Robotics enthusiasts network

Time: March 26, 2009 from 7pm to 11pm
Location: The Skiff
Street: 49 Cheltenham Place
City/Town: Brighton
Website or Map: http://theskiff.org
Event Type: hardware, hack, night
Organized By: Emily Toop
Latest Activity: Nov 14
Have you never built a robot before and would like to build your first bot? Or maybe you've been building for a while and want to try a new technique or technology? Why not do so in a relaxed, friendly environment and the company of other robot builders?
This month's event will be a practical hardware hack night. Come along to the Skiff and build a robot in the company of other roboteers. You can build your bot by yourself or team up with your fellows into an awesome robot building force. Below is a list of projects that you can choose from, or alternatively you can bring your own project along for the evening. There will be some tools including screwdrivers, snips, pliers and soldering irons available for use, but it is recommended that you bring your own if you have them. The suggestions listed below have parts and tools lists associated with them so that you can ensure that you bring along all the bits you need.
You can come along and build as much or as little as you like. The only suggestion is that you try and choose something achievable in 4 hours so that you can go home with a warm, fuzzy robot related feeling in your belly.
Suggestions for projects:
Robot building with arduino tutorial
Steve has volunteered to do a tutorial with a simple, RC arduino robot with simple sensors that can be expanded upon in future. Futher details about the bot you will be building if you choose to do this tutorial can be found here. If you are interested in doing this tutorial, please contact Steve via the site, or email robotbrighton@googlemail.com. Parts will cost about £30. He will need to know in advance how many are interested in the tutorial to determine how much kit to buy.
Coat Hanger Walker
A simple, single motor walking BEAM robot. Ideal for absolute beginners and the parts will cost about £30
Instructions are here and you can find the parts in a kit here
Mousey the Junkbot
A light seeking wheeled robot made out of an old computer mouse. This is for slightly more experienced beginners and the kit costs about £20
Instructions are here and parts can be found here
DiscRover
Reprogrammable, micro-controller controlled wheeled bot made out of old CD's and is for experienced beginners.
You can find instructions in the online version of Absolute Beginners Guide to Building Robots here. The DiscRover is detailed in Chapter 9 - Project 3: Building a DiscRover
Solar Speeder
Solar powered wheeled robot.
Parts can and instructions can be bought here and will cost about £25.
Photopopper Photovore
A solar-powered, light-seeking, obstacle-avoiding robot.
Parts and instructions are available here and cost about £40.
Extras
You can find other Kits, Parts and Books for various robot projects at Total Robots.
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