[chbot] Request for items for next meeting...

Michael Pearce mike at kiwacan.co.nz
Sun Jul 26 22:24:23 BST 2009


Actually I'll most likely be seeing a demo from the Finalists in the
USA Robo Cup later this week in Arizona...I  will try and get some
video and post it if you want

Mike

On 7/26/09, Jill Pears <j.pears at selhouse.school.nz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I will get some video of Robocup and will bring that along - it would also
> be a great opportunity for placegetters to come and share their work and
> talk about their projects before they head up to Auckland for the
> nationals - good to hear them respond to questions.
>
> If anybody wants to come along and watch what Robocup is all about please
> do - there has been a lot of creative problem solving going on with the
> teams and a lot of fun. Interviews will be before 11.00 and then there
> will be dance till about 1.00 and rescue and soccer from 2.00 - 3.00.
>
> Times might change when final entries are in but that is how it is looking
> at this stage. - Selwyn House School - 122 Merivale Lane off Papanui Rd.
>
> Cheers, Jill.
>
> Christchurch Robotics <chchrobotics at lists.linuxnut.co.nz> writes:
>>Its a little over 3 weeks to go until our next meeting which will be on
>>Tuesday 18th August at 6.30pm in the Seminar Room at Science Alive (unless
>>otherwise advised).
>>
>>Our meeting closely follows the Robocup Junior competition to be held on
>>Sunday 9th August. Details are in this newsletter and applications close
>>oun
>>29th July so better be quick if you intend to join the fun:
>>http://www.sciencealive.co.nz/robotics/RoboCup%202009%20Chch%20Newsletter.pdf
>>
>>I've been working away on my micromouse control system. Moving on from
>>controlled acceleration, constant speed and deceleration setpoint to PID
>>output control and pwm motor control. For the software development I'm
>>using avr-gcc4.3.2/avr-gdb6.8/Simulavr0.1.2.2 using the Eclipse Galileo
>>environment under Ubuntu 9.04 Linux. The same setup should work just as
>>well under windows. I'll bring the whole thing along, working or not.
>>
>>Anyone have suggestions or requests for topics for our meeting, or
>>announcements of what they have been working on? Maybe we can persuade
>>somoe
>>of the Robotics Junior finalists to come along with their robots to
>>displa y
>>and talk about them.
>>
>>We could do with something interesting to put in our publicity...
>>
>>Richard Jones
>>
>>
>>
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