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Robo Magellan

Tracy Eib — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:51:42 GMT

Rick and Steve, Congratulations, it sounds like you both did well at ChiBots' RoboMagellan Saturday. I wish I could have been there to see it but I wanted to

Re: UNI

Rick Brooks — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:25:37 GMT

Tracy, You can also thank Dan Derrick for mailing his sumo in to UNI the first year. Dan's from Pittsboro, IN and has attended a few NEIRGs. If it wasn't for

Re: UNI

TRACY EIB — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:43:07 GMT

Rick, Since my main emphasis this time was dependability, I implemented a gradual change of speed in all cases to protect the motors & motor controller.

Re: UNI

Rick Brooks — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:13:20 GMT

Tracy, I was thinking that it was too bad that Blackout could not do that 180 degree turn at the start of a match that has been successful against ExSpurt in

Re: UNI

TRACY EIB — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:49:00 GMT

Rick, Yes I received Blackout today - still in one piece. Congratulations on the win! Exspurt just looks more impressive every time I see it. Thank you so

UNI

Rick Brooks — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:04:38 GMT

Tracy ExSpurt arrived safe and sound today. Blackout shouldn't be too far behind. No links posted, but the video is at:

Re: Rover question

TRACY EIB — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:28:30 GMT

Rick, My chassis is an old Tamiya 1/12 scale Humvee that is realistic looking. The realism hurts as a robot chassis since the scale tires are sometimes too

Re: Rover question

Rick Brooks — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:06:39 GMT

Tracy, I'd figure on 5 to 10 amps in normal operation, 20 amps max normal operation and perhaps 40 amps stall. I think that your rover is going to be too fast.

Rover question

Tracy Eib — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:43:30 GMT

Rick, Would you have an educated guess how much current a stock (27 turn I think) Tamiya (Johnson?) 540 motor would pull for a <5 lbs robot? Somewhere in the

Another Science Central.kml

Rick Brooks — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:19:39 GMT

Tonight I ran and logged the path that I had set up in the park to the South of Science Central. The file is saved in the file section. Run 1 and Run 2 were

Re: Science Central Path Planning

Shane Pickett — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:58:15 GMT

Not sure if Lou has his ears on, but three is a good start, in my opinion. We'll usually reroute a competition for NEIRG if we don't have enough competitors,

Re: Science Central Path Planning

Steve Hassenplug — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:25:10 GMT

How many entries do you think you (we) need? Steve

Re: Science Central Path Planning

Shane Pickett — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:03:23 GMT

I think the exhibition is a great idea for generating interest in such an event. I'd love to run another event if we can get the numbers.

Re: Science Central Path Planning

TRACY EIB — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:10:52 GMT

For what it's worth, you could count on two spectators (possibly future participants) from Bourbon. -Tracy ________________________________ From: Steve

Re: Science Central Path Planning

Steve Hassenplug — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:21:13 GMT

Any chance Science Central is interested in hosting a RM event? For that matter, we could think about an exhibition. Steve