple meetings are finally in the "Files" area for your perusal. Steve K. - SRS Sec. & Meeting...
Hello there i have some question to raise, i have some problem with my equipment, a 15v stepping motor.the motor supposed to work with the photo electric...
Hey everyone, This is Luke. Some of you may remember that I was trying to program my Roomba using the SCI, but couldn't get it working for some reason. It...
There has been some talk of fabrication services here recently. I'm looking for someone to spec out a processor for an interesting yet non robotics project,...
[sorry if this was mentioned before] Couple of interesting articles in Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Robot mag. http://botmag.com/issue25/ BUILD A ROBOT To Compete in...
Hello everyone I offer prototype and short run machining services. I use VisualMill and SolidWorks. I can work from sketches, drawings or CAD generated part...
This was mentioned over on the AGI forum. http://code.google.com/p/sentience/wiki/MinoruWebcam ... http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/2011/02/sort\ ...
I'm fairly new to electronics & I'm thinking of picking up a used oscilloscope. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about them to make an educated decision as...
Dan asked 'What is the next step?'. Change the mind set. Don't see them as stupid little robots. Don't fashion them after industrial automation. Don't see them...
