Robotics Society of Southern California - Robot Building http://rssc.org/taxonomy/term/16/0 en sound activation for firefighter robot http://rssc.org/content/sound-activation-firefighter-robot <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> From the club archives, here is an article about sound activation sensor that can be used in a Firefighter robot competition, written by Alex Brown:</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://www.rssc.org/sites/default/files/images/tonedet.gif" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 640px; height: 512px; " /></p> http://rssc.org/content/sound-activation-firefighter-robot#comments Robot Building Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:42:19 +0000 mangelschots 158 at http://rssc.org Simulated IR candle detector http://rssc.org/content/simulated-ir-candle-detector <p> Here is an older article posted by Alex Brown about a candle sensor that can be used in a firefighter competition:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://www.rssc.org/sites/default/files/images/candlesensor.gif" style="width: 800px; height: 600px; " /></p> http://rssc.org/content/simulated-ir-candle-detector#comments Robot Building Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:09:44 +0000 mangelschots 157 at http://rssc.org Working with Lexan http://rssc.org/content/working-lexan <p> by <a href="http://www.jefmangelschots.info" target="_blank">Jef Mangelschots</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.rssc.org/sites/default/files/images/100_2961.JPG" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.rssc.org/sites/default/files/images/100_2961.JPG" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left; width: 400px; height: 533px; " /></a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://rssc.org/content/working-lexan" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://rssc.org/content/working-lexan#comments Robot Building Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:44:44 +0000 mangelschots 153 at http://rssc.org B.E.A.M. Robotics http://rssc.org/content/beam-robotics <p> by Arthur Ed LeBouthillier</p> <p> This article was published in the <a href="http://www.rssc.org/sites/default/files/newsletter/dec99.pdf" target="_blank">December 1999 issue of The Robot Builder.</a></p> <p> B.E.A.M. robotics has arisen as a new approach to building robots. Its primary originator, Mark W. Tilden, has developed a robot design philosophy which is very different from traditional robot-building techniques, emphasizing a minimalist, evolutionary design approach.</p> <p><a href="http://rssc.org/content/beam-robotics" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://rssc.org/content/beam-robotics#comments Robot Building Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:45:02 +0000 mangelschots 141 at http://rssc.org guest lecture: Hanno Sander from Hannoware http://rssc.org/content/guest-lecture-hanno-sander-hannoware <p> by <a href="http://www.jefmangelschots.info" target="_blank">Jef Mangelschots</a></p> <p><a href="http://rssc.org/content/guest-lecture-hanno-sander-hannoware" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://rssc.org/content/guest-lecture-hanno-sander-hannoware#comments Hardware Robot Building Software vision Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:06:50 +0000 mangelschots 140 at http://rssc.org Robotic House http://rssc.org/content/robotic-house <p> by Ralph Irwin</p> <p> This article was published in the <a href="http://www.rssc.org/sites/default/files/newsletter/oct99.pdf" target="_blank">October 1999 issue of The Robot Builder.</a></p> <p><a href="http://rssc.org/content/robotic-house" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://rssc.org/content/robotic-house#comments Hardware Robot Building Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:32:52 +0000 mangelschots 134 at http://rssc.org April 2010 AUVSI presentation on dynamic robots http://rssc.org/content/april-2010-auvsi-presentation-dynamic-robots <p> By Jef Mangelschots</p> <p><a href="http://rssc.org/content/april-2010-auvsi-presentation-dynamic-robots" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://rssc.org/content/april-2010-auvsi-presentation-dynamic-robots#comments Robot Building Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:20:57 +0000 mangelschots 70 at http://rssc.org BXFlyer Four Rotor Helicopter http://rssc.org/content/bxflyer-four-rotor-helicopter <p> Here is an article written by Bruce Weimer MD: &quot;<a href="http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200311/weimer/bxflyer.html" target="_blank">BXFlyer Four Rotor Helicopter</a>&quot; he posted in 2003 on the <a href="http://www.seattlerobotics.org">Seatle Robotics website</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200311/weimer/bxflyer.html" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200311/weimer/BXFlyer1.JPG" style="width: 640px; height: 480px; " /></a></p> http://rssc.org/content/bxflyer-four-rotor-helicopter#comments Robot Building Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:04:42 +0000 mangelschots 59 at http://rssc.org