Hobbybotics

2009-04-14T20:04:00.000-07:00

FIRST Robotics Championships starts tomorrow in Atlanta, GA. http://www.usfirst.org/

Keep checking for images and videos.

Hexapod Dance Competition - Hagenberg/Austria

2008-12-04T18:30:00.000-08:00

One of my Favorite bands, Radio Head, shows us how some Robots see

2008-07-16T08:40:00.000-07:00

FIRST Robotics Championships 2008

2008-04-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

FIRST Robotics Championships 2008

Right out of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers (the book and not the sad movie)

2007-11-22T18:20:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia Article on Starship Troopers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers

Lego knitting machine

2007-11-14T15:59:00.001-08:00

The Winners are In!

2007-11-04T12:11:00.000-08:00

Stanley Jr. our favorite bot by our favoite robotics team took second place.

The results can be found at the Grand Challege Site.

A great day for mankind

2007-11-03T17:22:00.000-07:00

Today was defiantly and historical day and it was great to watch the 8 hour epic unfold live. 6 of the 11 teams entering the finals completed the competition. The results will be announced Sunday morning. Here is the status board from the DARPA site.

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While watching the event I finally got a chance to work on my automated tea steeper.

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2007-11-03T07:38:00.000-07:00

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DARPA Urban Grand Challenge Day

2007-11-03T06:06:00.000-07:00

Today is the day for the finals of the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge. We'll be watching it streamed over the web from the DARPA link, http://www.grandchallenge.org/darpauc07/watchtherace/.

Our day started with a sunrise rocket launch. It was a bit cold for the kids, so we did not fly the air plane, but we had to great launchs.

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Georgia Tech is Out of the Race

2007-10-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

Bummer. Georgia Tech's Sting Racing is out of the DARPA Grand Challenge. For more information visit their site.

qv: www.sting-racing.org

Here is a video of their run on Course C at the qualifying event.

Stanley Jr. evaluated by DARPA

2007-10-21T05:22:00.000-07:00

2007 FIRST Championships Day 3

2007-04-15T13:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry, no pictures for day 3. Due to a strong and unpredictable storm we decided to head home early.

2007 FIRST Championships Day 2

2007-04-15T13:37:00.000-07:00

From 2007 FIRST In...

2007 FIRST Championships Day 1

2007-04-12T20:03:00.000-07:00

From 2007 FIRST In...

Has you can see Day 1 of the 2007 FIRST Championships went well for us with Dean Kamen signing my Servo Magazine cover. We had a great time talking with teams from South Korea, Haiti, England, Denmark, Israel, Peru, Canada and, of course, the United States.

2007 FIRST Championship - April 12, 13 & 14 - Atlanta, GA

2007-04-11T05:13:00.000-07:00

This is the week. The 2007 FIRST International Championships are happening at the Georgia Dome April 12 - 14th. DO you best to take advantage of the educational and highly motivational event.

If your worried about parking and getting in and out of the event the don't. When we went last year we easily got a parking spot in a lot across the street from the Dome for about $5.

Unfortunately this is the case because of the lack of non-team related spectators. This is an amazing event, it is free to the public and not many people go just to watch and learn.

The best part is that the "Pits", where the teams are working on the robots are open for anyone to see and visit. The kids and coaches love to talk about their robots, many teams have funky consumes and hair does, plus most teams give away team pins for the kids.

Come down and have fun it is only 2.5 hours from Greenville, SC.

If you cannot come down, but want to see the event NASA TV will be broadcasting live Friday and Saturday. They will also stream some events via the Internet.

qv: http://www.usfirst.org/community/content.aspx?id=4190

FIRST LEGO League Regional Qualifier at Clemson

2007-02-05T03:37:00.000-08:00

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FIRST Robotics Competition 2007 Kickoff in Greenville, South Carolina

2007-01-06T12:07:00.000-08:00

From FIRST Kickoff...

We'll be cheering our local teams on all the way to Atlanta.

Our next FIRST event is the FIRST LEGO League Regional at Clemson.

Batter Up!

2007-01-05T15:05:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.0 Now Available

2006-12-13T10:17:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Robotics Studio (MRS) 1.0 is now available.

It is free for non-commercial use. This means the we, the hobbyist, can use some of the same high end tools and simulators that professional robotic engineers use.

Download and take a look at it for yourself. But first take a look at the system requirement.

qv: http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/

Georgia Tech to Host RoboCup 2007

2006-12-06T13:37:00.000-08:00

The greatest Robot competition in the world is coming to Atlanta Georgia July 1-10, 2007.

qv: http://www.robocup-us.org/

Great Changes in Store for the VEX

2006-11-11T16:17:00.000-08:00

Innovation First, Inc, the makers of the VEX Robotics System, is teaming up with Revell Monogram to bring the VEX to the next level while reducing costs to the consumer.

The first products are expected out this summer.

qv: http://botmag.com/articles/revell_vex.shtml

Microsoft Robotics Studio November CTP is Out!

2006-11-08T04:51:00.000-08:00

Each month this new robotics development environment gets more exciting.

If you have not yet taken a look, now is a good time.

qv: http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/

Our First Custom Robot

2006-11-07T18:30:00.000-08:00

From Our first cus...

This is our first custom Robot. No plans, just an idea to make a robot to play catch with and a few months of consistent work and fun.

Now that the body is basically done, Emma and I will begin programming it to play catch.

To get ready for the programming stage Emma, Ian and I have been playing a lot of c-jump.

We'll let you know when it is functioning.