Neil 9 years on ... What was the outcome of this P&P project Russell On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 at 16:29, PICdude wrote: > I've been working with a few high-school kids (who I informally refer > to as interns) for some time now doing "robotics stuff" (really > anything related to engineering, science, etc). They come over to my > office a couple times each week and design, engineer, draw, CAD, CAM, > machine, fabricate, assemble, wire, solder, code and ignite (but yes, > those are planned and supervised). > > Since late last year we've been building a multi-axis robotic workcell > that will be the basic platform for a pick-and-place machine, and for > a 3D printer. And we now have significant results to show! But the > key to this post is to show off what these kids have accomplished -- a > functioning robotic workcell. Significant kudos to them!!! > > There are some pieces that need to be made to make it a complete > pick-and-place system (like feeders and some software), and we'll be > building an extruder head later to make it a 3D printer. > > Since my time has been tight (to finish the software), the kids have > started project number two -- a UAV quad-copter. BTW, we'll happily > accept any support/assistance -- financial or components (such as > gyros, GPS modules, Rx & Tx modules, etc), or Arduino modules. We've > already ordered brushless motors and ESC's. I'll post details on our > intended control system later. > > Anyway, here is project 1... http://veisystems.com/nose/workcell.html > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .