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Photos courtesy of Jeff Sampson
Click thumbnails for a larger view.
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Free table.
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More free table.
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Jeff Sampson's lending
library.
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Jeff Sampson went to the
Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle
Competition. These were
photographs from that event.
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This guy (I'll add his name
later) is making holonomic
drive robots.
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Doing a demo of one of the
robots.
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This one is using R/C servos
as motors and they are
driving right angle drill
adapters.
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Overall view.
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They work better on carpet
than a smooth table top.
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He also had a robot with
bigger motors.
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Another view.
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Another view.
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The gear head motors inside.
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Another view.
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He also had this
omni-directional wheel. I
think it is from a VEX kit.
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Kenneth Kern brought his
new robot.
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Side view.
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The other side.
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The front.
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The back.
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I see it has an LCD display
this month. And it is missing
the pan/tilt head.
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Brian Schmalz brought his
egg plotter.
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Inserting an egg.
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Brian is explaining how and
why it works.
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Lewis Dickson has a
Parallax Propellor board
connected to an LCD monitor
and some speakers.
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Close up view.
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Bill Arden made a prototype
robot from Erector Set parts.
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He wants to build a real
version of this to move his
junk around.
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Here he has a cable winch
attached to the front.
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Close up.
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This looks like a forklift
type lifting mechanism. It
would be mounted vertically
on the front of the robot.
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The robot and the big lift
assembly. Notice how the
winch assembly on the robot
folds down so he can
transport it.

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