DPRG tours Vex’s parent company Innovation First

Today as a member of the DPRG (Dallas personal robotics group) I got to go on a tour of Vex’s parent company Innovation First’s headquarters. Awhile back we helped them with the 2010 World Championship event here in Dallas. They run a pretty impressive shop with their own prototyping machinery including the highest end 3D […]

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Balancing upright robot

So after thinking a lot about the choices for my next robot I decided against the various flying bots (though the idea of sending my chihuahua up in a mid-size quad copter with a flight suit and goggles was great!) and that I’d go with the upright humanoid style robots. Namely because I’d like something […]

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New robotics project

So I have been planning to build another robot but I’m at a stand-still to decide what I should build. Ideas I’m tossing around are: 1. A upright bot capable of real work around the house etc. Possibly a tracked robot like J5 or a wheeled bot as long as the wheel system is big […]

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Short clip from the Vex championship this weekend

It’s not much, but I didn’t have long to watch as I was busy helping out. Just to show you what it looked like… It’s a 3GP file from a cellphone. Vex Video

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HWBY and the first weegee 1.1 pics

So I finally got the tri-track chassis built and got the weegee 1.1 pcb’s back from the manufacturer. Here are a few pics to show the new board, the size differences, and the platform I’ll be using…

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