We had a very select gathering on an evening when a public meeting on
earthquakes may have taken its toll on attendance. We discussed the idea
of a new robotics challenge, Kelvin suggested something with an
environmental impact, refinements and suggestions welcome on our email
group. Our next meeting will be on Monday 15<sup>th</sup> November at 6.30pm (moved to 3<sup>rd</sup> Monday of each month). This is what we talked about, photos <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/113134050398543502524/ChchRobotics2010October?feat=directlink" title="Photos" target="_blank">here</a> . <br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Aiden spoke about a line following robot that he and a friend are developing.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Kelvin
talked about hands on sessions involving electronics and radio construction for young people to be held at the clubroom of the Christchurch
Amateur Radio Club. More details to follow. Kelvin also has some GPS modules for sale.<br></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Richard (not me) spoke about his work with large servo motors.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Peter talked about life before school designing the carriages in daily use a the Gondola that follow a buried cable.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Robin
showed us his window opening project with windscreen wiper motor
actuator, garage door torsion spring and AVR butterfly controller. Spring and bearings free from a skip diving session.<br></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Jonathon talked about reusing CD drive motors for a flying project.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Paul brought along his helicopter and gave us some flying demos. Sorry no photo.<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Hanno
brought along a leaking radio controlled submarine from Deal Extreme,
his TBOT, and propscope and talked about a book soon to be launched by
Parallax that sounds ideal for folks starting out in electronics. The propscope is about to be reduced to $199US.<br></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">A
working laser printer and optical mouse found new homes on the free
stuff table. Thanks to all who came and shared. See you next time Mon 15<sup>th</sup> November in the Science Alive Seminar Room.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p>Richard Jones <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/113134050398543502524/ChchRobotics2010October?feat=embedwebsite" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 1px 0pt 0pt 4px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_xEE4LrgGnpE/TL87_BX_5sE/AAAAAAAAATA/Y94TShBA2v0/s160-c/ChchRobotics2010October.jpg" alt="" height="160" width="160"></a>