Hi everyone,

This is going to be a meeting you will not want to miss, even if you don't
have a robot.   I expect there will be more than the usual amount of chaos
with things on the move and a camera crew roaming around.

TV 9&10 will be at the meeting to videotape "things that move".  If you have
a robot or any part of a robot that can move for the camera, this is your
chance to get it on TV.

You are invited to attend the ROBOT CLUB meeting, 3/13/01, 6 PM, in the
Robotics Classroom / Lab of the M-TEC building (2600 Aero Park Drive,
Traverse City, MI).

Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC
1892 Pinewood Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49684-9022
(231) 946-0187, FAX (231) 946-1122
pgrayson@...

I'm interested.  I teach an electronics course at Mills College
(Oakland), where we are building robots.  We could even meet at
Mills.  I'm not sure Monday nights are best though.

I'm interested.  I teach an electronics course at Mills College
(Oakland), where we are building robots.  We could even meet at
Mills.  I'm not sure Monday nights are best though.


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SFRSA Monthly Meeting

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2001
Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM PST (GMT-08:00)

Regular monthly meeting of San Francisco Robotics Society at the
Exploratorium

Just wondering what was planned for the meeting, I will be in the area and may
be able to come.

Craig Gardner

Don't forget the meeting tonight at The Exploratorium!

We've got lots to discuss, so I'll see you then.  I and some others may be a
little as we have been talked into appearing on a TV show.

We have a special guest from Europe, though!


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

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

Greetings Fellow Carbon-based Units,

Here are several San Francisco Robotics Society of Amnerica (SFRSA) robot
event updates:

(1) SFRSA members invited to TechTV series "The Screen Savers” to attend a 1
hour live TV Robot Special today, March 7, 6PM PST. The show is tentatively
scheduled to feature several SFRSA members & their machines, including John
Zeissig (FuzzKnuckles), Joe Miller (Mars Rover, Sumo Bot), Brad Smallridge
(Hand), Zach Radding (Eye), Roger Gilbertson (Robot Store items), David
Calkins & Cliff/Toni Thompson (AIBO) as well as SFRSA NASA Robotics contact
Alan Federman (USFirst Competition video clip).  I've posted a note to our
SFRSA website Homepage (http://www.robots.org/).

(2) "Building Intelligent Robust Systems for Space: From the Fictional R2D2
to the Very Real S2D2 (Space Station Digital Droid)" Space Robots talk by
Yuri Gawdiak, NASA Ames Personal Satellite Assistant Project Lead, hosted by
Friends of California Air and Space Center and NASA Ames Research Center at
Space Camp California on Monday, February 26, 7:30 PM.  I  videotaped this
talk, which highlighted the Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) Space Station
Robot.  After the talk I discussed with Yuri the very exciting possibility
of arranging for some future SFRSA Field Trips to visit Nasa Ames main
Robotics Facility, the Intelligent Mechanisms Group (Marsokhod, Dante,
Nomad, etc), to which Yuri was very receptive. I've posted a description &
photos of Yuri's talk to our SFRSA website Events section, where it reads
"February 26, 2001 NASA Ames...Building Intelligent Robot Systems..."
(http://www.robots.org/events.htm).

(3) February 24, 2001 Chabot Space & Science Center Robotics Expo.  SFRSA
was invited to attend & showed up in force. I've posted a description &
photos to our SFRSA website Events section, where it reads "February 24,
2001 Chabot Space & Science Center Robotics Expo"
(http://www.robots.org/events.htm).


(4) The Fuji Soft All Japan Robot Sumo Tournament, is coming up March 28,
2001, at the Exploratorium, with Setup/Competition at 11am/1-4pm.  I've
posted a note to our SFRSA website Homepage (http://www.robots.org/).


Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
SF Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
www.robots.org
clifftrobot@...
(650) 655-6695 (home/office)
(650) 954-6070 (mobile)

A message from the Sumo Guru up North.
Anybody going to compete?

----- Original Message -----
From: bill harrison <bill@...>
To: <joe@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 10:44 AM
Subject: call for IRST robots


> Hi,
>
>         I've been asked by the officials of the IRST  to give an
> estimate of how many autonomous and remote control (must be radio)
> robots will be competing in the San Francisco and Los Angeles
> International Robot Sumo Tournaments.
>         Anyone with a robot that believes they may be competing in these
> contests, contact me so I can include your robot in the count.
>         If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
>
>                 Bill Harrison
>                 Head Northwest Robot Sumo
>                 bill@...
>                http://www.sinerobotics.com/sumo
>
>

Y'all,

A reply from SUMO Master Bill Harrison, as well as an update from
Exploratorium Technical Curator  Larry Shaw at tonight's SFRSA meet, has
cleared up some confusion regards the date & time of the Fuji SUMO event.
The date & time are actually Tuesday, March 27, 2001,
Registration/Competition 12:30pm/1-5pm.  I've futher learned the
Exploratorium will be webcasting the event
(http://www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts/) & that Satellite/Digital Cable
Channel TechTV (www.techtv.com) aims to attend with TV crew. I've updated
the info on the SFRSA Homepage accordingly.  Thanks Bill & Larry for the
clarification.

In the rush to get prepared for the TechTV television appearance, I also
failed to add a final item in the Subject of the email, which would have
read:

Feb. meet notes

I've posted a description & photos of the meeting's highlight to our SFRSA
website Events section, where it reads "February 2001
Meeting...The...highlight was a demonstration of “Robo Lure” a mechanized
bird lure used to attract Raptors for a Birds of Prey Tracking Project,
while respecting the community’s concern over use of live bait"
(http://www.robots.org/events.htm)



Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
SF Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
www.robots.org
clifftrobot@...
(650) 655-6695 (home/office)
(650) 954-6070 (mobile)

-----Original Message-----
From: Cliff Thompson [mailto:clifftrobot@...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:47 PM
To: SFRSA eGroups (E-mail)
Cc: Alan Federman, NASA Ames Quest (E-mail); ALLEN SAMUELS (E-mail);
Amit Sen, JPL (E-mail); Ayako Yoshida, All Japan SUMO (E-mail); Betty
Betar Elizabeth Cantor-Jackson (E-mail); Bill Harrison, Sine Robotics
(E-mail); Brad Smallridge, SIGHTech (E-mail); Carlo Bertoccini, Robot
Books (E-mail); Charles & Lorraine Rader (E-mail); Chuck Rice, Homebrew
Robotics (E-mail); Cliff Carson (E-mail); David Calkins President SFRSA
thoughtpolice (E-mail); Diego Iglesia Carnegie Mellon Robot AI (E-mail);
Jeff, Ultraviolet (E-mail); Joseph Hering, NASA-Ames Robotics Education
(E-mail); Julio Valencia, U.S. Space Camp (E-mail); Kyle Rader,
Roboticist (E-mail); Larry Shaw, Exploratorium Technical Curator
(E-mail); Maria Mariko Nakabayashi Metreon Sony Aibo Specialist
(E-mail); Mark Leon, NASA-Ames (E-mail); Melanie Baines, (US) FIRST LEGO
League (E-mail); Microsoft Store Justo Robles (E-mail); R U Sirius SF
Examiner Items Meister (E-mail); Roger Gilbertson, Robot Store (E-mail);
Sam Koniglio, Space Tourism (E-mail); Tetsuya Chiba, All Japan SUMO
(E-mail); Win Williams Robot Engineer Robot Lab UCB (E-mail); Yuri
Gawdiak (E-mail); Zack Radding Robot Workshop (E-mail); Bonnie Schulkin
Chabot Space Sci Enrich. Coord (E-mail)
Subject: Space Station Robot, Chabot Robot Expo, Fuji Sumo, SFRSA on
Tech TV


Greetings Fellow Carbon-based Units,

Here are several San Francisco Robotics Society of Amnerica (SFRSA) robot
event updates:

(1) SFRSA members invited to TechTV series "The Screen Savers” to attend a 1
hour live TV Robot Special today, March 7, 6PM PST. The show is tentatively
scheduled to feature several SFRSA members & their machines, including John
Zeissig (FuzzKnuckles), Joe Miller (Mars Rover, Sumo Bot), Brad Smallridge
(Hand), Zach Radding (Eye), Roger Gilbertson (Robot Store items), David
Calkins & Cliff/Toni Thompson (AIBO) as well as SFRSA NASA Robotics contact
Alan Federman (USFirst Competition video clip).  I've posted a note to our
SFRSA website Homepage (http://www.robots.org/).

(2) "Building Intelligent Robust Systems for Space: From the Fictional R2D2
to the Very Real S2D2 (Space Station Digital Droid)" Space Robots talk by
Yuri Gawdiak, NASA Ames Personal Satellite Assistant Project Lead, hosted by
Friends of California Air and Space Center and NASA Ames Research Center at
Space Camp California on Monday, February 26, 7:30 PM.  I  videotaped this
talk, which highlighted the Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) Space Station
Robot.  After the talk I discussed with Yuri the very exciting possibility
of arranging for some future SFRSA Field Trips to visit Nasa Ames main
Robotics Facility, the Intelligent Mechanisms Group (Marsokhod, Dante,
Nomad, etc), to which Yuri was very receptive. I've posted a description &
photos of Yuri's talk to our SFRSA website Events section, where it reads
"February 26, 2001 NASA Ames...Building Intelligent Robot Systems..."
(http://www.robots.org/events.htm).

(3) February 24, 2001 Chabot Space & Science Center Robotics Expo.  SFRSA
was invited to attend & showed up in force. I've posted a description &
photos to our SFRSA website Events section, where it reads "February 24,
2001 Chabot Space & Science Center Robotics Expo"
(http://www.robots.org/events.htm).


(4) The Fuji Soft All Japan Robot Sumo Tournament, is coming up March 28,
2001, at the Exploratorium, with Setup/Competition at 11am/1-4pm.  I've
posted a note to our SFRSA website Homepage (http://www.robots.org/).


Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
SF Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
www.robots.org
clifftrobot@...
(650) 655-6695 (home/office)
(650) 954-6070 (mobile)

Where is the info on the East Bay builders group meeting?

I left on Friday for a long weekend and was very much looking forward to
getting together and start building robots tonight, or at least get the
ball rolling.

Is it still on?  If so when and where?

-Ken

Just an FYI:

If you would like more information about the EBG, please check out:
http://ebg.buildcoolstuff.com

We have begun our regularly scheduled meetings, every Monday night
7pm.  Please, contact me for the location.

All skill levels are welcome and you might just learn something new.

Hope to see you there-

Zach

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:46:31 -0000 zsradding@... writes:
>
> Just an FYI:
>
> If you would like more information about the EBG, please check out:
> http://ebg.buildcoolstuff.com
>
> We have begun our regularly scheduled meetings, every Monday night
> 7pm.  Please, contact me for the location.
>
> All skill levels are welcome and you might just learn something new.
>
> Hope to see you there-
>
> Zach
>
>
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Hey, I'm a freshman in high school and I was wondering
if there are any summer programs that I can go to.  I
would like to learn to build a robot from scratch.  If
anyone knows of any or knows of a website where I can
get information like that, please email me at
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Thank you very much
-Scott



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> Where is the info on the East Bay builders group
> meeting?
>
> I left on Friday for a long weekend and was very
> much looking forward to
> getting together and start building robots tonight,
> or at least get the
> ball rolling.
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> Is it still on?  If so when and where?
>
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We've got a thing coming up at the Exploratorium in April

Or try www.robotstore.com

At 23:51 14-03-01 -0800, you wrote:
>Hey, I'm a freshman in high school and I was wondering
>if there are any summer programs that I can go to.  I
>would like to learn to build a robot from scratch.  If
>anyone knows of any or knows of a website where I can
>get information like that, please email me at
>trumpets_rule_2000@...
>
>Thank you very much
>-Scott


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

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

Doesn't  the Bay Area Discovery Museum have summer camps for building
robots?

Also Scott, do you live in South Bay, North Bay, East Bay or SF
peninsula?



On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:51:04 -0800 (PST) Scott Wilson
<trumpets_rule_2004@...> writes:
> Hey, I'm a freshman in high school and I was wondering
> if there are any summer programs that I can go to.  I
> would like to learn to build a robot from scratch.  If
> anyone knows of any or knows of a website where I can
> get information like that, please email me at
> trumpets_rule_2000@...
>
> Thank you very much
> -Scott
>
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> >    Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:20:15 -0800
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> >
> > Where is the info on the East Bay builders group
> > meeting?
> >
> > I left on Friday for a long weekend and was very
> > much looking forward to
> > getting together and start building robots tonight,
> > or at least get the
> > ball rolling.
> >
> > Is it still on?  If so when and where?
> >
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Hi everyone,

Just found something that even those of you who are marginally interested in
robots will find entertaining:

http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/ram/technology/sdr2001.htm

SDR-3x has its own video!

Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC
1892 Pinewood Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49684-9022
(231) 946-0187, FAX (231) 946-1122
pgrayson@...

Hi there--
Here is a new resource.
Technology Grant News at http://www.technologygrantnews.com .
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announcements for technology and other initiatives by tech funders,
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>

Hello,

    In May, I will graduate from U.C. Berkeley with a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering and I am trying to find robotics companies in
the Bay Area to work for.  I have taken several control systems and
mechanical design classes and am really interested in robotics.  If
anyone knows of such companies or a website that has links to various
companies, could they please reply.  All the companies that have come
to Berkeley are either in the chip manufacturing field (Heat
Transfer) or are such large companies that my resume simply gets put
in a database.  Thank you so much.

Take Care,
Michael Homer

http://robotics.org/ is the robotics industry home world.

The magazine ROBOTICS WORLD http://douglaspublications.com/robotics.htm  is
the industry magazine.  Part of the subscription (free to people in the
industry, ) includes a directory issue.

If you want to work for a robot company in the USA,  most are listed here.

http://www.thomasregister.com  can be searched to give you a list of
companies that employ people working in the robot, robot accessories,
automation etc.

Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC
1892 Pinewood Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49684-9022
(231) 946-0187, FAX (231) 946-1122
pgrayson@...

>    Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 21:28:19 -0000
>    From: homermv@...
> Subject: Soon to be Graduate Looking for Robotics Company
>
> Hello,
>
>    In May, I will graduate from U.C. Berkeley with a B.S. in
> Mechanical Engineering and I am trying to find robotics companies in
> the Bay Area to work for.  I have taken several control systems and
> mechanical design classes and am really interested in robotics.  If
> anyone knows of such companies or a website that has links to various
> companies, could they please reply.  All the companies that have come
> to Berkeley are either in the chip manufacturing field (Heat
> Transfer) or are such large companies that my resume simply gets put
> in a database.  Thank you so much.
>
> Take Care,
> Michael Homer

Hello all (and Paul),

Does anyone know of any convention/conference show on
(industrial) Robotics in the US, preferably in the
West Coast?

Thanks,
Tony


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Mostly for industrial arm style robots and their accessories, but slowly
expanding to cover other kinds of robots:
http://robotics.org/

Paul F. Grayson - Chief Engineer
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MAGIC
1892 Pinewood Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49684-9022
(231) 946-0187, FAX (231) 946-1122
pgrayson@...

----- Original Message -----

> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:17:46 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tony Mai <tonylmai@...>
> Subject: Looking for a convention/conference show on (industrial) Robotics
>
> Hello all (and Paul),
>
> Does anyone know of any convention/conference show on
> (industrial) Robotics in the US, preferably in the
> West Coast?
>
> Thanks,
> Tony

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010321/tc/robodog_dc_1.html
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Hello, I'm a freshman in high school and I was
wondering if there are any summer programs that I can
go to.  I would like to learn to build a robot from
scratch.  If anyone knows of any or knows of a website
where I can get information like that, please email me
at trumpets_rule_2000@...

Thank you very much
-Scott




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Hi Julio Valencia, (Director, Space Camp California, Mountain View) et al,

Julio, nice meeting up with you again at the...

February 26, 2001 NASA Ames, California Air and Space Center (CASC), Friends
of CASC (FOCASC) & Space Camp California Presentation "Building Intelligent
Robust Systems for Space: From the Fictional R2D2 to the Very Real S2D2
(Space Station Digital Droid)" Space Robots talk by Yuri Gawdiak, NASA Ames
Personal Satellite Assistant Project Lead, hosted by Friends of California
Air and Space Center and NASA Ames Research Center at  Space Camp California
on Monday, February 26, 7:30 PM.

...as reported on our San Francisco Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
website at (http://www.robots.org/ , where it reads "Building Intelligent
Robust Systems for Space...".


Julio, after Yuri's presentation we discussed your soliciting input for
ideas on ways to teach courses in robotics & programming to kids at, (& as
part of the program for), Space Camp.

Then along came a story in the Friday, March 23, 2001 Peninsula Edition
Chronicle  about a Summer Camp for kids that addresses the question "Want to
Build a Robot?...iD Tech Camps offer kids ages 8 to 13...classes
(in)...programming and robotics...(in a ) week...offering girls-only
classes...day camps and residential programs...".  The story adds "...Toby
Fisher, the camp's Northern California director (notes) 'We are located at
colleges all over...including Stanford, College of Notre Dame, Santa Clara
and Menlo College...offer a 6 to 1 counselor-student ratio and each kid will
have a computer'...".

An excerpt from the iD Tech Camp's website reads "...internalDrive's
high-tech computer camp invites your child to harness the power of
technology at a university near you, this summer!...Fun and Educational teen
and kids' camps customized to each child's skill level!...You've found THE
destination for educational summer camps for children ages 8-17 for summer
2001! Our teen and kids' high-tech summer computer camps offer each child
unsurpassed high-tech fun! ...Programming & Robotics...Program games and
robots in this sophisticated computer camp program! Learn more about iD's
Programming and Robotics summer camp course now!...".

Here's the contact info:

iD Tech Camps (888) 709-8324
Toby Fisher, Northern California director
http://www.internaldrive.com/home.htm (homepage)
http://www.internaldrive.com/curr_programming.htm (Programming & Robotics
page)


So Julio, maybe on the day you plan to get this together you can just plug
"iD Tech Camps Programming & Robotics courses" into Space Camp California &
leave early that afternoon!  Dude!


Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
SF Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
www.robots.org
clifftrobot@...
(650) 655-6695 (home/office)
(650) 954-6070 (mobile)

PS

-(Go Chron!;) (contact for this story is penfriday@...)

-Maybe  iD Tech Camps residential programs have\can whip up custom courses
in LEGO Mindstorms (http://mindstorms.lego.com/), especially (look under
"Products" for) "Exploration Mars" & "Robots That See" & Star Wars Robots
systems "Droid Developer Kit" & "Dark Side Developer Kit"!...then again
Planetary Society "Red Rover Goes to Mars Training Mission" would be awesome
(http://planetary.org/rrgtm/Training_Mission/index.htm),  not to mention
some of the other popular platforms, as covered by our very own SFRSA Past
Prez & Robot Store CEO Roger Gilbertson's Robot Store catalog
(www.robotstore.com) & our very own SFRSA World SUMO & Battlebots Champ
Carlo Bertoccini Robot Books website (www.robotbooks.com).

-This would be a nice class for Hawaiian kids, especially in Maui (!), (just
got back from 1 week vacation there...scuba'd (heard whale songs & dolphin
clicks), boated by whale pods...Great opportunities for underwater robots
to buzz, or at least amuse, the dolphins
(see http://www.robots.org/Japan/Robodex%20PCWatch%20Japan%20Translate.htm,
where it reads "...Takara, ?? joins an aquatic robot...";
& also http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/03/17/p6s2.htm, where it reads
"NO FISH FOOD NEEDED...").  Hey, I may be fishing here but how about Sony
AIBO robot pet in a wetsuit? (http://www.us.aibo.com/3d/index.html)

-Anybody scalping tickets for the Richard Feynman ALL SOLD OUT! play about
Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) & Tuva ? "...I'll gladly thank you
tomorrow..."
http://www.sciam.com/1999/0999issue/0999levin.html
http://www.fotuva.org/
http://www.taperahmanson.com/taper/taper_home.asp

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To: <joe@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: SF and LA IRST


> Hi all,
>
>         Just a reminder, the San Francisco International Robot Sumo
> Tournament will be this next Tuesday, March 27th.  It will be in the
> afternoon at the Exploratorium.  Also, Saturday March 31st is the Los
> Angeles International Robot Sumo Tournament.  The top five robots in
> each division, autonomous and remote control, will be there competing
> for the championship.  Several robots from the USA will be competing
> with them.  My Robot Sumo, Broken Rib is still being upgraded, but I
> hope to have it at least operating the way it did before, but with four
> wheel drive.  The other upgrades will have to come later (such as adding
> vacuum,  hummmm, running without these upgrades should be interesting).
>         The event will be web cast, check out the Exploratorium web page
> for information on this (you can find a link to the Exploratorium  from
> the calendar on my sumo web page).
>         Also, not only will we be on radio and TV news, we'll also be on
> at least two TV shows (I get to see what it's like getting makeup put
> on, yuck).  I only know the name of one show at this time:  It's "Screen
> Saver" on Tech TV.  It's nation wide, but I'm not sure what channels.
> If you have a satellite connection, it should be there somewhere.
>         It looks like this year they are doing much more media coverage,
> probably due to the popularity of "that other contest"  ; )
>
>         I'll let you all know how things go when I get back to my office
> in a couple of weeks.  In the mean time, root for your favorite Robot
> Sumo (is it mine, ohh come on. . . ).
>
>                 Bill Harrison
>                 Head Northwest Robot Sumo
>                http://www.sinerobotics.com
>
>

Hello everyone,
I am working on a robot at home, I am looking for some ready PBASIC program
codes for testing and learning, does anyone know some site where I can find this
kind of codes.
Raj.
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

SFRSA Monthly Meeting

Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00)

Regular monthly meeting of San Francisco Robotics Society at the
Exploratorium

Greetings Autonomous Ones,

Here are several San Francisco Robotics Society of America (SFRSA) robot
website (http://www.robots.org/) item updates:

(1) A new "Files" button & webpage section has been added to the SFRSA
Homepage just below the "Discuss" button (http://www.robots.org/files.htm).
UC Berkeley Robotics Lab Lab manager & SFRSA member Win Williams has
generously provided 200 MB of space for files too large to economically
store on the SFRSA site.  Current files there include "K-9.mov", (the "AIBO
"K-9" vs. Thunder Lizard!" Quicktime iMovie) available for FTP download &
"SDR-3X_PROMO.mpeg", (the video of the release of the Sony AIBO Humanoid
shot by Fumihiko Abe in Japan last November at ROBODEX).

(2) The annual jointly Exploratorium-SFRSA hosted Fuji Soft sponsored All
Japan Sumo Tournament  webcast archive link has been posted to the SFRSA
homepage. The event also scored a major Chronicle newspaper story & pictures
in the Wednesday, March 28, 2001 edition, entitled "Japanese Sumo Wrestling
Becomes High-Tech Fun" (link also provided).

(3) "NEC's Personal Robot Project's New Personal Robot  'PaPeRo' information
has been posted to the SFRSA Homepage, along with URL's on "iD Tech Camps -
Programming & Robotics Summer Camps!" & "FRED" (Functional Response
Emulation Devices), as well as news of a videotape of the SFRSA recent
appearance on TechTV.


Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
SF Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
www.robots.org
clifftrobot@...
(650) 655-6695 (home/office)
(650) 954-6070 (mobile)

Greetings Bioelectric Types,

Here's a fresh addition San Francisco Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
robot website:

(1) In the SFRSA Links section, at the top where it reads "Pyramid Exploring
Robot's Mysterious Discovery...a German engineer named Rudolf
Gantenbrink...sent a small robot, called UPUAUT 2, up the Southern
"air-shaft" of the Queen's Chamber inside the Great Pyramid...a camera on
board had taken pictures..." (http://www.robots.org/coolstuf.htm).
Regards,

Cliff Thompson
Mediameister,
SF Robotics Society of America (SFRSA)
www.robots.org
clifftrobot@...
(650) 655-6695 (home/office)
(650) 954-6070 (mobile)