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 Update:12/05/07  

 

In the Heart of Silicon Valley

About the Club                              

Meeting Location:
Carnegie Mellon West
Building 23
Moffett Field
Mt. View, CA

Exit off Hwy 101 at Moffett Blvd and follow Directions to Bldg. 23.

A  Driver's License is all that is needed to get through the Gate.

Meeting Times:
General Mtg. 7:00 PM
Presentation 7:30 PM
SIG Mtg. 7:00 PM

The HomeBrew Robotics Club (HBRC) is hosted by Carnegie Mellon University at their West Coast Campus located on Moffett Field in Mountain View, CA in the heart of Silicon Valley.  The club was formed to bring together all who are  interested in the field of robots.  If you are building or planning to build a robot or just have an interest in the subject of robotics, then this is the club for you.  

Our membership is vocationally diverse; it includes engineers, scientists, businessmen, students from elementary school to college, teachers and college professors to name a few, all of whom share a common interest .... the subject of robotics.  Join us at the Carnegie Mellon West Coast Campus.   And the good news? .... NO DUES!

Meeting Schedules

  GENERAL MEETING:  

  • Jan 30th (7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.)
    * Presentation begins at 7:30 P.M.
      
    "Practical Controls for Robot Geeks"
       
    by Ted Larson
     

    * Announcements and  Random Access 

  SIG MEETING:

  • Jan 23rd Meeting (7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.)
    Construction, Software & Design Problem Solving Workshop  
               

  FUTURE MEETINGS:

Robotics Papers of Interest

   NASA Papers on AI 
   by Dave Wyland

    Fuzzy Logic Solutions in Robotics 
    by Ed Katz

Local Robotics Events for 2008

  • TBD

5th Annual HBRC Challenge Info:

   Date       Phase         TableBot Challenge Official Rules
06/25/08   Phase 1 : Robot must traverse the length of the table and return
08/27/08   Phase 2 : Robot locates and pushes a block off the table
10/29/08   Phase 3 : Robot locates and pushes block into box at end of table
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This is not a contest .... it is a "Challenge." You compete only with yourself
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Contacts

  • President - Wayne Gramlich (wayne@gramlich.net)
  • Secretary - Bill Benson (bill@mbbenson.net)
  • Programs - Rose Mills (rmills@gmail.com)
  • Facilities Host - Ed Katz, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon West (Ed.Katz @west.cmu.edu) 
  • "HBRC Challenge" Coordinator - Camp Peavy (camp@camppeavy.com)   

 

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