Anyone ever hear anbout the Tetsujin contest?
"Teams build powered exoskeletons to augment the strength of one human in a weight lifting competition." Sounds like fun! I can't wait until more people build these things. Then, as the natural progression of robotic projects seem to always head to, the next generation of robot combat can take place! Think 'RobotJocks'...:/
http://www.servomagazine.com/tetsujin2004/
"I have heard of sumo challenges where robots try to push each other out of a circle. Anyone know any good info on those?"
Heck yeah, its darn fun too. I'm part of a group here in Arizona that does a mini sumo contest. ( PAReX )
There are lots of places on the 'net where you can get info on the ( Google search ).
Lots more fun to watch than the R/C stuff (don't get me wrong, I like that too but its cool to see if the 'bots can do it for themselves)
I like the idea of a modular frame, you should be able to mount stuff to it quickly, but more of the Al parts are going to be a pretty penny. The SOZbots (www.sozbots.com) guys built their arena out of this stuff and I have been told that while its nice to work with the cost is quite high.
As for the OS, I'm sure that someone will figure out a way to get something other than Windows to work with it. We are, after all, smart monkeys.
Too bad about the size. If it was smaller it could be used in many robotic contests (like this one, www.parex.org)
You could do what I have done, add a window to my SE/30. Yeah, I know, your saying "eeeeAaAGH! You hacked up a Mac!", or "Why?!?!?" Well tough, I like the idea of adding a little coolness to it. I might even cram a PC in there if I can ever afford an lCD screen for it.
My SE/30 Case Mod Page.
Its far from done but what the heck, go take a look.
(forgive me if the site is slow, I'm hosted on SiteTurn and they are not the best at keeping things running smoothly. Well maybe they are, but they never answer their email. This will prob. kill a server or two.;-) )
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Anyone ever hear anbout the Tetsujin contest? "Teams build powered exoskeletons to augment the strength of one human in a weight lifting competition." Sounds like fun! I can't wait until more people build these things. Then, as the natural progression of robotic projects seem to always head to, the next generation of robot combat can take place! Think 'RobotJocks'... :/
http://www.servomagazine.com/tetsujin2004/
"I have heard of sumo challenges where robots try to push each other out of a circle. Anyone know any good info on those?"
Heck yeah, its darn fun too. I'm part of a group here in Arizona that does a mini sumo contest. ( PAReX ) There are lots of places on the 'net where you can get info on the ( Google search ). Lots more fun to watch than the R/C stuff (don't get me wrong, I like that too but its cool to see if the 'bots can do it for themselves)
I like the idea of a modular frame, you should be able to mount stuff to it quickly, but more of the Al parts are going to be a pretty penny. The SOZbots (www.sozbots.com) guys built their arena out of this stuff and I have been told that while its nice to work with the cost is quite high. As for the OS, I'm sure that someone will figure out a way to get something other than Windows to work with it. We are, after all, smart monkeys. Too bad about the size. If it was smaller it could be used in many robotic contests (like this one, www.parex.org)
You could do what I have done, add a window to my SE/30. Yeah, I know, your saying "eeeeAaAGH! You hacked up a Mac!", or "Why?!?!?" Well tough, I like the idea of adding a little coolness to it. I might even cram a PC in there if I can ever afford an lCD screen for it. My SE/30 Case Mod Page. Its far from done but what the heck, go take a look. (forgive me if the site is slow, I'm hosted on SiteTurn and they are not the best at keeping things running smoothly. Well maybe they are, but they never answer their email. This will prob. kill a server or two. ;-) )