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Photos courtesy of Jeff Sampson
Click thumbnails for a larger view.
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The free pile was mostly
magazines this time.
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Jeff Sampson's collection
of robot parts.
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Jeff's AVRCam that he still
hasn't done anything with.
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The bottom layer of Jeff's
Research 3 robot.
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Closeup showing the gear
motor and belt drive.
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You can expand your Mini
RoboMind board with a ribbon
cable.
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Richard Piotter brought his
RoboSapien robot. The other
one belongs to
Rand Whillock.
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Here they are doing a
synchronized dance.
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The control for the
RoboSapien looks like a giant
TV remote.
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Bob Proctor's robot
collection.
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Rick Eller's robots.
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The bottom of Rick's robot.
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Rick's walking robot.
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Jeff Sampson brought this
sonar module that came from
BG-Micro.
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Rand Whillock brought his
sumo robot collection.
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Some of his sumo robots.
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Richard Piotter's robot
collection.
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The big gear also spins like
a top.
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Terry Schumacher is working
on an Atmel AVR controlled
battery charger.
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Brynn Rogers brought his
Tryclops robot.
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The inside view of Tryclops.
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Alan Kilian brought a bunch
of Jitterbug parts.
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They work by spinning a glue
stick on a motor. This makes
it vibrate.
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Then you tape the motor on a
plastic cup or a styrofoam
block.
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Then you can always add
stickers and racing stripes.
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Lots of people were making
Jitterbugs.
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And lots of Jitterbugs were
constructed.
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If you add markers then you
get artwork.
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Some artwork.
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More artwork.
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Running the Jitterbugs on the
carpet.
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Lots of Jitterbugs on the
carpet.
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Adjusting Rick's robot for
the line maze.
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Running Jitterbugs on the
line maze.
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Running the maze.
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Another attempt.