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Ship Ins - Open challenge - Streaming video
- 04-13-2006
Randy M. Dumse posted on April 13, 2006, 9:01 pm
Thursday 9AM to 11AM, 4/27/06, we will again be streaming video from my
UNI Physics "Introduction to Robotics" course. My students are building
MarkIII Mini-Sumos, and this will be their second and final class
contest. Following, we will have an open competition for "Ship-Ins" for
up to 10 competitors who pay a token fee, and my students. "Ship-Ins"
will be able to watch the competition live by web cast.
We'd love to show the students a good sampling of Mini-Sumo's from
around the country. So please consider shipping your Mini-Sumo in to
compete!
If you don't want to "Ship In" and compete, at least come watch with us!
Dr. Olson, my co-instructor, and I will be on site (last time I was
remote from Dallas). Dr. Olson will be in charge of running the event.
Look on http://www.uni.edu/livemedia for a link, then go there.
Class starts at 8:30AM. The competition will probably start about 9 to
9:30AM as I figure it will take us that long just to get the new video
connections straightened out.
I really hope this touches off "a classic" of sorts, where the sport of
Mini-Sumo catches on at universities. You've got to start somewhere, and
UNI has taken the leadership here, and is providing the best of
streaming video equipment and coverage, so this is rather a special
opportunity for the robotics community.
Following are the stipulations for entries from Dr. C Chancey,
Department Head, Physics at UNI.
Randy
1. The UNI Mini-Sumo Robotics Challenge will accept a maximum of 10
robots from outside UNI for the April 27 event. Those wishing to enter
should e-mail me personally (c.chancey@uni.edu). I will validate their
entry within 24 hours, or let them know that the challengers have
already been selected. Those selected will receive shipping information.
2. There will be a $20 entry fee. Checks or money orders should be made
out to "UNI Physics Department" and included in the submission.
3. The UNI Physics Dept. will return-mail each of the 10 challenger
robots to their owners using the packing materials that the robots
arrived with, where possible. The Department will make a good faith
effort to return all robots in operating condition but we cannot
guarantee this. We will use proper carriers (US Postal Service, Fedex,
or similar) but that is the extent of our promise. Challengers must
accept the normal risks of shipping sensitive equipment.
--
Randy M. Dumse
www.newmicros.com
Caution: Objects in mirror are more confused than they appear.
UNI Physics "Introduction to Robotics" course. My students are building
MarkIII Mini-Sumos, and this will be their second and final class
contest. Following, we will have an open competition for "Ship-Ins" for
up to 10 competitors who pay a token fee, and my students. "Ship-Ins"
will be able to watch the competition live by web cast.
We'd love to show the students a good sampling of Mini-Sumo's from
around the country. So please consider shipping your Mini-Sumo in to
compete!
If you don't want to "Ship In" and compete, at least come watch with us!
Dr. Olson, my co-instructor, and I will be on site (last time I was
remote from Dallas). Dr. Olson will be in charge of running the event.
Look on http://www.uni.edu/livemedia for a link, then go there.
Class starts at 8:30AM. The competition will probably start about 9 to
9:30AM as I figure it will take us that long just to get the new video
connections straightened out.
I really hope this touches off "a classic" of sorts, where the sport of
Mini-Sumo catches on at universities. You've got to start somewhere, and
UNI has taken the leadership here, and is providing the best of
streaming video equipment and coverage, so this is rather a special
opportunity for the robotics community.
Following are the stipulations for entries from Dr. C Chancey,
Department Head, Physics at UNI.
Randy
1. The UNI Mini-Sumo Robotics Challenge will accept a maximum of 10
robots from outside UNI for the April 27 event. Those wishing to enter
should e-mail me personally (c.chancey@uni.edu). I will validate their
entry within 24 hours, or let them know that the challengers have
already been selected. Those selected will receive shipping information.
2. There will be a $20 entry fee. Checks or money orders should be made
out to "UNI Physics Department" and included in the submission.
3. The UNI Physics Dept. will return-mail each of the 10 challenger
robots to their owners using the packing materials that the robots
arrived with, where possible. The Department will make a good faith
effort to return all robots in operating condition but we cannot
guarantee this. We will use proper carriers (US Postal Service, Fedex,
or similar) but that is the extent of our promise. Challengers must
accept the normal risks of shipping sensitive equipment.
--
Randy M. Dumse
www.newmicros.com
Caution: Objects in mirror are more confused than they appear.
Alex Gibson posted on
Re: Ship Ins - Open challenge - Streaming video
Are using the standard markIII controller or your
plug an arm or plug a pod ?
http://www.newmicros.com/store/product_details/MSA.html
When are you guys going to have those controller boards for the mini sumos
available for sale ?
I'm still interested in getting a couple
(though when I'll get the time to play with them is another matter)
Alex
alxx at alxx dot net
Re: Ship Ins - Open challenge - Streaming video
Hey Alex, sorry I was in town for a few days, and my mail posting
ability doesn't work from there.
Yes, and no. Yes, the picture is of the version we had originally made.
No, the class is using the version I personally re-laid-out to be better
for class use. You can look at mechanicals, silkscreen and the schematic
at
http://www.newmicros.com/store/product_schematics_pdf/MSA_SCH.pdf
Yes, this MSA hosts one of our PlugaPod(TM)s. We'll probably make
another version to host our PlugArm(TM)s. But with all the motion
control, PWM, and timing capability of the DSP, it's probably the better
processor for the task.
Also cool, we've made a Sparkfun Bluetooth SMiRF modem adapter.
Even cooler, we're almost done with a PlugaPod(TM) to XBEE adapter.
We wanted to be sure everything worked. Now that we're done with the
bulk of the class (final contest next week) we feel the board is ready
for production. So just a few weeks from our first order then, I'd say.
Hey, that would be great. Let us know if you want to formalize an order.
--
Randy M. Dumse
www.newmicros.com
Caution: Objects in mirror are more confused than they appear.
Re: Ship Ins - Open challenge - Streaming video
Hey Alex, sorry I was in town for a few days, and my mail posting
ability doesn't work from in there.
Yes, and no. Yes, the picture is of the version we had originally made.
No, the class is using the version I personally re-laid-out to be better
for class use. You can look at mechanicals, silkscreen and the schematic
at
http://www.newmicros.com/store/product_schematics_pdf/MSA_SCH.pdf
Yes, this MSA hosts one of our PlugaPod(TM)s. We'll probably make
another version to host our PlugArm(TM)s. But with all the motion
control, PWM, and timing capability of the DSP, it's probably the better
processor for the task.
Also cool, we've made a Sparkfun Bluetooth SMiRF modem adapter.
Even cooler, we're almost done with a PlugaPod(TM) to XBEE adapter.
We wanted to be sure everything worked. Now that we're done with the
bulk of the class (final contest next week) we feel the board is ready
for production. So just a few weeks from our first order then, I'd say.
We might have PCB's to build one or two right off.
Hey, that would be great. Let us know if you want to formalize an order.
Finally, for everybody, we've had one "Ship In" arrive already. If
anybody else wants to "Ship In" and give my college students a go for
Mini Sumo, bring it on! We've only got a week to the contest.
--
Randy M. Dumse
www.newmicros.com
Caution: Objects in mirror are more confused than they appear.
Re: Open challenge - Streaming video - This little robot went to town
Look on http://www.uni.edu/livemedia for a link, then click, Mini-sumo
Robot Competition April 27 9:00am Central Time.
UNI has taken the leadership here, and is providing the best of
streaming video equipment and coverage, and a beautiful room, with
local media coverage as well, so this is rather a special opportunity
for the robotics community.
I will be emcee-ing this event, along with my co-instructor Dr. Dale
Olson who will be keeping the "score board"..
We have one Ship-In. Great credit to Dan Derrick who sent his robot
from Indiana to compete with the new students robots. He will have a
place in history as one of the very first to "Ship-In" or officially
enter his robot from long distance. We will run two sessions, one with
the students only, and then another "Open" where Dan, who has won at
the national level in his region, tries to teach the new kids "how it's
done." I don't have an entry, per sa, but I have to say, this new crop
of
We thank Dan for being the first to try this new method of enter. Come
see who teaches who "how it's done" because to me, it is not at all
obvious who'll win this competition. TThis is a live web broadcast. A
month ago we ran the trial version of this, we have well over 100
web-visitors, from over a dozen countries, so this really could be
considered a contest with international attention. Please join us this
morning, by logging in and checking us out.
--
Randy M. Dumse
www.newmicros.com
Caution: Objects in mirror are more confused than they appear
Re: Open challenge - Streaming video - This little robot went to town
Hi group, I'm back from teaching at UNI. Fun contest. They've added the
video feed to their media server, so if anyone wants to see the video in
the future, you can stream it from
http://mm1.uni.edu:8080/ramgen/1/physics/robot_e.rm
and besides getting a nice teaching award for putting on the class, I
(we) also got some recognition from the local paper. (Front page,
photos, lead article!)
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2006/04/28/news/metro/doc44523829a5ba8482631048.txt
--
Randy M. Dumse
www.newmicros.com
Caution: Objects in mirror are more confused than they appear.
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