Chibots

1:00 PM Call to order – Club business

Club business:

Index Photo: 

http://www.huv.com/Brainbot-Crawler-02.jpg

- based on a 1/5 scale rock crawler chassis, 30" long
- Novak Fifty-Five crawler motors
- 2.83 GHz Core 2 Quad onboard, running WinXP
- 2 GB RAM, 32 GB Solid State HD
- Prosilica GC650C gigabit ethernet camera
- RoboRealm
- Hokuyo UTM-30LX laser scanner
- 3-axis solid state compass
- GlobalSat BU-353 GPS
- Dynamixel AX-12 servos for steering and pan&tilt camera head
- Sabertooth 2x25 H-Bridge
- 16 Ah 11.1 volt Lithium Polymer Battery

Ever since I read Ken Maxon's article: 'A Real-time Laser Range Finding Vision System', I've wanted to experiment with a similar system. This past Sunday afternoon, I finally got around to it. I don't have any CLPD chops, so I used a regular computer. Above you can see my initial rough results. The line laser registers lower in the image field for the block than for the background. The software properly converted that lower registration to a distance of about 26.5 inches.
 

Index Photo: 

snackBot
Built from scratch using David Cook's excellent Robot Building for Beginner's book.

ChiBots Meeting Minutes – Sunday, February 14^th, 2010

  The meeting was called to order by Salvador Garcia at 1315. All of the officers were present. The meeting proceeded following the agenda previously posted on the ChiBots website. There was an excellent turnout, especially considering that this was also Valentine’s Day, and roboticists are well known for their romantic tendencies. This is the first time that a meeting has fallen on Valentine’s Day since the club started in late 2000. It will not happen again until 2016.

1:00 PM Call to order – Club business

Treasurer’s report
Reminder to pay club dues for 2010
Chibots domain name – report
Bill’s offer for an alternative gathering place for Chibots
Call for presentations
Call for people volunteering for the positions of:

• Presentation Chairman
• Public Relations Chairman
• Membership Chairman
   

Events:

The meeting was called to order by Tony Stram at 1305.  He introduced the new officers:
    President – Salvador Garcia
    Vice President – Tony Stram
    Secretary – Don Kerste
    Competition Committee Chairman – Terry Jackson
    Webmaster – Royce Pipkins (graciously agreed to serve again this year)

Saturday Morning Terry Surma had passed away.

I don't have a lot of information right now but I will post it as soon as I get it.

He was a great friend, mentor and boss. More people in the world should be like him

Kris "Modelmaker" Southerland

1. Meeting opened by President Tony Stram at 1:10
1.1. 13 members, 2 officers present
2. Round the room introductions,
3. Treasurer’s report- currently we have roughly $1000 in our PayPal account
3.1. Discussion as to transfer of PayPal rights while maintaining security of treasurer’s rights
3.2. Addition of a co-signer to maintain security of funds
3.3. Vote taken for new setup of PayPal account; passed unanimously
4. Recap of last month’s Chibotica competition
4.1. Review of photos of the event (All the photos are available on the Chibots website)
4.2. Don’s overview on iHobby