Bufbotics Logo Club Meeting: 26-Feb-2005
Date: Saturday 26-Feb-2005
Time: 1:00-3:30 PM
Location: At the house of one of our members in Alden, NY
Attendees:
MarkKevinBrendan
GarySpencerEthan
 
Next Meeting: To Be Determined Slides: bufbotics-20050226.ppt

Door Prizes:
  • Several door prizes were awarded.
  • Most notably, special thanks go out to Mark Cz. for donating some Hawker 12v Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) batteries, typically used in telecom applications for power backup. Quite a rare find for a Robot Club.
Multimedia:
Topics:
  1. Personal Introductions
    • Eveybody introduced and told a little about his/herself.
    • Experience with robots/electronics
    • Different interests
  2. Show & Tell - Sandwich (Ethan)
    • Motherboard
    • Line Following Demo
  3. Show & Tell - Philly (Ethan)
    • Prototype Circuit
    • AVR programming
    • Printed Circuit Board
    • Body work and wheel couplers
  4. Show & Tell - Room Rover (Mark)
    • Back by popular demand, Mark brought out his room rover for a repeat performance from the last meeting.
    • He described the various sensors, behaviors, circuitry, and body work.
  5. Show & Tell - Windup Spider (Brendan)
    • Brendan brought a windup, vibrating spider robot. Although he lost one of his feet, the spider was full of activity.
  6. Solar Roller Competition Discussion
    • We discussed Mark Tilden's rules from a 2002 solar roller competition.
    • Solarbotics Kit
    • Race Track
    • Builder's Day Out for track construction
    • Competition in Summer 2005
  7. Conclusion
    • Everyone agreed that it will be effective if we all try to post flyers at some locations including high schools in the area.
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