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books

By myblack60impala

May 8, 2012
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Hey guys,

I've got a bunch of books in pdf format.

If you want a copy of them to read/learn send me an email via the "contact" tab on my profile and I'll forward them to you via about 5 emails. (due to file sizes)

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Zero Robotics, Spheres Robotics Competition

By myblack60impala

December 30, 2011
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Zero Robotics is a student competition that takes "arena robotics" to new heights, literally. The robots are miniature satellites called SPHERES and the final competition of every tournament is aboard the International Space Station.

http://www.zerorobotics.org/web/zero-robotics/home-public

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Unfinished Projects

By myblack60impala

November 14, 2011
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I was looking through the Robots section on this website. I noticed a lot of posts (mostly old) of never started robot projects. These have pictures of parts, or hand drawn concept pictures, etc but the finished product never got completed for whatever reason.

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Robot – work in progress

Project Boesumo

Mini Sumo
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Years ago I bought a Boebot to see what they were all about. While its a good "newb" robot, it wasn't what i was looking for. So I got the idea to make it into a … Read more
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Robot – work in progress

Stopbot - this was my first robot project


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This was my first robot I ever built. It was CNC cut from an old stop sign by a friend. It was very simple with only a Atmel Mega8, a 293 motorcontroller, and a … Read more
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Tip/walkthrough

How to make motorcontrollers/pcb's survive abuse

make motorcontrollers/pcb's survive abuse
 
Did you know you can solder solid core wire on motorcontrollers and pcb's to make them survive abuse in extreme conditions. Think about it, pcb traces are thin and … Read more
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Just messing with Read Please 2000

By myblack60impala

August 12, 2011
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Today I was messing with Read Please 2000

Its a cool program if you want your computer to be able to talk (and sound like Stephen Hawking)

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Robot – work in progress

This is my new robot named "FDR" (Futurama Drum Robot)

Navigates around and plays a random drum beat.
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    3/27/10 I soldered up an 8 watt amplifier kit from kitsrus.com (picture below) to add onto the robot. I will be using PWM into the amp from an extra micro pin … Read more
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