May 09, 2009
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CLASS
• Demonstration of a Leaf robot navigating with RoboRealm and shapes on the floor by Dr. Bruce.
• Demonstration and class on RoboRealm navigation by image processing of “fiducials” (2D barcode-like printed images) by Steve G.
BUSINESS MEETING
Upcoming Classes
June: Intro to Python by Jef Mangelschots.
July: Intro to Solid Works by John Walters
August: Driver of the Mars Robot remote navigation from JPL John Wright
September: TBD
October: Building A.L.I.C.E. chatbot with Thomas Messerschmidt
November: TBD
December: TBD
Upcoming Contests
• June: Mega Turbo Line Following
• July: Hallway competition
• August: Soda can pickup (RC and Autonomous)
• September: RoboMagellan
• October: TBD
• November: TBD
• December: TBD
Other Upcoming Events
• September: RSSC Pot Luck
• December: Talent Show
THIS MONTH’S CONTEST: Mega Turbo Line Following was postponed until June.
SHOW AND TELL
Anouk demonstrated Robotsapien’s dog.
John showed and talked about his first attempt brazing aluminum using “super alloy 5” rods from muggyweld.com.
Jimmie demonstrated his first line following robot.
He then demonstrated his attempts at building a stable aluminum robot platform.
Walter Martinez showed and talked about his battlebot robot Shark Tooth that he built with his Cal State Long Beach team
Jef showed his Polulu’s 3pi robot and talked about how it does line following.
Craig showed his clever creations made with pager motors, straws, and paperclips.
He also showed some little critters he made out of cell-phone vibrating motors and some paperclips. Awesome ...
Steve talked about autonomous flight and demonstrated horizon recognition uses RoboRealm to identify the horizon.
Martin demonstrated his two line-following car robot.
