Purpose: For Members to Share Links to Web Pages They Consider Interesting ol
The Web Site (URL) for several hobby stores around the Wash., DC region is:
http://www.hobbyworks.com
The Web Site (URL) for another source of hobby parts is:
http://hobbytron.com
One member, Kenny, brought hardcopy of this web page to one of our
recent meetings
http://www.wowwee.com/robosapien/more.html
(He also brought along an actual RoboSapien robot toy to one of our
recent meetings)
Here is the URL of a mailorder robot kit:
http://www.kitsusa.net/phpstore/index.php?action=item&id=513
(contributed by another member, NG)
URL for another robot kit, in the $300 price range:
http://www.evolution.com/er1
This device requires a laptop computer (not included) as the
on-board computer controlling the robot and running its vision system
(contributed by another member, Kirby)
At the meeting on 10/21/04, our guest speaker, John Mahoney, a Math
teacher at Banneker High School, Wash., DC, brought along a 'Calculator Robot'
to show us. This device uses a TI Graphing Calculator (not included) as the
on-board computer controlling the robot's travel.
He also provided this URL, for a kit for a Calculator Robot:
http://www.smallrobot.com
At the meeting on 9/16/04, our guest speaker, John Murdock, President of MITC (The Maryland Information Technology Center, Inc.), talked about "FIRST" Robotics Competitions. FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology".
The web site describing this program is:
http://www.usfirst.org
MITC is also known as the Mid-Atlantic Innovative Technology Center. Their
web site is:
http://www.mitc.org/FIRST
Or, the URL of their home page is:
http://www.mitc.org
The microcomputer chip used in the LEGO Mindstorm RCX "brick" is the
Hitachi H8/3292 microcomputer. One URL for RCX Internals and for Basic Specs
for the Hitachi H8/3292 is:
http://www.seanwatson.com/legos/rcx_internals.html
As a final example, one member of the group, who will remain nameless (it's not, thought this strange story would be of general interest:
British Robot Digests Flies for Energy
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10712762%255E13762,00.html
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996366
http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=7513
http://www.ias.uwe.ac.uk/
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2004-OCT-20 (20X04)