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Photos courtesy of Jeff Sampson
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Alan Kilian brought his
Trippy robot and a motor
controller test bed.
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Jeff Sampson btought a demo
of the OpenCV image
processing libraries.
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Here the facedetect demo
found Dennis Dierks looking
at the camera.
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Bob Proctor has his stepper
motor board running. Here it
has a small motor.
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Here it has a larger motor.
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It has a position mode.
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And a speed mode.
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Ron Jesme has a new
helicopter. This one has one
more blade than his last one.
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He cut all these balsa pieces
by hand.
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It has these tiny little
motors.
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Another view of the
helicopter.
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Yet another view.
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Rob Turner brought his
RoboCities stacker robot.
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Picking up a tri-block.
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Driving to the wall.
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Extending the arm.
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Top block lined up with the
bottom block.
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Setting the block in place.
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And that's how it is done...
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Bruce Shapiro explains that
it has to be completed by
November to present it at the
Science Museum conference.
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Dean Longsyo did some magic
tricks.
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Bill Arden brought some
photos of the Art Car parade
and some big mylar resistors.
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This is a mylar resistor used
for radient floor heating.
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Bill also brought some
plastic plates he cut on his
laser cutter.
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People assembled the plastic
plates and Bruce's stepper
motors.
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They worked feverishly
because it was time to leave.
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Lots of nuts and bolts.
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A front view.
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Side view.
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Back view.
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Another front view.
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Bill also brought his Sucks
robot.
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Later at Applebee's, Bruce
expressed doubt that RobT
would get his RoboCities
woking by November. So Rob
made this sign to document it.