A quick reminder that we're having our monthly meeting next Wednesday, February 7th, at the Faubourg. Un rappel que notre réunion mensuel aura lieu mercredi...
Hey All, Robowars will be taking place on March 3rd, from 10am-5pm in the Faubourg room FGC007. Check-in 10:00am-11:00am (All competitors must show-up with...
stuff 4 sale updated.... thanks to all who replied, I've made a deal on the CFkit and box(s) of IC's, the FPGA/image kits, the parallax kits, and the AT91 ...
Thanks to all who came out to Wednesday's meeting! We discussed the impending RoboWars event (<1 month to go!), and tried to figure out what the "Skill...
I tried out the EZ1 sonar in the context of our robot racing entry, and basically concluded the following: It has a wide cone of sensitivity (at least 40...
Yes thats a typo the correct room number is FGC070. ... From: donald_dansereau <donald_dansereau@...> To: robomontreal@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
I just realise something 56sec ago I am making my 3kg sumo robot. I have for wheel and 4 motors To power this non beatable robot, I have two 7,5V 3500mhA. I...
Note: 7000maH != 7A available current. 3500maH is essentially a measure of how long a battery will last under a certain load. How much current you can draw...
... From watching past competitions (and any sumo videos online), stalling is what 3kg sumos do best. The next best thing is frying the electronics when the...
Hello everybody, Just my $0.02 on this subject. I program with Visual Studio since the beginning of it, c. 2000 I think. I program with the full blown Visual...
From watching past competitions (and any sumo videos online), stalling is what 3kg sumos do best. This is exactly what I have learned during the past...
Hey I have lost my keys. I will try to look for them tomorrow. This means I don't have my keys of my car! This mean I need to find solution fast for the ...
Hi all! Because RoboWars is this Saturday, we'll be pushing back this month's meeting to Thursday March 15th. Hopefully your entries for RoboWars are well...
Denis, You were asking about the range of the 2.4GHz, 1Mbps wireless link I was talking about... it's spec'ed to be 280m at 250Kbps), or 150m at 1Mbps. ...
Hey Guys, I will be in MTL around noon or 1pm. I have no robot since I had some problems with programming. This sucks! I got my mill and I will one day revenge...
Its on St-Catherine and Guy. In the faubourg(1616 St-Catherine). Room FGC070. Go in the entrance at the starbucks. Use the building map to find the room. David...
RoboWars took place on Saturday, and it was a blast! A big thanks to David-John for organizing a great event. Congratulations also to the big winners for the...
Salut! Un rappel qu'il y aura une réunion jeudi soir, à 19:00 au Faubourg. A reminder that there will be a meeting this Thursday night at 19:00 at the...
Lots of folks have been expressing interest in the FIRST Robotics competitions lately - especially whether there are teams here in Montreal (I'm looking at you...
Hey All, The Robowars 2007 video is now available at the following link: www.edapi.com/RoboWars2007/ Thanks to Denis Seguin for his good effort in putting...
Hi all, I don't remember who it was, but someone was commenting they wished there was a female header that you could break away to any desired length, like you...
Hi all, I don't remember who it was, but someone was commenting they wished there was a female header that you could break away to any desired length, like you...
These headers work better for snapping off: http://www.bugnbots.com/productinfo.php?ID=93 I have used the other ones before, and even though they say that they...
Kristoph, Aren't the holes on this smaller header incompatible with the standard male header (http://www.bugnbots.com/productinfo.php?ID=183) ? Good note re:...
These headers work better for snapping off: http://www.bugnbots.com/productinfo.php?ID=93 I have used the other ones before, and even though they say that they...
Kristoph, Aren't the holes on this smaller header incompatible with the standard male header (http://www.bugnbots.com/productinfo.php?ID=183) ? Good note re:...
These headers work better for snapping off: http://www.bugnbots.com/productinfo.php?ID=93 I have used the other ones before, and even though they say that they...