Vancouver Robotics Club http://vancouverroboticsclub.org Topics of interest to members of the Vancouver Robotics Club Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Behaviour-based mobile robot presentation http://vancouverroboticsclub.org/2012/02/12/behaviour-based-mobile-robot-presentation/ http://vancouverroboticsclub.org/2012/02/12/behaviour-based-mobile-robot-presentation/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:51:15 +0000 bob.cook http://vancouverroboticsclub.org/?p=94 Bob Cook gave a presentation about his project that utilizes “behaviour-based” control software:

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The event had three parts: (1) technical presentation; (2) drag race (fastest robot staying within the course wins); and (3) something akin to the DARPA urban challenge with traffic signs and lights, hills, multiple robots, and different terrain. The best were from the UBC team and the Waterloo team. Both were particularly impressive, although the Waterloo team was amazing on the drag race course.

Pictures and video after the break below, enjoy!

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Prov

 City Club Name
AB Calgary WCRS/WCRG – Western Canadian Robotics Society
BC Vancouver VRC – Vancouver Robotics Club
BC Victoria Vancouver Island Robotics
MB Winnipeg Manitoba Robot Games
MB Winnipeg WARS – Winnipeg Area Robots Society
ON Ottawa ORE – Ottawa Robotics Enthusiasts
ON Toronto ECRG – Eastern Canadian Robot Games
QC Montreal RoboMontreal

Robotics Clubs in the United States

State City Club Name
AL Huntsville TMARS – The Mid-south Area Robotics Society
AZ Phoenix PAReX – Phoenix Area Robotics eXperimenters
CA Fullerton Robotics Society of Southern California
CA Riverside Riverside Robotics Society
CA San Diego SDRS – San Diego Robotics Society
CA San Francisco RSA – Robotics Society of America
CA San Jose HomeBrew Robotics Club
CO Denver DARC – Denver Area Robotics Club
CT Hartford CRS – Connecticut Robotics Society
GA Atlanta AHRC – Atlanta Hobby Robot Club
ID Boise BoiseRobotics.com – Robotic Online Community
IL Chicago ChiBots – Chicago Area Robotics Group
IL Peoria CIRC – Central Illinois Robotics Club
IN Lafayette Greater Lafayette Lego Robotics Club
MI Ann Arbor Michigan (MI) Robotics Club
MN Minneapolis TCRG – Twin Cities Robotics Group
MO St. Louis MARS – Missouri Area Robotics Society
NC Raleigh TAR – Triangle Area Robotics
NH Nashua Nashua Robot Builders
NV Las Vegas Las Vegas Robot Club
NY Buffalo BufBotics
MA Haverhill Tech Geeks
OR Grants Pass SORC – Southern Oregon Robotics Club
OR Portland PARTS – Portland Area Robotics Society
PA Newtown Delaware Valley Robotics Club
PA Pittsburg Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club
TX Austin The Robot Group
TX Dallas DPRG – Dallas Personal Robotics Group
UT Logan USURobotics – Utah State University Robotics Club
WA Seattle SRS – Seattle Robotics Society
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Canada Drones: Your Canadian source for UAV gear! (Mississauga, ON)
CustoBots: Robot parts and kits, specializing in humanoid/walkers (Calgary, AB)
DigiKey Canada: Lots of electronics components
Dr. Robot: Wireless Robotics (Toronto, ON)
Future Electronics eStore: Lots of electronics components (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Gateway Bot Shop LEGO and Robotics – Classes, Workshops, Camps and BDAY Parties
Great Hobbies: Small Batteries (Edmonton, AB)
HVW Technologies: Canadian robotics source (Calgary, AB)
Plantraco Hobbies: Lithium Polymer Batteries and Chargers (Saskatoon, SK)
SOC Machines (North Vancouver, BC)
Solarbotics: Robotics Information and kits (Calgary, AB)
Robots in Search: Carries some Pololu stuff (Toronto, ON)
RobotShop.ca: Parts, Kits, & more (Montreal, QC)
Rouge Robotics: Small online store (Markham, ON)
R.P. Electronics: Electronics in the Lower Mainland (Burnaby, BC)
SMI Industrial Electronics (Langley, BC)
SpikenzieLabs: Arduino, parts, and more(Montreal, QC)

Other

Acroname: Parts and Kits
Active Robots (UK)
Budget Robotics: Affordable Robotics Parts
Junun.org: The Mark III Store – Inexpensive parts
Kronos Robotics: Parts, Kits, Useful Information
Lynxmotion: Good Quality robotics kits
MakingThings: Modular blocks for automation
NPC Robotics: Lots of useful stuff for larger (aka BattleBot) sized robots
Parallax: Your Basic Stamp Manufacturer
Pololu: parts, and these guys do custom laser cutting
Robot Directory: A collection of user submitted robots
Small Parts: Lots of small stuff that’s difficult to get
SparkFun: Many, many interesting electronic widgets and parts
SmartRobots: Beacon Navigation kits and Software
The Robot Store: Kits & everything robotic

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