Kansas City’s Hacker Space
This move is close to being done. This is one of the moves that I am working on for the demonstration contest at Robogames 2009. I have a few other new moves that are not yet ready. I will post more as I get them ready. This was a lot harder to program then it looks. My robot’s arms are too short. This makes it hard to transfer an object from one hand to another.
Dumbbell Version 2
Different look at the move Version1.
AC Motors are awesome! This is a single phase, 1/2HP, 865 RPM motor I ripped from an air conditioning unit a while ago. What to do with this next not sure, either rip the magnet wire out of it, or plug it in! I suppose I could decommission my dryer for a while.
I had a chance to get into the Lab this evening and had a chance to take some additional pictures. This is our blank slate…build-out begins on February 1st.
The Hallway
Limestone Support Column
Nuts..can't find it..
Classroom Space
Project Room
Future Home of the CCCKC Library of Congress
CCCKC Galley
March 1st…open for business..
We are tentatively planning on holding an entire week of events to celebrate our grand opening to the public during the first week of March. These events will be held in the evening and will culminate on Saturday night with a party at a place yet to be determined.
We are looking for project showcases, workshops, and other talks related to technology, art and society.
If you’re interested in putting something on, contact me at jur1st at cowtowncomputercongress dot org.
If you’re going to be coming in from out of town and would like to inquire about lodging, head over to the Google Group and make a post.
who ya gona call.
Some ccckc art I did there are three blinking leds where the solder points are on the logo.
This amazing panoramic photo was taken by Ax0n from h-i-r.net
CCCKC Members - Can you spot the Lawyer?
Another contest that I have entered my robot in is called Bipedal Race or Dash. The length of the race is usually 3 meters. The robot who runs it in the fastest time wins. The video below is about as fast as I can get Boomer to run. As the robot goes faster the side to side motion will cause Boomer to fall down.
This is one of my favorite videos. It was taken at Robogames 2008. It is a Kung Fu match between two Robots. The guy on the right is David Calkins who runs Robogames. The guy on the left is not as well known but he is in the process of beating David in this rematch from the First Hitec Cup. Where he also beat David’s robot. This is just the first part of the match.
MAKE @ Robogames from make magazine on Vimeo.
Robotic Labyrinth Game on Engadget and Makezine
We knew the Robotic Labyrinth Game was cool, now others are learning about the fun we’re having.
The secret is out Engadget picked up the story and now Makezine, the web site for Make Magazine, is letting everyone know too.
Just when I thought I had the reviews covered another slipped in. The Nintendo Wiifanboy site included a review too. I just had to throw this interesting segment of their article in: “Some geniuses from Kansas City’s “Cowtown Computer Congress“, with the help of an Arduino microcontroller and copious amounts of SCIENCE…“.
WiiFanboy Reviews the Arduino, WiiFit, Robotic Labyrinth Game
Can you spare a Digg? You can help put us over the top here too!
Its exciting to see others writing about our project but you can still get the original story here on CCCKC.
The next three videos of my robot are of me testing different programmed moves. The first video is of the robot standing up autonomously. The robot has a two axis accelerometer, which senses movement in two directions. The robot uses the value sent to the controller to know whether it is laying down on its front or back. There is an IF statement in the code which has two paths a stand up when on its back or front.
The next video is of me testing a basic walk forward with a side step to the right and left.
The final video is of a test of my PS/2 remote controller. The setup of the PS/2 was not hard to do. I bought the controller at a local electronic’s store.
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