Author Archives: Aaron Ramsey

Building a Prusa Mendel and new SumoORE PCBs

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Well, with the Ottawa robot games over and done with this year, I’ve been able to turn my attention to the 3D printer that I’ve been ordering parts for. As previously posted, this thing has been on the backburner since … Continue reading →

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CNRG/ORE Ottawa Robot Games 2011 were awesome!

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Wow!!!!! Saturday went fast! I had tons of fun. Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to the volunteers that came out today to help me along (Rob, Norm, Albert and Luc!). Thanks to everyone that came … Continue reading →

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Prusa Mendel parts starting to arrive

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

I’ve got a 3D printer build on the backburner. I picked up a set of the printed parts for a Prusa Mendel RepRap earlier this year from Paul over at MakerEngineering.com for a price that I couldn’t resist. My plan … Continue reading →

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Built a new batch of SumoORE minisumo controllers

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Building up one last batch of SumoORE minisumo controllers before the CNRG/Ottawa Robot Games on June 11th. Still need to solder on the IR detectors/transmitters, but I generally wait until I’ve got them in the chassis before doing that. I … Continue reading →

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CNC’ing SumoORE Chassis

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Took a video of the latest chassis being cut on the CNC machine.  I’ve made some small changes to the chassis to make it fit together a little more snugly, added a cutout at the front top plate to make … Continue reading →

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Building wheels for line followers

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

The LineORE line followers come with a 36mm wheels made from sintra and an o-ring. Depending on the motor gear ratio used in the particular robot, that gives up to around 80cm/s. That’s pretty peppy for the line following and … Continue reading →

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O.R.E. invades ModLab

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

A few O.R.E. members went out to the ModLab gathering which is held every 2 weeks here in Ottawa. Its always interesting to get a different perspective on things… ModLab is a mix of artists, makers and techies so it … Continue reading →

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5 SumoOREs out in the wild

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

There are 5 sumoORE robots roaming the wilds of Ottawa… Even had to part with my personal one! So tonight I sat down and built up a new one. New wheels showed up from Solarbotics so this time I went … Continue reading →

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SumoORE production underway

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

SumoORE production line is running at full capacity. ;-). Cutting chassis for these guys this afternoon and then I’ll have plenty for the time being.

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First steps with the sumoORE platform

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

Well, the sumoORE robot is coming along nicely. I’ve got all the software libraries essentially in place now so I wrote a quick little bit of code to demo a simple mini sumo. It checks the line sensors first. If … Continue reading →

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