April 2010 Minutes
BMO April 10:
A young visitor showed up with his small made-from-scratch robot which goesaround in a circle. He said he has a lot of Lego Mindstorms experience, but
wants to build more robots from scratch.
Len brought and demonstrated several industrial devices: capacitive,
inductive and infrared proximity sensors, and load cells. He also brought
some pneumatic/hydraulic cylinders
Regular Meeting April 24:
Dale ran his polybot as a demonstration for the polytahlon bulldozercontest.
Robot Rally discussion:
Len has a tentative list of rule changes for Polyathlon
The idea of a rope around event arenas was proposed.
Pinckneyville's open house date is not yet set.
A possible date for Robot Rally was proposed for a Saturday in October.
Len suggested dropping the beacon-follower-without-obstacles contest and
keeping only the beacon follower with obstacles.
Cube Quest: possible remote-control, virtual/remote presence, and/or
autonomous modes.
Kirk brought a printout to make a paper cone that goes uphill:
www.paperpino.net
There was a demonstration of
A USB logic analyzer from Salea was demonstrated:
http://www.saleae.com/logic/
$150 from Sparkfun:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8938
USBEE was mentioned as a brand of similar, competing products:
http://www.usbee.com/
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