Sorry for the cross post. I'm building a 'bot for Robogames (San Mateo) Robomagellan. I've FINALLY made a little progress with cmvision on ROS Electric. My...
Can anyone recommend a good make of slip rings? 2 contacts (power/ground), ~3amps, preferably brushless? The application is a very slow moving kinetic...
Hey everyone, The Robothon event is still seven months away and I've been wanting to build an entry for the Robo-Magellan event ever since the first year it...
I was wondering if anyone has had experience using a laptop with two kinects or Xtion Pro's. If so what laptop were you using and/or could you recommend a...
Are there any FIRST practice fields set up? Where are they? ... "What the detractors and critics of electric vehicles have been saying for years, is true. The...
I started building my first quad-copter and was looking for people with the same interest , what I'm build is from the Magazine Servo and is called a Kronos...
Dear Group, I am an admitted Newbie so please don't laugh. If any members could take an interest in advising me it would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to...
Hi, I'm going to be starting an introductory robotics course for few neighbourhood kids. I looked into several platforms and so far, Lego Mindstorms seems to...
Sorry for the cross-post. Hi, Don't laugh, but I have an old Trimble Scout Master which no longer locks on satellites, presumably due to the year 2000 problem....
Peter, thanks for sparking my interest in polaroid. In a struggle to better understand the process you described I was taken on a journey via wikipedia to an...
Hi Michelle, Take a look at Robothon's Facebook page and let me know what you think. I hope you like it. I will get the Center Logo added to the SRS website ...
@James You mentioned Arduino earlier, you may want to look at grbl for coordinated 2- or 3-axis stepper control. Grbl parses g-code, which has to be fed from ...
  Hi Guys, a general question:  Have any of you used the cheap import version of the SRF-04 sonar module, the HC-SR04) I have used the standard...
sorry for the duplicate post. Anyone seen an application for an iPhone to allow me to do serial read of my u-Blox 5 GPS? I need a highly portable (and...
Hello all, Sorry for the spam earlier. It appears my account got hijacked. I have since changed the password and removed all secondary contact information....
syfy.com/robotcombatleague Each week, Robot Combat League will feature tournament-style battles between eight-feet tall, state-of-the-art humanoid robots...
Sorry for the cross-posting, I'm having problems with the timing belt drive system in a 6WD robot I'm building for Robomagellan competition in the upcoming...
Off topic but... I'm trying to use some cheap strain gauges from China. They're a simple beam - a 5mm square steel rod 60mm long. You support the ends (there...
Hi Everyone, I am having to put together a UV exposure table for PCB artwork. With my not so wonderful memory these days, I have forgotten what UV tube can be...
Dear Friend. I'm from Poland. My son building vaccum pump for diploma work and needs: Pressure sensor for controling. So, he needs Pressure sensor type: MPX...
