Bob Cook gave a presentation about his project that utilizes “behaviour-based” control software:

I was out at UBC today watching the Robot Racing 2011 event. Had lots of fun, and was impressed with what was accomplished. There were nine or ten robots registered for the day, although not all of them ran, unfortunately.

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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Robotics Clubs in Canada

Robotics Clubs in the United States

Welcome to the new, revamped web site for the Vancouver Robotics Club. Over time, this should start to fill up with lots of useful information from our members. Thanks for visiting!

Canadian

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