Category Archives: Robot

Videos from the CNRG/Ottawa Robot Games 2011

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

I finally finished uploading all the CNRG/ORE Robot Games videos to Youtube! Time Lapse of the entire event: MiniSumo Line Racing Part 1 Line Racing Part 1 Line Following Levels 1 and 2 Line Following Level 3 Line Following Level … 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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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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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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Robot Army

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

My sumo army is slowly growing… I ran out of wheels so one of them is still in pieces. Poor little robot…. it just wants to fight! I’ll have these at the O.R.E. meeting tonight (May 9, 2011) for any … 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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Sumo software libraries available

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Aaron Ramsey

The first cut of the SumoORE software libraries and demo code is now available for download from the O.R.E. wiki webpages here: http://wiki.ottawarobotics.org/index.php?title=SumoORE_Software The major functions and features of the software library is detailed there also, as well as a … Continue reading →

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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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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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