[57north-discuss] Battle-bots

[Rowan Evenstar]

For price then, same as lockpicking £5, £3 for concessions ?
7.30 kickoff ?

And for the other details I can leave it at the 1 sentence till its decided
asap.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Edward Watson <mail at edwardwatson.co.uk>wrote:

> pffffft.. I can make a quick prototype this evening/Tues and come up with
> costings. Wasn't planning it becoming a 'MakeIt-Move' workshop, although it
> can be a test for it.  I only have 12 vibro motors on order but for
> testing, the rest can be pound-shop stuff and thermoplastic.  No uC is
> really needed as it's just a simple Braitenberg vehicle.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braitenberg_vehicle>
>
> Would lile to test somethings out tho -
>
> 1) I was thinking about throwing in an LDR before the motor as part of a
> voltage divider. This will allow people to control the speed of a single
> bug-bot via a £1 laser pointer (kinda nice) but moreover, allows for remote
> steering when two robots are tied together - that might make the battles
> more skillfull!
>
> 2) Using the conductive paint on ground feelers and areas on a track, we
> can have very simple line-following behaviours. an uC can be handy here,
> but you can still do it with just passive components.
>
> Anyone have any old mobile phone vibro-motors that we can test with this
> evening?
>
> Cheers,
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
> On 17 March 2014 11:55, Rowan Evenstar <zenrhe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can I get the details for the Thursday event so i can get that on social
>> media today instead of the day of.
>>
>> All I see just now is "We will learn about fighting robots and have a go
>> at simulating robot battles. Awaiting further details, check back soon." I
>> need the times and prices at least.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Tom Jones <indiestory at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds perfect. Looks like someone did volunteer to run Thursday :)
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