Upcoming Events
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Atmel MCU Life
November 17-18
[MCU Live] training for several different high power micro controllers perfect for robotics applications. Admission fee includes a demo board which could easily serve as the brains for a robot.
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (SCV Chapter), June'08 Meeting
Wednesday, June 4, 7pm. Adaptive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
This talk describes the application of AI planning to adaptively control an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in pursuit of greater understanding of dynamic ocean processes.
Presenter is Conor McGann, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) / Willow Garage
Location is Carnegie-Mellon West, Mountain View.
Admission is free.
Event Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras/
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (SCV Chapter), May'08 Meeting
Wednesday, May 7, 7pm. Team AnnieWAY's Autonomous System for DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 Event Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras/
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (SCV Chapter), April'08 Meeting
Wednesday, April 2, 7pm. A Hacker's Dissection of the Pleo Robot Pleo is Ugobe's robotic dinosaur designed to emulate the appearance and behavior of a week-old baby dinosaur. This talk will present a hacker's view into Pleo's innovative and intricate guts. Kyle Wiens, Founder of iFixit, is the presenter. Location is Carnegie-Mellon West, Mountain View.
Admission is free.
Event Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/ras/
Yuri's Night
Saturday, April 12, 2008, 2pm-2am. Basically Yuri's night is a celebration of humankind's first venture into space by Russian Cosmonaut "Yuri Gagarin" on April 12, 1961.
Yuri's Night http://www.camppeavy.com/articles/yuri.pdf
This will be a large scale event with numerous scientific type exhibits plus music and other entertainment. The event will be held at Moffett Field (Sofia Hanger) which makes it convenient. What we would like to do is request three or four tables to show our robots and there should be some time allocated at the main stage to do a Show-and-Tell just like we do at our monthly meetings.
If this sounds like fun and you'd like to participate send Camp Peavy an email directly so he can start to develop a list.
Maker Faire
"Combining old-fashioned crafters with forward-thinking technorati, fashionistas, and mad scientists of all stripes, the Maker Faire is a hands-on celebration of all things DIY brought to life by Make magazine." - The Onion.
Maker Faire Bay Area 2008: May 3-4, 2008, San Mateo, CA
Submissions for projects should be open in late January, check their website for more information.
RoboGames
RoboGames is the world's largest open robot competition. We invite the best minds from around the world to compete in over 70 different events. Combat robots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu. Some robots are autonomous, some are remote controlled - but they're all cool!
Robogames in San Francisco, CA Thur-Sun, June 12-15, 2008
HBRC TableBot Challenge
The 6th Annual HBRC TableBot Challenge takes place at HBRC Meetings. Remember, this is a challenge, not a competition, so you only compete against yourself!
- Phase I: June 25, 2008
- Get a robot to travel from once side of the table and back, without falling off.
- Phase II: August 27, 2008
- Find an object (of your choice) on a table and push it off.
- Phase III: October 29, 2008
- Find an object on a table and push it into a box at the edge of the table.
