Published at: 03:10 pm - Saturday October 16 2010
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 […]
Published at: 09:05 am - Wednesday May 05 2010
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 […]
Published at: 06:04 pm - Sunday April 25 2010
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 […]
Published at: 06:04 am - Sunday April 25 2010
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
Published at: 01:04 pm - Wednesday April 22 2009
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…