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Name: Charles Current
Member since: 2005-07-16 02:37:29
Last Login: 2007-10-20 23:29:11

Notes: I developed an intrest in robotics in college. We had an opportunity to work with an outdated industrial robot arm. I did not start working with them as a hobby for another 10 years. I have built two robots, so far. My first was a simple wanderer with only two bump switches for input. This robot was scrapped when my youngest son was born. I have recently started working on new robotics projects now that he is a little older.

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4 Feb 2006 (updated 4 Feb 2006 at 01:41 UTC) »

My Lynxmotion kit arrived last week and I managed to find time to do the initial assembly. I programmed gates for a sudo-dynamic walk, reverse and turning in place.

My new MeLabs serial programmer works great. It could have saved me a lot of trouble if I had not waited.

My other robot will need a new set of servos and wheels. I was not as carefull while packing it for the move as I should have been. Luckily the electronics and sensors are all still working.

Don't have a lot of time to work on projects right now. I have been in classes for my EMT-Basic certification. Finals and state tests are next week!

23 Jan 2006 »

Been spending alot of time at work lately. As a result I have not finished my workbench or work on my robot much. Another problem is that some of my boxes were not treated well in the move. My robot was damaged and I have not yet repaired it. I ordered a quadrapod kit from Lynxmotion to experiment with a legged robot. My old PIC programmer is not working well with my new computer, so I have another one on order.

7 Oct 2005 »

I haven't been able to do much with my robot projects recently. I have been busy with buying a house and moving. I am looking forward to having a space to setup a decent workbench. The kitchen table was not working well anymore.

6 Sep 2005 »

I have been using my current robot as a platform for testing new ideas. I learned to program in PBP and have been working on new sensor ideas. I decided not to design a new chassis for it. The current one works well for testing.

I have been thinking about building a mini-sumo robot and ring. I think that I should by a kit and then build one from scratch. This would allow me to run test battles. Just an idea, I don't know if I will even build one.

30 Jul 2005 (updated 31 Jul 2005 at 04:16 UTC) »

Finally got around to my robot again. Found a problem with the code while tweaking the speed settings for the servo motors. I had reversed all of my left/right ports while converting to the PIC, oops. I hope to get around to the new chassis this week.
Also added ramping to the servo speed/direction changes.

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