CIRC Group Outing – Peoria Riverfront Segway Tour 9/29/12
Here are some pictures and a video from CIRC’s first group outing. 5 of our members went on Segway tour at the Peoria Riverfront. Segway Tours are available through http://www.worldonwheelspeoria.com/
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Monthly Meeting Recap – 9/23/12
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Monthly Meeting Recap – 8/12/12
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2012 RoboMagellan Update
Wheel-E V2.1 competed at the 2012 Chibots SRS RoboMagellan Competition on August 4th and won 2nd place! Several updates were made since the 2011 year including replacing the Mini ITX computer with a Dell Netbook, replacing the GPS and Compass with an ArduPilot board, and upgrading from Nimh batteries to 4S LiPoly packs. A huge thanks again to SolidWorks and MaxBotix Ultrasonic Rangefinders for their continued support of this project! While Wheel-E was able to successfully complete the course once, our other 2 runs did not go as well due to compass accuracy problems and the lack of functional object detection. We’ll return next year with these problems hopefully remedied.
Recorded GPS track for Wheel-E’s 2nd place run at 2012 Chibots SRS RoboMagellan Competition
Wheel-E 2.1 Components:
- Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 netbook with Intel Atom N450 CPU and 1 GB RAM running 32-bit Windows 7 Professional
- Atmel AVR-based controller for sensor input and motor control
- Two Turnigy 4-cell 25C 14.8 V 5000 mAh Li-Po batteries in parallel for 10 AH total capacity
- Parallax HB-25 electronic speed controllers (2)
- ML-3506 Planetary Gearmotors (2)
- CUI encoders (2)
- Suspension from a Traxxas T-Maxx RC truck in differential drive configuration
- Pro-Line Road Rage Tires with Traxxas Dished Hubs (4)
- Chassis designed using SolidWorks 3D CAD design software
- Custom machined polycarbonate parts fabricated using a Probotix Comet CNC router
- Custom aluminum and plastic parts fabricated using Sherline CNC lathe and milling machine and a MakerBot Replicator 3D printer
- MicroRAX aluminum extrusions for chassis lid and netbook mount
- ArduPilot Mega 2.0 for GPS and compass
- MaxBotix ultrasonic rangefinders for obstacle detection (4)
- Cone detection using a Logitech C310 HD webcam on a Lynxmotion pan-and-tilt assembly
- Programmed using Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express and RoboRealm
- Belkin Wi-Fi for sending telemetry to base station laptop
- Spektrum 2.4 GHz RC transmitter and receiver for safety stop switch
August 4, 2012 at 8:40 am | Projects | 1 comment
Monthly Meeting Recap – 7/8/12
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Monthly Meeting Recap – 6/10/12
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Monthly Meeting Recap – 5/13/12
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New Monthly Meeting Location – Lakeview Library
Starting on May 13th all monthly club meetings will now take place at the Peoria Public Library Lakeview Branch instead of the North Branch location.
1137 W. Lake Ave.
Peoria, IL 61614
May 9, 2012 at 9:32 am | Announcements | 1 comment
2012 RoboGames
The 2012 RoboGames competition took place from April 20th to the 23rd at San Mateo, California. This event was attended by CIRC President Dan Toborowski and Vice President Curt Boirum. Curt competed in the event with his 3lb Beetleweight and 120lb Middleweight combat robots.
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Monthly Meeting Recap – 4/15/12
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