February '05 Meeting PicsClick thumbnails for a larger view.
The free pile was mostly magazines this time. |
Jeff Sampson's collection of robot parts. |
Jeff's AVRCam that he still hasn't done anything with. |
The bottom layer of Jeff's Research 3 robot. |
Closeup showing the gear motor and belt drive. |
You can expand your Mini RoboMind board with a ribbon cable. |
Richard Piotter brought his RoboSapien robot. The other one belongs to Rand Whillock. |
Here they are doing a synchronized dance. |
The control for the RoboSapien looks like a giant TV remote. |
Bob Proctor's robot collection. |
Rick Eller's robots. |
The bottom of Rick's robot. |
Rick's walking robot. |
Jeff Sampson brought this sonar module that came from BG-Micro. |
Rand Whillock brought his sumo robot collection. |
Some of his sumo robots. |
Richard Piotter's robot collection. |
The big gear also spins like a top. |
Terry Schumacher is working on an Atmel AVR controlled battery charger. |
Brynn Rogers brought his Tryclops robot. |
The inside view of Tryclops. |
Alan Kilian brought a bunch of Jitterbug parts. |
They work by spinning a glue stick on a motor. This makes it vibrate. |
Then you tape the motor on a plastic cup or a styrofoam block. |
Then you can always add stickers and racing stripes. |
Lots of people were making Jitterbugs. |
And lots of Jitterbugs were constructed. |
If you add markers then you get artwork. |
Some artwork. |
More artwork. |
Running the Jitterbugs on the carpet. |
Lots of Jitterbugs on the carpet. |
Adjusting Rick's robot for the line maze. |
Running Jitterbugs on the line maze. |
Running the maze. |
Another attempt. |