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Re: [robotics-72] IR Beacons - sorry.. accidentally sent last message to the whole group. Robert LaMarca Dec 31, 2009 6:43 PM
Re: [robotics-72] IR Beacons - Andy, First of all, I hope you have had a good holiday season and have a Happy New Robert LaMarca Dec 31, 2009 6:29 PM
THIS GROUP IS BACK - Or at least trying to be. A few new things have fallen into place which offer space for a new optimism. These are, a new permanent meeting space, a new sponsor and some new toys. Details of Some of you have written me from time to time looki Robert LaMarca Dec 31, 2009 6:19 PM
New Meetup: FIRST MEETING of 2010 - Announcing a new Meetup for The New York Robotics! What: FIRST MEETING of 2010 When: January 6, 2010 6:30 PM Where: StudioTeka 68 Jay St. Brooklyn , NY 11201 [masked] Announcing a new Robert LaMarca Dec 31, 2009 6:17 PM
Apologies.. please disregard, delete desktop dating - Hi... thought i was simply accepting an invitation from a friend on a social network (yes, desktop dating.. no i did no think i was going to date the person.. just thought it was a regular social network thing with an annoying cute name and i wa Robert LaMarca Oct 26, 2009 1:33 PM
Moon Bot - Preview not available Christian Lombardo Aug 20, 2009 4:33 PM
Re: [robotics-72] IR Beacons - Andrew Rosenblum Jul 22, 2009 12:41 PM
Re: [robotics-72] IR Beacons - I'm reading up on IR beacons. They don't seem to be used for determining a bots location. Their mor Andrew Rosenblum Jul 20, 2009 10:14 PM
Hey - Preview not available Marcia Jul 13, 2009 2:45 AM
Meetup details changed: Mini Meetup Agenda ... planning and .. Trashy Part I - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://robotics.meetup.com/72/calendar/10679104/ When: July 7, 2009 6:45 PM Where: CYBERCAFE 2 Robert LaMarca Jul 7, 2009 7:33 AM
Classes - Dear Robot Hobbists: I have included a link whe Alex Cholakis Jun 15, 2009 12:47 PM
K-12 Students - Preview not available Alex Cholakis Jun 13, 2009 8:31 PM
[robotics-72] Lessons in taking over the world.. event at the 92nd st. Y - Not really quite our thing.. but .. Robert LaMarca Jun 10, 2009 11:44 AM
Personal Robot Open Source - Dear Robot Hobbist: I am posting this for those Alex Cholakis Jun 10, 2009 11:34 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Bugs Lab NYC - Hey guys, I'll be opening up a few more spots shortly, just please update if it turns out you can't make it -Dario http://meetup.com/nycjava On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at Dario Laverde Jun 9, 2009 12:53 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Bugs Lab NYC - Preview not available mark n Jun 9, 2009 12:43 PM
Bugs Lab NYC - Dear Robotics Hobbist: I hope you are attending Alex Cholakis Jun 9, 2009 12:41 PM
soldering class - Dear Robot Hobbist: Here is a soldering cl Alex Cholakis Jun 8, 2009 3:25 PM
arduino worksho - Dear Robot Hobbists: Here is a workshop being o Alex Cholakis Jun 8, 2009 3:22 PM
Space for building - Dear Robot Hobbist: The robot builders hav Alex Cholakis Jun 8, 2009 3:21 PM
RE: [robotics-72] Ham Radio Bazzar - Preview not available Chi Jun 5, 2009 2:07 PM
Ham Radio Bazzar - Dear Robot E Alex Cholakis Jun 5, 2009 1:25 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Seeeduino - I was getting ready to order a few arduinos for myself. I will order this one to test Robert LaMarca May 30, 2009 10:16 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Seeeduino - Wow, that's a really neat Arduino! And the price is right! I always wondered why many of those changes were never implemented on the duemillanova.. On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Andrew Rosenblum Jordan P May 27, 2009 9:49 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Seeeduino - Andrew Rosenblum May 27, 2009 9:41 PM
High School NASA - Hi: The Following is opportunities for high school students Alex Cholakis May 22, 2009 9:17 AM
Thank you - I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who came last night to the Cyber-Cafe to our 2d navigation workshop. You all made this a very enjoyable experience and I appreciate very much everyone's efforts to participate and share the experience with Robert LaMarca May 15, 2009 12:13 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - I guess a compass, gyro or accelerometer can correct the angle. Still need an encoder for the distance. The robot in the link got pretty good results with this. Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2009, a Andrew Rosenblum May 14, 2009 12:05 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - Actually, Jordan is right.. it is a good idea to get a periodic calibration.. To be hon Robert LaMarca May 14, 2009 7:27 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - I don't actually see how an IMU would work for Andrew Rosenblum May 13, 2009 9:45 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - Ok. Compass senors are fairly slow when compared to gyros, yet as I said, they offer a (slightly delayed) absolute angle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUo_VXlBI9k Helps visualize Jordan P May 12, 2009 11:10 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - I should note that using an accelerometer as an absolute measure of angle only works for the x- and y-axes, where it is able to measure the acceleration of gravity. It will not give absolute angular measurement in the z-axis, just as a compass won't do fo Xo May 12, 2009 10:49 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - This was brought up at the meet up. People thought that a compass sensor was too slow. The idea is Andrew Rosenblum May 12, 2009 10:45 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - very cool! I would suggest considering a compass sensor for any job which requires "absolute" positioning as accelerometers are incredibly prone to noise and gyros are prone to drift. using a compass sensor for slow, once in a while, absolute up Jordan P May 12, 2009 10:07 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Accelermeters and Gyros - We ordered two gyroscope and accelerometer combo boards: Andrew Rosenblum May 12, 2009 9:00 PM
Internships for High School Students - Alex has been good enough to send me a couple of links that might interest students either in our group or whose parents might be with us? NASA Robert LaMarca May 11, 2009 4:47 PM
Re: [robotics-72] stanford lectures - The Andrew Rosenblum May 7, 2009 10:13 PM
RE: [robotics-72] Artificial Intelligence - Very interested - Stuart Dambrot via Winows Mobile - From: Stuart Dambrot May 6, 2009 8:28 PM
Artificial Intelligence - Hey I was just wondering if anybody in this group has a background (or an interest for that matter) in evolutionary programming (or meta-evolutionary programming) for either robotics or just computer science in general. I'm studying Jordan P May 6, 2009 8:13 PM
New Meetup: Two Dimensional Dead Reckoning Workshop Details TBA - Announcing a new Meetup for The New York Robotics! What: Two Dimensional Dead Reckoning Workshop Details TBA When: May 14, 2009 6:30 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: We are going t Robert LaMarca May 6, 2009 8:08 PM
Meetup details changed: Robot Demo by Andrew - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://robotics.meetup.com/72/calendar/10307851/ When: May 6, 2009 6:30 PM Where: CYBERCAFE 25 Robert LaMarca Apr 30, 2009 9:55 PM
Fwd: [robotics-72]The Beautiful, Scary Robots of Shigeo Hirose - I think keanu reeves put it best when he said, 'woa!' http://i.gizmodo.com/5184211/the-beautiful-scary-robot Chen Mar 30, 2009 9:34 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Worth a look.. Discovery Channel Canada - You could cover the Trinity Robotics Competition that my team (the stuy techtonics) is entering. The actual competition is in Hartford, Connecticut, but I could give them a tour of the robot if they want. They can also cover Stuyvesant's Intel STS cl Jordan P Mar 30, 2009 1:44 PM
ne more thing.. reply to Janak at Canada discovery channel here: http://www.meetup.com/members/9236980/. - Robert Robert LaMarca Mar 30, 2009 12:05 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Worth a look.. Discovery Channel Canada - I'm interested who should we email?? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Robert LaMarca wrote: > This is definitely worth a look.. anyone? > > Hello Robert, > > I'm a researcher with the television show Daily Planet on > Andre Mar 30, 2009 12:04 PM
Worth a look.. Discovery Channel Canada - This is definitely worth a look.. anyone? Hello Robert, I'm a researcher with the television show Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada. We will be visiting the NYC area in the coming weeks and we are interested in cove Robert LaMarca Mar 30, 2009 11:44 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Plastic parts from a CAD file - You might try Canal Plastics: Andrew Rosenblum Mar 23, 2009 9:46 PM
Re: Plastic parts from a CAD file - Hey All, Thanks for all of your responses! It's great how FRC and Meetup is able to aggregate such a wonderful community. In any event, the material will be used on a robot which we plan to glue and scre together. The robot will end up being 18cm by Jordan P Mar 23, 2009 12:58 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Plastic parts from a CAD file - Not sure what specifically you're looking to do, but you may have some luck with the laser at NYC Resistor: Jeff Mar 22, 2009 10:28 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Plastic parts from a CAD file - Hi, I have absolutely no pull there, but I get parts cut by pololu (customlasercutting.com). They're very nice - if you tell them your story they might be able to help in time. I have one or two direct emails there, let me know if you want one. Duncan Werner Mar 22, 2009 10:24 PM
Plastic parts from a CAD file - Hey, As many of you know, the Stuyvesant Techtonics team is participating in the Trinity robotics competition two weekends from now in Hartford Connecticut. Everyone is welcome to come (though you will have to figure out transportation for yourself Jordan P Mar 22, 2009 10:20 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - Hi, You can call me at [masked] or drop me an email at [address removed] (I won't be checking very often during the day). If you own your own safety goggles I would recommend bringing them along. I hope to see a bunch of you over the next t Jonathan Meed Mar 6, 2009 8:55 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - On Mar 6, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Robert LaMarca wrote: > If they wanted to schedule with the stuyvesant kids for a time to > see the pit.. who can they call ? > Not sure about that, but I feel sure that there would always be someone to take them Colin Holgate Mar 6, 2009 6:45 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - Colin, If they wanted to schedule with the stuyvesant kids for a time to see the pit.. who can they call ? ----- Original Message ---- From: Colin Holgate To: [address removed] Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 5:43:28 P Robert LaMarca Mar 6, 2009 5:59 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - On Mar 6, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Mark Weinberger wrote: > id like to check it out , do you need tickets? > when is it? It's at the Javitts Center. Just walk in off the street, and follow the sound of 2000 loud kids. I think you would use the door Colin Holgate Mar 6, 2009 5:43 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - also, when is the next meet up its been a while for me? -Mark On 3/6/09, Mark Weinberger wrote: > id like to check it out , do you need tickets? > when is it? > > -Mark > > On 3/6/09, Eric Forkosh Mark Weinberger Mar 6, 2009 5:34 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - id like to check it out , do you need tickets? when is it? -Mark On 3/6/09, Eric Forkosh wrote: > I'll be there. > Anyone else? > ,Eric > narobo.com > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Robert LaMarca Mark Weinberger Mar 6, 2009 5:32 PM
Re: [robotics-72] FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - I'll be there. Anyone else? ,Eric narobo.com On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Robert LaMarca < [address removed] Eric Forkosh Mar 6, 2009 2:52 PM
FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION AT JAVITS this weekend... Get Your Pit Tour.. see Team 694, Stuyvesant High.. - As many of you know, several of our members have come from the Stuyvesant High School robotics team. Some have even helped us with our own robot building efforts. Without them, our group would have been much, much less fun. This weekend, Stuy Robert LaMarca Mar 6, 2009 9:00 AM
Our New Wiki - In planning our next series of meetups, I find that supporting documentation for our workshops is more than can be supported in a message board format such as we are using. So, I picked us up a little wiki service at Robert LaMarca Dec 10, 2008 7:32 AM
Flash meetings - Hi All, Robert mentioned that at one of the meetings one or two people were intrigued about Adobe Flash, and how it might be useful in testing robot control algorithms. Here's an example, where a robot is driven over a course based on a bezier Colin Holgate Dec 8, 2008 11:16 AM
Hoi Robert....\\\I am r really sorry I could not attend the robot meet up today - GEORGE Dec 7, 2008 8:50 PM
Robots Needed for Performance - anyone have some robots lying around.. or a desire to build a new one? Got the following from a group called Psyche Corporation who wants robots for their act. Their act is in 2.5 weeks.. so don't procrastinate if you are interested. Robert LaMarca Dec 5, 2008 1:50 PM
Meetup details changed: Programming the bot Mini Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://robotics.meetup.com/72/calendar/9152842/ When: November 19, 2008 7:00 PM Where: CYBERCAFE Robert LaMarca Nov 18, 2008 11:39 AM
Re: [robotics-72] New Meetup Arrangements: Mini Meetups for programming, big meetups for workshops - I managed to get a few servos and a Parallax Ping distance sensor working before whacking my Ard Andrew Rosenblum Nov 12, 2008 11:32 PM
New Meetup Arrangements: Mini Meetups for programming, big meetups for workshops - Hello all... First, I must apologize for being away a bit. Sometimes a person gets busy. I will try to do a bit better. So where were we? Thanks primarily to the efforts of a few experienced robot people, including, but not only Robert LaMarca Nov 10, 2008 10:39 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Free online robotics courses from Stanford - The second lecture was good, but required linear algebra. I had to do some refreshers. It would Andrew Rosenblum Oct 26, 2008 10:46 PM
Fwd: Announcement: Next Round of the TRC Project Contest - Preview not available Eric Forkosh Oct 8, 2008 9:27 AM
Fwd: 5% off for NYC Robotics at CuriousInventor.com - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scott < [address removed] > Date: Tue, Eric Forkosh Oct 7, 2008 2:05 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Free online robotics courses from Stanford - The first lecture is great. Can wait to see the next one. Thanks, Andy Andrew Rosenblum Sep 28, 2008 10:49 PM
Re: [robotics-72] New Meetup: Building a Rolling Robot - with plans! - I'll bring a digital camera too. We might consider using a wiki, so everyone in the g Andrew Rosenblum Sep 28, 2008 2:06 PM
Re: [robotics-72] New Meetup: Building a Rolling Robot - with plans! - At this meeting we will program the robot to do one or all of the following : do prerecorded movements for a certain amount of time , avoid obstacles, drive towards light, and follow objects . What I will also would like to do is doc Eric Forkosh Sep 28, 2008 9:30 AM
New Meetup: Building a Rolling Robot - with plans! - Announcing a new Meetup for The New York Robotics and Home Automation Meetup Group! What: Building a Rolling Robot - with plans! When: October 5, 2008 3:30 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Desc Robert LaMarca Sep 28, 2008 8:52 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Free online robotics courses from Stanford - Heh, i was just about to send this out.. I guess we have some diggers in this group :) i downloaded the entire "Machine Learning" course by Andrew Ng.. You can subscribe in iTunes via the iTunes Store podcast section! Jordan P Sep 18, 2008 11:28 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Free online robotics courses from Stanford - Joe, thanks so much! time to get my learnin' on Chen On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Joe < [address removed] > Chen Sep 18, 2008 10:21 PM
Free online robotics courses from Stanford - I came across this article about Stanford putting the course materials online for courses in Computer Science and Robotics. The article is here: http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/09/17/stanford-frees-cs-robotics-courses/ . There is syllabus, video le Joe Sep 18, 2008 9:57 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Robo parts1 (Google Docs) - Dan, The parts list is still missing a few items. If you want to order any of Andrew Rosenblum Sep 16, 2008 10:01 PM
robot car - http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10042320-76.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.0 Robert LaMarca Sep 16, 2008 4:55 PM
Re: [robotics-72] helicopter - Very Cool. They used one main rotor , while we can use a tricopter or quadracopter design. ,Eric On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Robert LaMarca < Eric Forkosh Sep 16, 2008 8:54 AM
helicopter - http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-helicopter-robot.html Robert LaMarca Sep 15, 2008 11:25 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Robo parts1 (Google Docs) - Nice work Dan. We can reuse the servos on that servo chassis I lent out to Robert. They have brackets and wheels already attached, plus they are already modified. As for a caster wheel in front we can just use a Eric Forkosh Sep 11, 2008 10:25 AM
Robo parts1 (Google Docs) - I've shared a document with you called "Robo parts1": http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=py7SaBGgZaj67Ip Dan Lavin Sep 11, 2008 9:34 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Workshops, how they are organized and Our First Project - Andy, Sorry to take a bit to get back to you. For each project, a ne Robert LaMarca Sep 9, 2008 10:21 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Robot engineer job opp - Hi everyone, I got a call from a recruiter about this contract job opp in Maryland for a robotics engineer.&nbsp Chen Sep 8, 2008 12:48 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Workshops, how they are organized and Our First Project - Will the organizers provide all parts and supplies? What should participants bring to the wor Andrew Rosenblum Sep 7, 2008 12:35 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Workshops, how they are organized and Our First Project - Way to go Rob! Robert LaMarca Sep 6, 2008 7:15 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Workshops, how they are organized and Our First Project - I recorded most of the first one and will be putting something up soon... -Rob On Sep 6, Rob Sep 6, 2008 7:12 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Workshops, how they are organized and Our First Project - I was wondering if it would be possible for the workshop to be recorded and put on youtube for people who can't make the workshops for various reasons and it would be great to have a record for new members joining. Chen Sep 6, 2008 2:10 PM
Workshops, how they are organized and Our First Project - We are planning to have a new workshop in the next two or three weeks, depending upon the progress of our first planned project. Our first project, organized for us by Eric, Dan and Jordan will be a basic self-driving robot that can be used as Robert LaMarca Sep 6, 2008 10:28 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - Hi Robert, Did you decide on the next meeting? Vitaly --- On Thu, 9/4/08, Robert L Vitaly Sep 5, 2008 11:10 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - Dan, In planning the next workshop.. (week or two), I was hoping to have two or three people on the phone with me tonight at around 9pm (via skype conference) to have a sort of informal planning session. I hope to make sure that we better focus fo Robert LaMarca Sep 4, 2008 7:23 AM
Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - I agree with Xo as well. Start small and keep learning. Learn how to control motors, interface sensors and communicate and learn what doesn't work as well as what does. Personally, I'd like to build something that could move accurately and repeat Dan Lavin Sep 2, 2008 9:44 PM
Re: [robotics-72] Design Our Own Parts - I don't know if we really need custom microcontroller boards, but buying in bulk is a good idea. For example, if we need to get custom parts cut at a laser cutting shop (I know a great place), we could lump several designs into one order. Anyways, Jord Xo Sep 2, 2008 6:14 PM
Design Our Own Parts - I had this idea that maybe we can design our own microcontroller boards that are suited for our application( pretty simple) and sell it to the members of our group to generate more revenue for the group. How would you guys feel if members o Eric Forkosh Sep 2, 2008 3:52 PM
Re: Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - Firefighting is extremely hard and is difficult to find a meeting place that will let us test it out in. I think sumo is the best idea and also flying robots. ,Eric On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Vla Eric Forkosh Aug 29, 2008 1:35 PM
Re: Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - I strongly agree with Xo with starting way to ahead of ourselves and like the Sumo idea. Aslo, has anyone heard of the Trinity Robotics Firefighting Contest in Hartford, CT. h Vladimir Aug 29, 2008 12:19 PM
Re: Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - OK so I kept looking through my ideas I had a year ago for flying robots. Here are the best so far: http://jlnlabs.online.fr/gfsuav/index.htm // Using the coanda effect Eric Forkosh Aug 29, 2008 12:12 PM
Re: Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - Some more stuff on tandem blade copters: http://tech-mp.com/kits.php // Kits to buy parts for the Chinook http://ww Eric Forkosh Aug 29, 2008 12:05 PM
Re: Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - Finally I know who you are GHF! :P Perhaps the group can do an improved flying robot - based on improvements you'd suggest. I like Roberts idea also. For more methods to achieve robotic flight read this thread. Eric Forkosh Aug 29, 2008 12:02 PM
Re: Re: [robotics-72] Re: List of Progression for Building our Robots - Hey Guys, Just so you know, I have not been inactive about all this. Am wo Robert LaMarca Aug 29, 2008 11:45 AM