Chibots Quick Info Blog

Next meeting:

Date: January 8, 2011
Time: 1 to 4 PM
Location: Schaumburg Public Library
Agenda:

2011 Election results: http://www.chibots.org/?q=node/1692

 

Sponsors!

We would like to thank our sponsors for their generous contributions!

Click on the images below to go to the sponsor's section on this page to see the products they have sponsored. Really cool stuff! Do you want to be a sponsor? Contact us and let's talk about it!

 

SRS RoboMagellan Summer 2012

Contest Date: 
Sat, 08/04/2012
Robots currently registered:
Conestoga

SRS Robo-Magellan

Contest Rules

revised 1-1-07

Object

Robo-Magellan is a robotics competition emphasizing autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance over varied, outdoor terrain. Robots have three opportunities to navigate from a starting point to an ending point and are scored on time required to complete the course with opportunities to lower the score based on contacting intermediate points.

This page is a rule set for this general contest: 

Election results

Hear ye! Hear ye!

President

Doug Williams - 7 votes

Eric Gregori - 5 votes

Vicepresident

Eric Gregori - 3 votes ***Note: Write in candidate

Doug Williams - 2 votes ***Note: Write in candidate

Secretary

DuPage Area Engineers Week 2012

02/25/2012 11:00
02/25/2012 15:30
America/Chicago

Jan 2, 2012 update: Terry mentions that IIT has offered Chibots an entire room! Let's create a mini pavilion! Keep in mind that not only robots are welcomed, so are works in progress, prototypes and other electronic and programmable devices that could be used for robotics. This expo is a learning experience for the attendees. Let's have some fun! <end update>

Chibots at a Cub Scout Pack 24 Blue & Gold Dinner

05/18/2012 18:30
05/18/2012 20:00
America/Chicago

Chibots has been invited to attend the Cub Scouts Pack 24 Blue and Gold Dinner.  While it is still a bits away I am posting this now to provide the necessary basic information. I received the following message from the committee chair:

Chibots at Cub Scouts Pack 67 meeting

02/06/2012 19:00
02/06/2012 19:30
America/Chicago

River Forest Pack 67 of the Cub Scouts has kindly invited us for a 20 minute robotics demonstration at their weekly meeting. They would like to see the robots that we make and for us to share interesting information about robotics. If possible, can we organize a mini-competition so that the Cub Scouts can a see what a competition looks like?

Chibots at the Westmore Elementary Science Night

02/03/2012 18:30
02/03/2012 20:30
America/Chicago

The Science Night at Westmore team has kindly invited Chibots to come and participate in their Science Night 2012. There will be an entire gym and hallway reserved for this event. The area will be filled with science projects stations that will provide demonstrations and hand-on activities. The following description was sent by one of the organizers:

Conestoga

Index Photo: 
Robot is designed for these contests: 

More information and some build details can be found here:
http://www.lockeconsulting.com/lockeblog/?page_id=253

3D Printer

3D printer

The 3 D printer is new class of home appliance.  The self replicating Rapid Protoype machines of the RepRap class may signal a parradigm shift in general robotics.

These machines are intended to be able to reproduce themselves.  For example, a milling machine or lathe can be used to make all the parts for a new (better) milling maching or lathe. 

Just as the first (hand made) lathe was used to produce a better lathe, a RepRap can be use to make an improved reprap.

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