We had a very select gathering on an evening when a public meeting on earthquakes may have taken its toll on attendance. We discussed the idea of a new robotics challenge, Kelvin suggested something with an environmental impact, refinements and suggestions welcome on our email group. Our next meeting will be on Monday 15th November at 6.30pm (moved to 3rd Monday of each month). This is what we talked about, photos here .
Aiden spoke about a line following robot that he and a friend are developing. Kelvin talked about hands on sessions for electronics and radio construction sessions for young people to be held at the clubroom of the Christchurch Amateur Radio Club. More details to follow. Richard (not me) spoke about his work with large servo motors. Peter talked about life before school designing the carriages in daily use a the Gondola that follow a buried cable. Robin showed us his window opening project with windscreen wiper motor actuator, garage door torsion spring and AVR butterfly controller. Jonathon talked about reusing CD drive motors for a flying project. Paul brought along his helicopter and gave us some flying demos. Hanno brought along a leaking radio controlled submarine from Deal Extreme, his TBOT, and propscope and talked about a book soon to be launched by Parallax that sounds ideal for folks starting out in electronics. A working laser printer and optical mouse found new homes on the free stuff table. Thanks to all who came and shared. See you next time Mon 15th Nov in the Science Alive Seminar Room.
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