Dan Gates, with Southern Oregon Robotics, is selling their extended Mini Sumo chassis kit for $30. This about 33% off the regular price of $45. The kit includes hardware, wheels (from Tigerbotics), and two servos. Keep in mind the servos aren't modified, but are easily hacked. The platform is ripe…
Ah, back home to North Carolina where the tea is sweet (very sweet) and the humidity makes it feel 15 degrees hotter. As promised, I'm here to provide closure to NCSU's journey to San Diego. And, no, we didn't place in the competition. We were so very close - one of the top contenders actually…
Well, it's 10:21 AM. Our first preliminary run starts at 11:00 AM. As of now, two teams have made it through the gate, and two teams haven't showed up. One team, I think the University of Florida, navigated to the acoustic pinger and surfaced. We also have another run tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM.…
It's almost 9PST and I'm standing here blogging pool (amazingly large dive tank?)-side. Our arrival time was pushed up one hour this morning to get teams here in time for some live coverage from a local San Diego TV station. ... Yeh, definitely got up at 5 AM. Mike and I walked into the command/al…
I've got a lot of audio but it's taking a long time to edit. Fingers crossed I'll have the first podcast up this afternoon. In the mean time, here's a few pictures from the first day of practice. shot of our setup Here's Seawolf being hoisted into the water for the first time. Behold the bea…
