Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and happy roboting in 2010!

Merry Christmas

For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given... - Isaiah 9:6

I saw this image on one the robotic sites that I visit regularly and saw it as a Modonna and Child (Mary and the Baby Jesus). Compare the image below and let me know what you think!

Merry Christmas! Hope you find something to fun to play with under your tree.

Happy Thanksgiving

Did a little Googling and found this cool Turkey-Bot at a blog called A Bit Dotty. The drawing is used with the artist and author's permission. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Scribbler Robot Camps - Part Two

I am getting ready to do another set of Robot Camps for the Monroe City Schools. This time we will also run the camps at each of the Jr. High Schools. That will be six schools with about fifteen students at each school, plus a group of teachers.

This year I thought a maze might be fun to solove - so, I built one. Here is video of my Scribbler running the simple maze. Students will be asked to write a program to solve this particular maze. It shold be a fun excercise.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Robotics Under the Stole. Check out this cool robotic pumkin!

Name that Bot!

What in the world do all these parts make? The new Parallax Stingray. The Stingray is a Propeller powered mid-size robot. I got one of the first 50 produced. It was really fun to put together and I look forward to posting more as I get it up running. Next step - sensors. See the assembled pics below from Parallax's website.

Photo - Stingray from above and side. Note the cool omni-directional tailwheel.

The Great Robot Race

This is a video from the P.B.S. Series NOVA. The episode is called The Great Robot Race. Though I do robotics on a completely different level, this is exactly why I find robotics so much fun!