Has anyone seen or used this kit? http://www.pldstore.com/pld/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&itemid=931&secid=16&link on=subsection&linkid=202 What do you think of...
Does anybody know a source for 9v carbon zinc batteries. Hopefully on the peninsula and cheap. I've tried Jameco, Radio Shack, Fry's and Target. Digikey does...
http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/robo/nbot/ Is anyone here working on balancing robots like this? (or more generally on direct coupling of sensors and...
Has everyone heard about ExpressPCB.com? They have a service where they will make three circuit boards that are 2.5" by 3.8" for about $65. I often have...
I just took delivery of 5000 Gorgeous full color flyers for the RSA's Robot Games on July 27th. If you could help distribute them, that would be great....
Are you a 68hc11 user? Do you like the Botboard, or how 'bout the Handyboard? Have you used either of these and wished that the Botboard had more capabilities,...
Roboteers, This months meeting is going to be a good one! Have you been wanting a robot, but not known where to start? Then you won't want to miss this...
There was a pretty good article about robot navigation in the May 31st copy of New Scientist. It talks about a new technique that they are working on at...
At today's SFRSA meeting we had one robot show up for the corner-finding competition. Terry Slocum's robot - tenatively called 'Wall Flower' managed to...
Hi, As many of you know I designed a Handyboard type controller recently. I now have the revision 2 boards which I am extremely happy with. I want to get rid...
Three years ago Liz and I started down the road to making Zach's Cool Stuff a reality (If you don't know about ZCS check out http://www.buildcoolstuff.com ). ...
Hi, Does anyone know of a good robotics camp for kids? Our 13 year old is so interested in robotics and we would love to send him to camp this summer. Please...
Hi Terry, Google found this for me: http://www.bgmicro.com/pdf/gp1u58y.pdf It appears to be 40 kHz sensitive, so my guess is it's either wired wrong or...
Is anyone out there really familiar with IR remote modules? I just built a 40 kHz IR object detection circuit I got from the SRS web page. I had an old Sharp...
RSA June Newsletter RSA Newsletter - June 2003 Big New Website Well, the website has obviously undergone some big new changes. Please submit stories , use the...
I'll get two replys with one stone here... Terry, You could check out the L298N H-bridge chip. It can handle up to 55 Volts and 3 Amps. That is what I am...
If any of you happen to be looking for a pretty decent drive motor for a robot platform, you might check out these motors. They would be pretty ideal for a...
If you use Eudora, this is the coolest thing ever: spamnix.com It's not 100%, but it is about 90% effective out of the box. You build rules which help...
Oh - I agree with you 100% - I'd rather buy than build. But, not to the tune of 10 grand. So far, I've received some very helpful responses from this group. ...
Hi Bruce, What kind of precision, repeatability and control are you looking for? You might consider looking at some of the desktop CNC mini-mills (Sherline,...
Greetings everyone, My name is Bruce and I work for Siemens VDO Automotive in Troy, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit, the Motor City :). I am a software ...
The room that we will hold the ongoing competition in is the same room that we have been meeting in at SFSU. I cannot give exact dimensions but I would say...
Take a look at the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO group at groups.yahoo.com. Plenty of people have built something similar. You could probably even use a low-budget CNC ...
Greetings Human "Pardners";, Here is a Robotics Society of America (RSA) Legacy Web Site robot news update: My Robot Mediameister cohort in Japan, ROBODEX2003...
