April '00 Meeting PicsClick thumbnails for a larger view.
Standard Etch-A-Sketch knobs are replaced by nylon gears |
The otherwise-unmodified Etch-A-Sketch rests on the gears of the drive unit |
The Linux-based program runs on Alan's new Pentium II motherboard |
An under-damped step function on the Etch-A-Sketch |
Russ Kuenzi's robot |
Russ Kuenzi's robot |
Two of Jeff Hove's toy robots and some books |
Jeff Hove's toy robot |
Jeff Martin's animatronic head |
Jeff Martin's animatronic head |
Jeff Martin's animatronic head |
Jeff Hove's early "Palm Walker" |
Alan Kilian starting his motor control talk about PIC-SERVOs and an Etch-A-Sketch |
Intense discussion about some square things |
Two PIC-SERVOS on protoboard used for Alan's demo. This is actually from Jeff Sampson's "Research 2" robot |
Alan explains the finer points of the PIC servo controller to the assembled group |