Hello DeWayne,

Have you had a basic electronics course? The electronics classes at College of San Mateo are excellent; fall quarter starts on August 18.

Do you own a soldering iron and multimeter? In my opinion mobile robotics is best learned heuristically so take classes and learn as much as possible but always just try to build the robot you want. Good starting places include LEGO Mindstorms and Parallax's BOE-Bot. If you find yourself in Mtn. View some last Wednesday of the month the Homebrew Robotics Club is a good place to bring and show what you've built... we have show-and-tell at the end of each meeting.

Good luck!

Camp

--- On Sun, 7/13/08, jazz2k1us <jazz2k1us@...> wrote:

From: jazz2k1us <jazz2k1us@...>
Subject: [rsa] Education
To: sfrsa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 11:17 PM

I've been away for years, since the DARPA challenge in fact. My
interest in robotics was strong yet limited by a high school
education. The kids are grown and I'm ready to get the training
needed. I'm 43 yrs old and hope to begin in Fall '09. Any suggestions
for Degree programs or getting in mental shape in the meantime. Also,
are there any weekend meetings? Thanks for your ideas in advance,
DeWayne