Society of Robots - Robot Forum
General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: shimniok on August 11, 2010, 09:56:30 PM
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A few weeks ago here in Denver, SHARC, FRR, and Club Workshop put on a mini Maker Faire, robot expo, and attempted a firefighting competition.
Some really cool things like Roomba commanded by patterned flash cards, a butler robot with obstacle avoidance and voice recognition, RC tank, air canon powered by stationary bike, cellphone controlled robots, and loads more. Really a great time! Teaser pic:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_59HHJuZw_Rk/TE8Yug_wwOI/AAAAAAAAAyo/gTzY2GfhUwI/s1600/ROV.jpg)
Here's more pics and write up on my blog (http://"http://bot-thoughts.blogspot.com/2010/07/firefighting-robot-expo-maker-faire.html")
The firefighting didn't quite happen; only two robots were functional in any sense... and only mine was able to demo (albeit with remote control) finding the candle flame... it couldn't put it out because I goofed up my fan motor driver circuit design. :(
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Very cool! Some day I have to go to one of those.