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#1533 From: "kmagri1" <kmagri@...>
Date: Fri Jul 2, 2004 6:43 pm
Subject: Free stuff at Sat meeting
kmagri1
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Hi everyone,

Parallax had their annual spring cleaning this week and got rid of
some old stuff.  There are lots of books, various carrier boards,
some Boe-Bot parts, etc.  I snagged some stuff to bring to the
meeting for give-away.  I'd might need some help to carry it from
the car.

Thanks,

Kris Magri
Parallax, Inc.

#1534 From: "kmagri1" <kmagri@...>
Date: Fri Jul 2, 2004 7:58 pm
Subject: Re: Free stuff at Sat meeting
kmagri1
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The only condition is, the stuff is in as-in condition.  Some parts
are partially defective.  A lot of it is from customer returns, so
for instance, the BASIC Stamp microcontroller (R) might have a
couple of burnt out pins.  You cannot return this stuff to Parallax
and try to get money back or exchange for  brand new module.


Kris

--- In sfrsa@yahoogroups.com, "kmagri1" <kmagri@p...> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Parallax had their annual spring cleaning this week and got rid of
> some old stuff.  There are lots of books, various carrier boards,
> some Boe-Bot parts, etc.  I snagged some stuff to bring to the
> meeting for give-away.  I'd might need some help to carry it from
> the car.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kris Magri
> Parallax, Inc.

#1535 From: "S.O. Robotics" <sorobotics@...>
Date: Thu Jul 8, 2004 3:36 am
Subject: SORS Meeting this Saturday
sorobotics
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Roboteers,
  This is a reminder of this Saturday's club meeting
here in Southern Oregon.

Where:
  Brighton Academy
  Activity room
  1121 NE 7th St
  Grants Pass, OR
When:
  Saturday, July 10th
  6:00pm

  Come see what the members are up to and get inspired
to build your own robot. At this meeting there will be
a tutorial on using Transistors as switches in robotic
projects.
  Lots to see and lots to talk about! Come join us and
bring your bots!
-Dan Gates





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#1536 From: "David Calkins" <dcalkins@...>
Date: Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:35 pm
Subject: FW: [mars-norcal] surplus radio telescope available
dcalkins@...
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-----Original Message-----
From:  John F. McGowan, Ph.D. [mailto:jmcgowan@...]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 5:00 PM
To: NorCal Mars Yahoo
Subject: [mars-norcal] surplus radio telescope available

Northern California Mars Society
Are you interested in a surplus radio telescope?  Or do you know someone or some
organization that would want one ?
Please see the message below.  If you're interested, please let me know and I
will forward your inquiry to my contact.
Sincerely,
John McGowan
Chairman, Northern California Mars Society
Northern California Mars Society Web Site:
http://chapters.marssociety.org/northca/
NorCal Mars Society Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mars-norcal/
John McGowan's Web Site: www.jmcgowan.com
John McGowan's E-mail: jmcgowan11@...
John McGowan's Phone: (650) 941-1757

>
> Stanford is getting ready to decommission and demolish one of the
> radio telescope sites in the Stanford Foothills.  This site on
> Alpine Road near SLAC has five 60 foot diameter dishes in a linear
> array.  It was built in the 1960s and used until the 1980s for solar
> heliography.
>
> Before destroying the dishes, Stanford is looking for anyone that might
> want to use the site for further radio astronomy research or for
> anyone who would like to have the dishes and would like to move them
> somewhere else.
>
> On a historical note, this site was important in its day and apparently
> several well-known astronomers visited it.  A tradition developed where
> such visitors would chisel their names into the concrete pedestal of
> one of the dishes.  Some well-known names are still there including
> Lowell's.

#1537 From: "S.O. Robotics" <sorobotics@...>
Date: Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:16 pm
Subject: car wash
sorobotics
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Sorry guys, the car wash has been cancelled. We can't
get Home Valley bank. I tried getting the Umpqua bank
across from the post office, but is taken tell Aug
7th. We are scheduled for Aug 14th for the Umpqua bank
on 6th st.

If you know of any other fund raisers, besides bake
sales, let me or Tammy Peterman know.  Thanks
   Shawna



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#1538 From: "Michalchik" <michalchik@...>
Date: Fri Jul 9, 2004 2:24 am
Subject: Artificial Intelligence R&D Startup looking for 'AI Psychologists'
Michalchik
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Artificial Intelligence R&D Startup looking for 'AI Psychologists'

AdaptiveAI is an LA-based, private R&D startup developing a ground
breaking artificial general intelligence (AGI) engine. We are seeking
2-3 additional team members with a passionate interest in AI,
cognitive development, intelligence and learning. The work entails
the design, construction, and evaluation of training/testing
experiments for our developing AGI engine.

For details see: http://adaptiveai.com/company/opportunities.htm

#1539 From: Steve Dekorte <steve@...>
Date: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:37 pm
Subject: FPGA hackers
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Any FPGA hackers here? I'd like to get into it and would appreciate any
tips on where to begin.

-- Steve

#1540 From: Ted Larson <ted@...>
Date: Wed Jul 28, 2004 4:41 pm
Subject: RE: [rsa] FPGA hackers
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Steve,
 
I have been just getting into it, and so far things are going pretty good.  I have done 3 or 4 toy projects at this point, but I still have plenty to learn. I have been learning Verilog because it looks easier to pick up than VHDL.
 
I picked up a Xilinx CPLD demo board to start out.  It was cheap ($49), and a good way to get my feet wet, plus it includes a JTAG programming cable which is worth the $49 by itself.
 
They give away a free version of the Xilinx synthesis tools (ISE), and there is a limited simulator too (ModSim).
 
I thumbed through alot of books on Verilog.  Many of them cover the language, but don't cover what code will synthesize, and what will not.  I bought this one...it seems pretty good on teching you stuff that will actually synthesize.
 
Verilog HDL Synthesis - A Practical Primer by J. Bhasker
 
Once I get enough comfort with HDL synthesis, I will move into getting some EDA tools, and fooling with embedded processor cores.  Xilinx also has a $99 demo board with a Spartan III chip on it, and some SRAM to fool around with.  That is probably where I will go next.
 
Although I come up to RSA periodically, I am primarily in the Home-Brew Robotics club in San Jose because it is closer to my home.  There are 3 or 4 other people in the club that are starting with FPGA's and CPLD's too.  There are 1 or 2 FPGA experts in our club, and we are trying to talk them into giving a series of talks on Verilog synthesis, and helping us FPGA newbie's along.  I'll try to post to the RSA list once I know something like this is lined up.  It might be worth coming down to the south bay for a Verilog primer.  
 
We have recently switched our meeting location to the CMU-West campus at NASA/Ames (Moffett).  We usually meet on the last Wednesday evening of each month....which ironically is tonite.  I don't know if you are close by, but if you want to come tonite, details of how to get there are on the HBRobotics website:
 
 
Hope this helps,
 
-Ted
 
 
 


From: Steve Dekorte [mailto:steve@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:38 AM
To: sfrsa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [rsa] FPGA hackers


Any FPGA hackers here? I'd like to get into it and would appreciate any
tips on where to begin.

-- Steve

#1541 From: Steve Dekorte <steve@...>
Date: Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:44 am
Subject: Re: [rsa] FPGA hackers
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Hi Ted,

Thanks for the helpful tips. Do you know if any tools are available for
OSX? I'll try to make it to the meeting tomorrow.

Cheers,
-- Steve

#1542 From: "Dan Gates" <topazx2@...>
Date: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:10 am
Subject: Last few days of robotics Sale
topazx2
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Just a notice that the July robot controller sales event at
http://www.1sorc.com is nearing its end.
-Dan

#1543 From: "Pete Miles" <petem@...>
Date: Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:43 am
Subject: Walking Robot Seminar
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I am working on gathering a list of people that would like to participate in the
Walking Robot Seminar at the Robothon.

This year's theme is Walking Robots.  And it is open to all style of robots,
bipeds, quadrapeds, hexapods, 12 legged
monsters, and even one legged hopping robots.

The seminar is OPEN TO ALL ROBOTS, regardless if they private, commercial,
amature, or professionally made.  They can be
either remote controlled, tethered, or fully autonomous.  They can even be
partially constructed.

The seminar will be informal.  Here we will share our creations and ideas with
fellow robot builders that enjoy walking
style of robots, with th goal that we can all learn from each other, get help
from other like mined robot builders, a
come up with new ideas.

If you would like to make a formal presentation about your robot creation, or
some aspect that relates to walking
robots, such as balancing methods, walking gates, motor selection, software for
making a robot move.  Let me know what
you would like to talk about.  I would like to put a list of topics up on the
web page (www.robothon.org) so people can
plan to see them.

If you have a robot that you would like to show off, then bring it.  If you have
a webpage link to the robots that you
plan to bring, then let me know so I can also add them to the Robothon webpage.

The seminar will be a cross between a presentations and show off your creation.

I will be showing off some videos of various robots at the seminar.

At the end of the seminar, I will host an open forum to discuss rules a new
walking robot contest(s).  I will post some
draft rules prior to the event so we can have some time to think about them to
make some good comments.

Again, please let me know if you would like to participate at the seminar, so I
can allocate the proper amount of time
for the seminar.

Pete Miles
Robothon Committee
petem@...

#1544 From: "Cliff Thompson" <cliff@...>
Date: Mon Aug 2, 2004 4:06 pm
Subject: Robotics Society of America (RSA) Legacy Website News: RoboNexus
clifftrobot2
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Greetings Biomorphic Explorers,

Here is a Robotics Society of America (RSA) Legacy Web Site robot news
update:

(1) "RoboNexus International Conference & Exposition...a multifaceted
international forum bringing together all of the major players driving the
burgeoning personal, service and mobile robotics markets. RoboNexus includes
over 50,000 square feet of expo and will feature the latest robotics
products, technologies and applications...Oct 21-23, 2004, Santa Clara
Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA."

http://www.robots.org#RoboNexus <http://www.robots.org#RoboNexus>


Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
Legacy Website Creator
San Francisco
Robotics Society of America (RSA <http://www.robots.org/> )

#1545 From: "Dan Gates" <topazx2@...>
Date: Tue Aug 3, 2004 10:58 pm
Subject: Congrats!
topazx2
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Congratulations Dave and Simone!  May you have a hundred years of
blissfull matramony and may every day be like the honeymoon.
(disregard if the honeymoon was bad)
Can we expect little Dave's running around anytime in the future?

  Really though, I hope you had a great fairytale wedding, I'm truely
sorry that I could not attend.
-Dan Gates

#1546 From: David Calkins - RSA <dcalkins@...>
Date: Wed Aug 4, 2004 4:02 am
Subject: Re: [rsa] Congrats!
askelad
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http://www.goldengategarrison.com/gallery/calkinswed?page=1
http://www.laughingsquid.org/pix/2004_08/simone_david

At 15:58 03-08-04, you wrote:
>Congratulations Dave and Simone!  May you have a hundred years of
>blissfull matramony and may every day be like the honeymoon.
>(disregard if the honeymoon was bad)
>Can we expect little Dave's running around anytime in the future?
>
>Really though, I hope you had a great fairytale wedding, I'm truely
>sorry that I could not attend.
>-Dan Gates

#1547 From: "David Calkins" <dcalkins@...>
Date: Wed Aug 4, 2004 6:49 pm
Subject: Wedding Pix
dcalkins@...
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#1548 From: "David Calkins" <dcalkins@...>
Date: Wed Aug 4, 2004 6:53 pm
Subject: RE: [rsa] Robotics Society of America (RSA) Legacy Website News: RoboNexus
dcalkins@...
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I will be co-chairing the event, and have A FEW  free tix for RSA members bringing robots.

 -----Original Message-----

From:   Cliff Thompson [mailto:cliff@...]

Sent:   Monday, August 02, 2004 9:07 AM

To:     SFRSA eGroups

Subject:        [rsa] Robotics Society of America (RSA) Legacy Website News: RoboNexus

Greetings Biomorphic Explorers,

 

Here is a Robotics Society of America (RSA) Legacy Web Site robot news update:

 

(1) "RoboNexus International Conference & Exposition…a multifaceted international forum bringing together all of the major players driving the burgeoning personal, service and mobile robotics markets. RoboNexus includes over 50,000 square feet of expo and will feature the latest robotics products, technologies and applications…Oct 21-23, 2004, Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA."

 

http://www.robots.org#RoboNexus


Regards,

Cliff Thompson

Mediameister,

Legacy Website Creator

San Francisco

Robotics Society of America (RSA)


#1549 From: Zach Radding <zsradding@...>
Date: Thu Aug 5, 2004 3:37 pm
Subject: Zach's Cool Stuff update for August 5th, 2004
zsradding
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Here's is a Zach's Cool Stuff update:

We've been working our tails off here at ZCS.  A team of wonderful volunteers
has been working to get this place in shape for classes.  We've been cleaning,
painting, setting up tools, and writing curriculum.  If you are interested in
helping out, please drop me a line.

Our first class is scheduled for August 28th. It is a one day class where you
will learn to build a two-wheeled balancing robot.  This is a good introduction
to the entire robot building process.  Sign up for this class by going to
http://www.buildcoolstuff.com/classes.shtml
Space is limited so sign up soon.

Many of you have seen this already, but for the few that haven't... There was a
great article (granted I'm a little biased) in the Contra Costa times published
last week about myself and ZCS.
http://www.buildcoolstuff.com/press/Contracostatimes_Article.html

Last but certainly not least, we are looking for computers.  If you have a
Pentium 2 PC or newer just sitting there collecting dust, and would like to see
it put to good use, please consider donating it to us.  Just reply to this
email.

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Zach
http://www.buildcoolstuff.com

As always, if you want to be taken off this email list, just reply to this mail.

#1550 From: David Calkins - RSA <dcalkins@...>
Date: Fri Aug 6, 2004 3:29 pm
Subject: RSA meeting this Saturday
askelad
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The monthly SF meeting of the RSA is the first Saturday of the month, noon-4,
SFSU (just south of Stonestown Galleria) in room SCI256:
http://robotics-society.org/images/sfsu_map.gif

Featured speaker: Eric Paulos
Topic: Situationist Spectacles and our Emerging Urban Computing Atmospheres

This month's featured speaker is Eric Paulos - Research Scientist at Intel Labs
in Berkeley and director of the Experimental Interaction Unit (EIU). Eric will
talk about tele-robotic work from his doctoral studies at UC Berkeley, his
apprenticeship at SRL, the efforts at EIU, and recent fronts of interest in
Urban Computing at Intel Research in Berkeley. Join us for a fascinating look
at the many aspects of Eric's robotic work.

Eric Paulos is a Research Scientist at Intel in Berkeley, California where he
leads the Urban Atmospheres project - challenged to use provocative methods to
understand the future fabric of our emerging digital and wireless urban
landscape. Eric also directs the Experimental Interaction Unit which produces
physical devices designed to explore the interaction dilemmas between humans
and technology. Eric received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science from the University of California, Berkeley where he researched
scientific, and social issues surrounding internet based telepresence,
robotics, and mediated communication tools. Eric has developed several internet
based tele-operated robots including, Mechanical Gaze in 1995 and Personal
Roving Presence devices (PRoPs) such as Space Browsing helium filled
tele-operated blimps and ground based PRoP systems (1995-2000). Eric is a
founding member of the IEEE Technical Committee for Internet Telepresence.

Sumos, sumos, sumos!
Hey all you mini-sumo builders - let's have a mini-competition. Bring your
mini-sumos (any variant, including legos) and let's have another competition.
l


-David Calkins, President
Robotics Society of America
http://www.robotics-society.org

-----------------------------------------------
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though
checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither
enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows
not victory nor defeat."
- Teddy Roosevelt

#1551 From: "S.O. Robotics" <sorobotics@...>
Date: Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:26 am
Subject: Robots, Robots, Robots...
sorobotics
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Roboteers,

  We need your robots!
  This is our 4th consecutive year displaying our
creations at the Josephine County Fair, we moved our
diplay case today and made arrangments to take robots
in sunday morning. If you want your robot in the
display case you need to bring it to the meeting
saturday.
  There are a few rules, I have been instructed to tell
all participants that once your robot is in the
display case it CANNOT be taken out 'til 8pm on the
last day of the fair. Also, my wife and I are the only
ones authorized to be in the Case for any reason and
we will be in possetion of the key to it. We will be
organizing the display case and overseeing any demos.
YOU WILL BE WITHOUT YOUR ROBOT FOR 1 WHOLE WEEK!
  This is the largest audience we reach and literally
thousands of people will be viewing the robots in the
case. We tipically ask that you make a 3x5 card with a
brief description of your robot to be place with it in
the cabnet. Your name, age, Robots name, purpose, and
special info that others might want to know should be
on the card. There is limited room, so you should
consider only displaying your best. Excess robots from
one person may be turned away to make room for
everyone.
  -Dan

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contact me, reply to dan@...







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#1552 From: "Jack Buffington" <j1432@...>
Date: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:06 pm
Subject: Robo-One video
raefsel
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Here is a robo-one video that New Scientist posted today:

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0810/robo23.mpg

-Jack

#1553 From: "Jack Buffington" <j1432@...>
Date: Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:22 am
Subject: Epson's new helicopter robot
raefsel
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It is debatable if this is a robot or a remote control device but...

http://www.epson.co.jp/e/newsroom/news_2004_08_18.htm

-Jack

#1554 From: "Pete Miles" <petem@...>
Date: Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:41 am
Subject: The Robothon is Comming!
ajklz5
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The Seattle Robotics Society's Robothon is only one month away! It's September
24-26 at the Seattle Center, and is free
and open to the public, and we invite all you roboteers to come and have a great
time.

Please visit http://www.robothon.org for more details.

There will be a variety of fun and exciting robot competitions, a robot-building
workshop, technology presentations,
exhibitors and vendors displaying and selling cool stuff, and rentals of
beetle-weight combat robots.

The Online Registration is now open.  It's free to compete.  Please register
your robots as soon as possible.  It helps
us plan the amount of time for each event.  Even if you are not sure you will be
ready in time, please sign up your
robots anyways!

You can see a tentative schedule at:
http://www.robothon.org/robothon/schedule.html

Register your robot(s) at:
http://www.robothon.org/robothon/register.html

Good luck!

Pete Miles
Robothon Committee

#1555 From: "Raul Lapeira Herrero" <raul.lapeira@...>
Date: Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:24 am
Subject: Re: [rsa] Digest Number 724
r_lapeira
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Dear friends:

I am writing from a robotics site whic used to bepublished in spains but we
are trying to keep our english version alive, please have a look at these,
hope you will enjoy it.

http://www.roboticspot.com/en/spot/special/smallrobots/

If you think there is some grammar mistake please dont hesitate to write us.
And if you want to work online with us, just tell me. Best regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: <sfrsa@yahoogroups.com>
To: <sfrsa@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: [rsa] Digest Number 724


>
> There is 1 message in this issue.
>
> Topics in this digest:
>
>       1. The Robothon is Comming!
>            From: "Pete Miles" <petem@...>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 1
>    Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:41:46 -0700
>    From: "Pete Miles" <petem@...>
> Subject: The Robothon is Comming!
>
> The Seattle Robotics Society's Robothon is only one month away! It's
September 24-26 at the Seattle Center, and is free
> and open to the public, and we invite all you roboteers to come and have a
great time.
>
> Please visit http://www.robothon.org for more details.
>
> There will be a variety of fun and exciting robot competitions, a
robot-building workshop, technology presentations,
> exhibitors and vendors displaying and selling cool stuff, and rentals of
beetle-weight combat robots.
>
> The Online Registration is now open.  It's free to compete.  Please
register your robots as soon as possible.  It helps
> us plan the amount of time for each event.  Even if you are not sure you
will be ready in time, please sign up your
> robots anyways!
>
> You can see a tentative schedule at:
> http://www.robothon.org/robothon/schedule.html
>
> Register your robot(s) at:
> http://www.robothon.org/robothon/register.html
>
> Good luck!
>
> Pete Miles
> Robothon Committee
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> SF robot meetings are at Noon on the first Saturday of the month at SFSU's
Science bldg - 1600 Holloway, room SCI 256.
> http://www.robotics-society.org
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>
>
>
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>

#1556 From: David Calkins - RSA <dcalkins@...>
Date: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:09 am
Subject: We should figure out if this is possible
askelad
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http://rsa-car.notlong.com

And then of course, build one.


-David Calkins, President
Robotics Society of America
http://www.robotics-society.org

-----------------------------------------------
Silicon shall replace Carbon.
The revolution will be automated.

#1557 From: "ikerobot" <jim@...>
Date: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:40 am
Subject: SF Bay Area Combat Robotics Lab Course 9/13/2004
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College of San Mateo Offers Third "Robot Challenge" Hands-On Combat
Robotics Building Course in 15,000 Sq. Ft. Metal Fabrication Facility
for $149

***

Beginning September 13, 2004, the College of San Mateo will again
offer its very popular community education course "Robot Challenge",
which teaches people of any age and skill level to build their own
fighting robots.

The class, which runs for 10 weeks from September 13, 2004 through
November 22, 2004, will be held at the College of San Mateo's Tech
Center each Monday night from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, with work labs each
Wednesday night from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.  This gives builders over 80
hours of shop time!

The Tech Center at CSM was previously a world-class aeronautics repair
facility, and is still fully equipped with all the production machines
and tools the robot builder could only dream of.  Equipment available
to builders includes milling machines, lathes, welders, grinders,
sheet metal and fabrication equipment, keyway cutting equipment, a
newly upgraded CNC prototyping mill, specialized robotics tools and
equipment, and much more.

Special emphasis will focus on building combat robots on a tight
budget, including scavenging motors and gearboxes, batteries, and
radio controls from inexpensive items.  The class will loan radio
control equipment to students who want to focus on the mechanical
aspects of their robot.

This course does not use a "kit" of any kind. The builders will design
their own unique robot and gather materials and parts to make it a
reality.  The instructor gives close guidance and instruction on all
steps of design and construction.

The class will culminate in the big "Robot Rumble" on November 28,
2004 at which builders pit their robots against each other in the
battle ring, and the public is invited to watch.

There is no prerequisite for this class, and builders of any age may
enroll.  Builders under 16 years of age must attend with an enrolled
adult partner.

The class fee is $149, which includes the class registration and lab
fee.

To register for this class, builders should visit the official class
web site at www.csmrobotics.com or contact the instructor, Jim Newton,
at jim@....

#1558 From: Tony Price <bacstge@...>
Date: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:28 pm
Subject: Re: [rsa] We should figure out if this is possible
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David,
 
I just might have to start looking for some used bumper cars now...
 
Tony

David Calkins - RSA <dcalkins@...> wrote:
http://rsa-car.notlong.com 

And then of course, build one.


-David Calkins, President
Robotics Society of America
http://www.robotics-society.org

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The revolution will be automated.







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#1559 From: Isaac Reuben <isaac@...>
Date: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: [rsa] SF Bay Area Combat Robotics Lab Course 9/13/2004
isaac@...
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Is anyone from San Francisco going to take this class?  I'd like to
take it, but I don't have a car.  If I can get a ride, I'll pay for
gas.  =)

- Isaac

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:40:50 -0000, ikerobot <jim@...> wrote:
>
> College of San Mateo Offers Third "Robot Challenge" Hands-On Combat
> Robotics Building Course in 15,000 Sq. Ft. Metal Fabrication Facility
> for $149
>
> ***
>
> Beginning September 13, 2004, the College of San Mateo will again
> offer its very popular community education course "Robot Challenge",
> which teaches people of any age and skill level to build their own
> fighting robots.
>
> The class, which runs for 10 weeks from September 13, 2004 through
> November 22, 2004, will be held at the College of San Mateo's Tech
> Center each Monday night from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, with work labs each
> Wednesday night from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.  This gives builders over 80
> hours of shop time!
>
> The Tech Center at CSM was previously a world-class aeronautics repair
> facility, and is still fully equipped with all the production machines
> and tools the robot builder could only dream of.  Equipment available
> to builders includes milling machines, lathes, welders, grinders,
> sheet metal and fabrication equipment, keyway cutting equipment, a
> newly upgraded CNC prototyping mill, specialized robotics tools and
> equipment, and much more.
>
> Special emphasis will focus on building combat robots on a tight
> budget, including scavenging motors and gearboxes, batteries, and
> radio controls from inexpensive items.  The class will loan radio
> control equipment to students who want to focus on the mechanical
> aspects of their robot.
>
> This course does not use a "kit" of any kind. The builders will design
> their own unique robot and gather materials and parts to make it a
> reality.  The instructor gives close guidance and instruction on all
> steps of design and construction.
>
> The class will culminate in the big "Robot Rumble" on November 28,
> 2004 at which builders pit their robots against each other in the
> battle ring, and the public is invited to watch.
>
> There is no prerequisite for this class, and builders of any age may
> enroll.  Builders under 16 years of age must attend with an enrolled
> adult partner.
>
> The class fee is $149, which includes the class registration and lab
> fee.
>
> To register for this class, builders should visit the official class
> web site at www.csmrobotics.com or contact the instructor, Jim Newton,
> at jim@....
>
>
> SF robot meetings are at Noon on the first Saturday of the month at SFSU's
Science bldg - 1600 Holloway, room SCI 256.
> http://www.robotics-society.org
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

#1560 From: "Alejandro Alonso Puig" <alejandro.alonso@...>
Date: Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:33 pm
Subject: [rsa] Visit to Silicon Valley
mundobot
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Hello all

Next October I'll be traveling from Spain to California for the RoboNexus
Event on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. I will stay there some more days, probably
the following week so I could see this nice State. I'd like to jump at the
chance and attend as most events related to Robotics as possible. I would
appreciate very much if you could tell me about any event you know will
occur the second half of October around Silicon Valley, or even interesting
sites related to Robotics there. I know the PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
is there and I am an enthusiast on the works on polybots from Mark Yim
there. I'm not sure if it is possible to visit PARC. Do someone knows?. Also
I have heard about the Science Museum.

Thanks a lot for your help in advance

Best regards from Spain

Alejandro Alonso-Puig
http://mundobot.com/
alejandro.alonso@...

#1561 From: Larry Wang <csrjjsmp@...>
Date: Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:27 am
Subject: Re: [rsa] Visit to Silicon Valley
srjjs
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The Tech Museum in San Jose is a nice museum open to the public. SRI
(Stanford Research International) is a research institute along the
lines of PARC, but unless you know someone who works there, it would
be difficult to get inside any of the labs.


----- Original Message -----
From: Alejandro Alonso Puig <alejandro.alonso@...>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:33:19 +0200
Subject: [rsa] Visit to Silicon Valley
To: sfrsa@yahoogroups.com


Hello all

Next October I'll be traveling from Spain to California for the RoboNexus
Event on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. I will stay there some more days, probably
the following week so I could see this nice State. I'd like to jump at the
chance and attend as most events related to Robotics as possible. I would
appreciate very much if you could tell me about any event you know will
occur the second half of October around Silicon Valley, or even interesting
sites related to Robotics there. I know the PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
is there and I am an enthusiast on the works on polybots from Mark Yim
there. I'm not sure if it is possible to visit PARC. Do someone knows?. Also
I have heard about the Science Museum.

Thanks a lot for your help in advance

Best regards from Spain

Alejandro Alonso-Puig
http://mundobot.com/
alejandro.alonso@...




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#1562 From: David Calkins - RSA <dcalkins@...>
Date: Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:40 pm
Subject: Mister Robotics on TV tomorrow
askelad
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My first episode.  It is VERY cheesy.  It WILL get better, but we had to churn
out the first 2 episodes in about 45 minutes.

I'll also be looking for guest stars, so if you're interested, let me know.

Info:

Fighting Robots return to TV!

Tune into Channel 29 Wednesday night, Sept 1st, to watch the latest robots from
Japan and the US compete for dominance.

This premier episode of "Mister Robotics" is a new weekly TV show, airing every
Wednesday at 9pm in SF/Daly City/South SF.

This first episode highlights two type of robot competitions, but future
episodes will cover the spectrum of robotics:

Watch exciting robot fights!
Learn about robots
Catch the latest inventions from around the world
See interviews with famous roboticists
Fulfil your jones for combat robots!

As an added bonus, in tonight's episode you get to see me get knocked out!
How could you miss that?




-David Calkins, President
Robotics Society of America
http://www.robotics-society.org

-----------------------------------------------
Silicon shall replace Carbon.
The revolution will be automated.

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