Hello, Let's talk about this racing competition! I am very interested to know how to find our way in the course. I wonder how other competitors use GPS, the...
Hi Jerome, You seems to have some good expertise here. Your experience would certainly bring some new thoughts in the process. Usually the meetings are not...
Jerome, I agree with Martin - even if you just show up to say hi you should definitely come to the meeting tonight! If only the 3 of us show up, you're ...
_________________ --Meeting-------- RoboMontreal had its second meeting yesterday. Discussion focused on the RobotRacing project (see below), which still...
Hi, There are quite a few books on the subject out-there. I have just purchased 'Designing Autonomous Mobile Robots: Inside the Mind of an Intelligent Machine...
Forgive the TLA's (Three-Letter-Acronyms) in the title, but HackADay has linked to a great article today : how to build your own cnc mill! Not only would it be...
An interesting flickr set linked to on robots-dreams yesterday: http://www.robots-dreams.com/2006/07/robot_design_us.html "Robot Design: Using What You Have,...
I know I've already sent a link for today, but this is definitely worth checking out (be sure to check out the video!): From robots-dreams: 1st Wonderful Robot...
Wow, that's a duzy! I wonder if it calculates the meaning of life for you, too? Heheh. I guess "affordable" depends very much on your application.... I read...
Hey all, I spent a bit of the weekend upgrading the website's look and maintainability - thought it would be wise to do so before things get too large. By...
about the meetings. I know when but Where? what time? (all the info about the who where when what how should have a page on the website possibly pointing to a...
RoboMontreal Meeting / Réunion RoboMontréal Tues, August 1st, 7:00 p.m. / Mardi le 1 aout, 19:00 Come sign up for the RobotRacing team, and bring your ideas!...
Jim, Thanks for the suggestion. Although there is a box on the top-right of the RoboMontreal web page that says what day and where the next meeting is... I've...
Robots.net has an article up about a small, inexpensive, hydrogen fuel cell-powered model car: http://robots.net/article/1992.html $40 gets you the car, with...
reserve??? what do you mean reserve? how big is the group??? anyways I'll be going for my first meeting. how fancy is this place??(since we got to reserve) I...
Hi Don, July was a crazy month of travelling. I haven't had the chance to look at the sonars and I am on vacation with the kids this week. So, if you would...
Jim, Glad to hear you can make it! Look for the Polycarbonaut to find me.... The RSVP is just so I know it won't be only me and my robot... there's plenty of...
Martin, Jim's planning on coming - it'd be cool to show him the chassis, to help convince him to join the racing team! If you can't, don't sweat it, I know ...
_________________Meeting___ RoboMontreal had its August meeting yesterday. We welcomed Jim to the club, and to the Robot Racing project. For showing up, Jim...
Hi, In the meeting, we were wandering how far could the GP2D12 read. Here is a chart that clarifies this: http://www.robotshop.ca/PDF/rbsha01_comparaison.pdf ...
wait don't cut learn from it!!! by placing the plexiglass in front of the sensor does it give you a wider angle of object detection??? and what if the...
by the way I use an oopic r micro controller you can check them out at: www.oopic.com how ever if you want a more advanced board and cheaper than an oopic R ...
Yeah I think that a link in the menu for the meetings is essential. The reason is simple ,if someone is surfing by and glances down the menu to see what is...
What you say about the link makes sense - it'll be harder to miss! I won't have time this weekend (bathroom renovations)... but it's on the list.... I've...
Hey All, Just found your society today browsing on the internet. I think its awesome that some people took the initiative to start up a robotics society here...
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