Jun 13, 2009
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Class
"Introduction to Python" presented by Jef Mangelschots
BUSINESS MEETING
Upcoming Classes
July: Intro to Solid Works by John Walters.
August: Driver of the Mars Rover remote navigation by JPL John Wright
September: Modeling biped locomotion by our company prez
October: Building A.L.I.C.E. chatbot with Thomas Messerschmidt
November: Animatronics by Tim Louis
December: TBD
Upcoming Contests
• July: Hallway Competition (Level 1, 2, and 3)
• August: Soda Can Pickup (RC and Autonomous)
• September: Labyrinth
• October: Robomagellan
• November: TBD
• December: (None)
Other Upcoming Events
• September: RSSC Pot Luck
• December: Talent Show
CONTEST:
Mega Turbo 110’ Line Following Contest
Little Bepo Albert Did not finish
Anouk Katie and Martin (43.19)
Katie Anouk and Jeff (204.39)
RonBot Ron Rose Did not finish
NXT John Davis Did not finish
Rocky Alex Brown (89.79)
Vexbot Ben and Ferick (232:60) (Did not circle course)
Congratulations to the Winners!
1. First Place: Anouk by Katie and Martin
2. Second Place: Rocky
3. Third Place: Katie by Anouk and Jef
SHOW AND TELL
Thomas showed us the Wowwee Elvis robot and showed its internals:
Craig showed more of his clever creations made with pager motors, straws, and paperclips. This month his demonstrated two of his flying creatures, one of which was radio controlled.
Katie: showed her line following robot.
Martin: showed how he modified the PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) control loop in his line following robot to increase accuracy and performance.
Tim showed a device that plays any mp3 file from a memory stick. He also showed his Tri-colored LED basic stamp controller and his LCD display.
Jef Mangelschots demonstrated Pyrobot a virtual robot simulation in Python.
Alex Brown talked about his line following effort with Rocky, his Leaf robot.
Don Fear's young friend shows how he built an old Velleman robot kit.
