Monthly Archives: April 2011

CNRG/ORE Robot games website is live!

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

The Ottawa Robotics Enthusiast (O.R.E) group will be hosting a Canadian National Robot Games Regional competition on June 11th, 2011, in the Arts Court “Library”. The competition will be held at Arts Court, starting at 10am until 4pm. The event … Continue reading →

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Back to the SumoORE chassis

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Made some updates to the SumoORE chassis today. I moved the front blade out flush at the front, shaved a bit off the back, cut some openings at the back for the rear IR. Instead of black like the first … Continue reading →

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Working on sumoORE pcbs

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Received the sumoORE pcbs from Seeedstudio finally so I’m working on building up a test platform with PCB and base. Assembly of the pcbs went pretty good. Lots of wide open space on these guys. Schematics and details can be … Continue reading →

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2011 Firefighting competition at Trinity College

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Me and a couple of other O.R.E. members spent the weekend in Hartford, Connecticut at the Trinity Firefighting Competition. It was my 8th year attending. Wow, time flies. As always, it was a blast. There is some sort of geek … Continue reading →

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Line Maze Solver

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Playing with turning my line follower into a maze solver for the robot games in Ottawa. Took a little video of it running a maze. Its all pretty basic right now… just following the ‘left wall’ algorithm… takes every left … Continue reading →

Posted in Line Following, LineORE, Maze Solving, Robot | 3 Comments