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nevermind1534
03-24-2010, 11:04 PM
ChtM3SAP40A

3414

I'm not driving that one; it was his (my friend) first time driving it, and he got two balls underneath and broke the extension on the kicker off. Not our best round, but the only video I could find with my team's robot. The next competition is in Troy on Friday and Saturday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19215801@N04/sets/72157623496631089

pictures from the competition two weeks ago

d_stilgar
03-25-2010, 12:59 AM
Troy as in Troy Idaho? I live near Troy and would love to come out and see it.

nevermind1534
03-25-2010, 07:33 AM
Troy, MI

Airbozo
03-25-2010, 09:43 AM
Speaking of robotics, do you guys know about these guys?

www.willowgarage.com

d_stilgar
03-25-2010, 12:02 PM
I figured it was Michigan after looking at your profile, but I asked anyway. Good luck!

nevermind1534
03-25-2010, 03:08 PM
Speaking of robotics, do you guys know about these guys?

www.willowgarage.com

I've actually never heard of them.



I figured it was Michigan after looking at your profile, but I asked anyway. Good luck!

Thanks

Airbozo
03-25-2010, 03:18 PM
I've actually never heard of them.




Thanks

Willow Garage is a robotics startup which has some pretty massive funding right now. Check them out. The rack I was building here with 72 quad core cpu's and 1.8 tb of memory is for them to use as the AI for the autonomous robots. I got to check out their labs while installing that rack and I was amazed!

Check out their work.

nevermind1534
03-26-2010, 11:28 PM
I'll check them out

Standings
http://www2.usfirst.org/2010comp/events/OC/rankings.html
I'm team 3414; we're in 8th right now. Dean Kamen was also there today.

We also got the rookie inspiration award in Ann Arbor, but nobody was there to claim it. http://www.firstinmichigan.org/index.php?topic=ann_arbor