A BIG reminder that our deadline to have details together for this year's games is Wednesday August 2nd. Hopefully within a week after this press releases...
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Paul F. Grayson
pgrayson@...
Jul 16, 2000 3:02 pm
Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC 1892 Pinewood Ave. Traverse City, MI 49684-9022 (231) 946-0187, FAX (231) 946-1122 ...
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Toni Thompson
tonitt@...
Jul 17, 2000 6:08 am
Hi, Joe! I just re-read this e-mail and wanted to remind you that I will be on vacation and unavailable to do Web stuff from August 2 through the 17th! Get...
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Jeanette Eya-Zeissig
jzeissig@...
Jul 25, 2000 8:11 pm
This discussion group has been pretty quiet, so I thought it might liven things up a bit if I posted a couple of suggestions concerning the Annual Robot...
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sfrsa@egroups.com
Jul 27, 2000 2:32 am
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Monthly Meeting Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2000 Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00) Free Monthly Meeting...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Jul 28, 2000 6:19 am
Jeanette, (or John, you didn't specify) Those are gret ideas! People have always brought there bots for show at the games but it would be nice if we officially...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Jul 28, 2000 6:41 am
To all, Dates have be secured for the mini sumo robot workshops. Sept. 10,17 and 24th at the Exploritorium Classroom from 1 to 4PM. Details are still being...
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sfrsa@egroups.com
Jul 30, 2000 7:32 pm
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. SFRSA Meeting Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2000 Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM UTC (GMT+00:00) Regular monthly meeting...
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Jeanette Eya-Zeissig
jzeissig@...
Jul 30, 2000 10:44 pm
Thanks for the response, Joe. I plan to be at the meeting on Wednesday. (BTW, this is John.) I don't really have much time or ego invested in the Logo thing....
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Jeanette Eya-Zeissig
jzeissig@...
Jul 31, 2000 1:52 am
For my proposed event at the Robot Games, I think I would like to take on all comers that don't compete in the Sumo, Lego, or other win-lose events. There has...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Jul 31, 2000 4:53 am
Ya, not many online members like to talk much here, but those that are concerned enough do I guess. I suspect many are listening though which is more...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Jul 31, 2000 5:41 am
I agree... about everything! We should have a robot show and tell floor exercise open program. Perhaps as a filler between heats. But like I said, we've always...
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Paul F. Grayson
pgrayson@...
Jul 31, 2000 5:25 pm
One way to structure contest rules is to give points for each of the tasks... if a robot can not do a particular task... is misses those points, but can still...
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Joe Miller
joemiller@...
Aug 1, 2000 5:07 am
There have been some changes to the sumo rules. The no progress time-out time is now 5 seconds instead of 30, and all robots must actively track opponent...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Aug 1, 2000 5:11 am
Good idea for an open class event. But then an open class event could be so wide that defined tasks may be too limiting. How about award classes for most...
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Jeanette Eya-Zeissig
jzeissig@...
Aug 2, 2000 5:58 pm
... Well, (even though we have payed for them) I suppose it would be pointless to ask the Navy if ROBART III, for example, can come out to play at the Annual...
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Jeanette Eya-Zeissig
jzeissig@...
Aug 2, 2000 6:46 pm
... I think what Paul is getting at here is an event like the decathlon in which the overall winner frequently does not come in first in any of the sub-events,...
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Paul F. Grayson
pgrayson@...
Aug 3, 2000 1:32 am
John, Do you want me to ask them? ... Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC 1892 Pinewood Ave. Traverse City, MI 49684-9022 (231)...
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Jeanette Eya-Zeissig
jzeissig@...
Aug 4, 2000 2:15 pm
... Paul, Wow1 I think our Navy's stuff is worthy of an event in itself. It would certainly upstage anything around here that I know about. I mean, who's gonna...
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Paul F. Grayson
pgrayson@...
Aug 6, 2000 10:52 am
Joe Miller, Do you want me to ask the people at SPAWAR's Adaptive Systems Branch [Mobile Robotics] if they or some of the sub contractors would be willing to...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Aug 8, 2000 5:10 am
Sure, that would be great, but I think it becomes an issue for the Exploritorium to decide. If we knew what the content and space requirement were we can ask...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Aug 8, 2000 6:38 am
To all, Following is the announcement of the SFRSA Sumo Robot Workshop. Pretty much as stated at the last meeting. Toni, Please post it on the SFRSA site....
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Big Brother
calendar@...
Aug 8, 2000 6:59 am
Sounds great. Sorry to just get on the list - how can I help in planning, se-up, etc? I'm working up a list of schools etc as per the last meeting, but If...
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Joe Miller
joe@...
Aug 9, 2000 5:33 am
Hey, there you are David. Actual the workshop is pretty simple to plan. The workshop is not going to be structured instructions, rather small discussions on...
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Tim Wheatley
Twheatley@...
Aug 9, 2000 7:05 pm
Paul et al, Sorry I missed the 1st meeting. I was on vaction with my family during that part of July. I'd still like to host a meeting here at MTA. How about...
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Paul F. Grayson
pgrayson@...
Aug 10, 2000 2:13 am
Tim, Glad to hear you had a chance to go on vacation. After taking a straw poll of the people who said they are interested in Robot Club, I have selected the...
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Mark Medonis
mark@...
Aug 12, 2000 5:37 am
Hello fellow robot folks- I just got this month's issue of Wired magazine, and was I excited to see a picture of a MIT biped robot on the cover! Great coverage...
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Paul F. Grayson
pgrayson@...
Aug 13, 2000 9:10 pm
As suggested, bought a copy of WIRED, great color pictures of robots. Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC 1892 Pinewood Ave. Traverse...
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dave
thedaveness@...
Aug 16, 2000 8:57 pm
I have a few projects waiting that I'd like to do, but I have no experience with the BS2. For a few months on and off I've been studying the Programming...
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Nathaniel Martin
nat@...
Aug 16, 2000 9:07 pm
Hi Dave- Try Scott Edward's basic stamp book: "programming and customizing the basic stamp computer." We carry it ( http://www.robotstore.com ) as well as...
