Hey all! These are the standard set of meeting times for the remaining 4 weeks that we have. As the weeks progress, more may be added to complete necessary sub-systems. Remember, we have 4 weeks until ship date, but only 3 weeks until the 2 day scrimmage event at Kimberley Clark. We definitely want to be there to test our robot and see what advice we can receive/offer to others. More information about the events will be posted.
RoboJackets Host FTC State Scrimmage
For the third time RoboJackets have hosted a scrimmage event for FTC teams in Georgia.
Upcoming Events
- January 28, 2012:
- January 29, 2012:
- January 30, 2012:
- January 31, 2012:
- February 1, 2012:
- February 2, 2012:
- February 3, 2012:
- February 4, 2012:
- February 5, 2012:
- February 6, 2012:
- February 7, 2012:
January General Meeting – RIM@GT
2:06 am | By Joseph Hickey
Our general meeting for January will be January 23 at 6:30PM in MRDC 2407.
Dr. Henrik Christensen, the director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM@GT) will be our guest speaker.
If you have not yet paid dues for the spring semester, this would be a good opportunity to do so.
RIM Seminar
January 12, 2012 8:18 pm | By Joseph Hickey
Each semester the Robotics and Intelligent Machines Research Center at Georgia Tech (RIM@GT) hosts a seminar series featuring guest speakers from around the world and from varying backgrounds in robotics. Seminars are typically held at noon. Please see the RIM@GT website for more information.
Schedule:
Jan 18 – Ross Knepper, MIT
Jan 27 – Giorgio Metta, IIT
Feb 01 – Geoff Hollinger, USC
Feb 15 – Bilge Mutlu, U-Wish-Madison
Feb 29 – Sven Dickinson, Toronto
Mar 14 – Dejan Milutinovic, UCSC
Mar 28 – Manuela Veloso, CMU
Apr 11 – Jim Overholt, JGRE/Umich
BattleBots Meeting
12:11 am | By Joseph Hickey
BattleBots will be meeting Thursdays at 6:30PM and Fridays at 6:30PM for Spring 2012.
IGVC Meeting
12:03 am | By Joseph Hickey
IGVC will be meeting Tuesdays at 6:30PM and Saturdays at 1:00PM for Spring 2012.
RoboCup Meeting
January 11, 2012 11:51 pm | By Joseph Hickey
RoboCup will be meeting Wednesdays at 6:30PM and Sundays at 1:00PM for Spring 2012.
Officer and Project Manager Meeting
January 9, 2012 9:35 am | By Joseph Hickey
There will be an officer and project manager meeting on Wednesday, January 11 at 7:30 in the shop.
Meet at the Love Building at 7:25 for rides.
2012 FRC Regional Kickoff
December 20, 2011 12:30 am | By Stefan Posey
On Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 8AM in the Ferst Center on the Georgia Tech campus we will be be hosting the regional kick off for the 4th year in a row. This year 53 school and over 800 people are expected to be in attendance. Please see the notes below regarding the event.
Workshops
This year, just as last year, we will be hosting 4 separate workshops that will be running at the same time. Teams are encouraged to split their groups up among these. A brief description of each is provided below:
- Mechanical: Will focus on assembly and setup of the mechanical KoP.
- Electrical: Will target wiring and assembly of the KoP electronics motor drivers, power distribution, cRIO, etc.
- LabVIEW: A crash course in LabVIEW basics, vision, simple autonomy, and cRIO setup/configuration. Laptops will be provided during the workshop with LabVIEW so that groups may follow along. However, due to the limited number of laptops, teams are encouraged to bring their own with last years LabVIEW installed.
- Strategy Brainstorm: Teams will be given the opportunity to go over rules, discuss game play strategies, and robot design concepts.
Tools for Workshops & Other Notes
See kickoff info page linked to below. Note that the tools list is from last year and we are waiting for this years info. An update will be sent out once we get this. Additionally, no cutting of the KoP frame will be allowed and due to the high number of teams we will not be able to loan tools during the workshops.
Workshop Registration Link
- http://tinyurl.com/RJKO12
Kickoff Map
- http://g.co/maps/ccrq3
See Kickoff Page for additional details.
