Join us January 19th, 2008 for our monthly meeting. Our meetings start at 10:00am and last until 1:00pm, although we usually adjourn a bit early to have a Chinese buffet. Everyone is welcome to attend…if you are curious about robotics please stop by. Bring your current project, in any state of completion, for show and tell or to ask for help. Our members come from a wide range of professions and are more than willing to lend a hand.

Presentations for the January meeting:

• Microprocessor Roundup…bring your laptops and microprocessors in to give a brief talk about your micro and why you use it.

List of presentations:

Arduino Decimila, an Atmel 168 based board - WinfieldMike
Atmel Mega8 and BASCOM - Jerry

Meetings are held at:

Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
Overland, MO 63114
TEL: (314) 428-5424

Game: Segregate

Goal: The robot begins in the starting box. After a three second delay the robot places the Pepsi cans on one side of the line and the Coke cans on the other. The robot then returns to the starting box. The robot must not protrude over the edge of the playing field at any time. The robot that separates all of the cans and returns to the starting box in the shortest time wins.

Robot:
• Autonomous
• 3-second delay
• 1-foot cube max starting size
• 15lb weight limit
• Build with any safe materials

Playing field: 4-foot by 8-foot white board. A 4-foot by 16-inch starting box is marked with ¾ inch electrical tape on one end of the board. The other end of the board has two marks 16-inches apart 16-inches from the far end and 16-inches from each side of the playing field. The cans are centered on the marks.

Playing pieces: six empty soda cans

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Game: Gap

Goal: The robot starts on one table. After a three second delay the robot moves from one table to the next over a one-foot gap. Robots must not fall off the table. The shortest time wins.

Robot:

• Autonomous
• 3-second delay
• 1-foot cube max starting size
• 15lb weight limit
• Build with any safe materials

Playing field: two tables

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Join us December 15th, 2007 for our monthly meeting. Our meetings start at 10:00am and last until 1:00pm, although we usually adjourn a bit early to have a Chinese buffet. Everyone is welcome to attend…if you are curious about robotics please stop by. Bring your current project, in any state of completion, for show and tell or to ask for help. Our members come from a wide range of professions and are more than willing to lend a hand.

Presentations for the December meeting:

• Email WinfieldMike if you have something to present.

Meetings are held at:

Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
Overland, MO 63114
TEL: (314) 428-5424

Join us November 17th, 2007 for our monthly meeting. Our meetings start at 10:00am and last until 1:00pm, although we usually adjourn a bit early to have a Chinese buffet. Everyone is welcome to attend…if you are curious about robotics please stop by. Bring your current project, in any state of completion, for show and tell or to ask for help. Our members come from a wide range of professions and are more than willing to lend a hand.

Presentations for the November meeting:

• It’s Winston’s birthday! Bring lots of presents, cake, etc.
• WinfieldMike will bring the powerwheels rover for a progress report.
• Winston will have updates on the group purchase of INEX kits.
• Email WinfieldMike if you have something to present.

Meetings are held at:

Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
Overland, MO 63114
TEL: (314) 428-5424