Is there any chance of getting some technical info about NORM? I would be interested in the kind of vision analysis it used. And whether the chassis used stock...
Peter, We should really put up a web page for N.O.R.M... I know the rest of the team reads the forum - what do you guys think? To quickly answer your...
Hi guys you should try to buy some cameras that have "BLC" or Back Light Compesation. That should solve the problem when the cameras are to be used outdoors....
I am looking at building up a balance-bot. I have read a couple of articles on that matter (in Nuts&Volts Oct/Dec 2006 issues for instance), and I am wandering...
... I'd certainly be interested in seeing the progress of your project. How you organize it to support multiple authors would be a problem though, i.e. two...
Eric, That's awesome, thanks! I'm looking for more technical info on the BLC - is it entirely software-based, or do they have some sort of nifty per-pixel ...
Peter, What you're saying about the IRs is a concern, for sure. We'll have to test next year's robot in all kinds of conditions... especially sunlight and ...
Hi Guys. I'm not quite sure how the BLC is intergrated into a camera! But it is hardware based that I know for sure. If you investigate the security industry /...
Don, ... This concerns me. How much money do you have to spend on a kit to get a driveable car? I hope you'll post info about the kit, including motor data, ...
Hi guys Well if you are going optical to detect a direction of your robot remember your old driving skills. Look as far as you can ahead and you will steer a...
Microsoft's Robotics Studio Under Fire by Academic Community "Gregory Dudek who is a professor and director of the McGill Research Center for Intelligent...
For those who are into balancing robots, check out this really simple implementation: http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/resources/custapps/app_bway.asp ...
... and here's a video of another simple balancing robot. It takes a similar approach to the one I just posted, using a light reflection sensor to measure the...
We just learn fuzzy logic in school today ! It is really COOL! Simple and fun! I might try to implant that on a balancing robot! The mechanic is already done. ...
Fuzzy logic on a balancing bot? How many inputs will your balancing bot have? I would like to hear more about your vision of this 'fuzzy balbot' !!! ...
Bonjour tous le monde, Une personne m'a contact pour vendre quelleques équipements, Faites une offre à dnsseguin@... et je lui transmets. -LCR meter,...
As a bunch of you have already noticed, the 3rd and final part of the Team N.O.R.M. video is up at www.robomontreal.com. We'll keep you posted as we continue...
The ECRG results are up: http://www.robotgames.ca/ and it looks like the ETS folks dominated Advanced Mini Sumo, walking away with 3rd, 2nd _and_ 1st prizes!...
Hey Don et al., ETS definitely did dominate! Windshield is quite the competitor. At the end, ECRG always does a grudge match. Each time, Windshield pushed...
Forgot to mention: our regular meeting is tomorrow night - hopefully NORM will be appearing in his current form - guys, who has NORM anyway? As we're no longer...
thanks guys! we had a blast over there in the west has usual! are walking robot, smokey the bear , had isues walking foward so he had to go backwards and...
Hello Montreal! (Hey, that's kind of catchy) So last night's meeting was a productive one. Plenty of robotics banter, palette-scorching thai food, and...