December 2, 2008 2:20 pm | By Stefan Posey
The RoboJackets will be hosting the 2009 Georgia FIRST Regional Kickoff. This year the event will be held in the Ferst Center at Georgia Tech. Following kickoff there will be workshops geared toward getting teams up and running with the new control system and kitbot. The workshops will be split in to two legs one for the kitbot assembly and one for control system assembly. To find out more about the workshops and signup for them click here.
Agenda
- 8:30 – Teams Arrive
- 9:30 – Speakers & Announcements
- 10:00 – Broadcast
- 12:00 – Field Viewing & Kit of Parts Handout
- 01:00 – Workshops Begin
- 05:00 – Workshops End
Event Map
- Google Maps Link (note road closing and parking)
1:57 pm | By Stefan Posey
There will be another controls workshop at Georgia Tech. It will be on Sunday, December 14th. This will focus on getting the hardware up and running. As a result it will be geared to teams who are receiving the control system early. The workshop will be in Van Leer W200 (the same location as last time). Sign up can be found here. More details to follow.
Location & Parking
– Location – Van Leer (Bldg. 85) Rm. W200
– Parking – Lot W21 (campus parking map)
Rough Agenda
– 1:45 Teams Arrive
– 2:00 Workshop Starts
– 6:00 Workshop Ends
1:44 pm | By Stefan Posey
On December 13th the beta testing group will be holding a workshop at Clemson. Sign up can be found here.
Agenda
– 8:00: Setup/Check-in:
– 9:00: LabVIEW (Teleoperation & Autonomous)
– 12:00: Lunch On your Own
– 1:00: Groups (Wireing, Installing, C/C++, LabVIEW)
Location
- Holtzendorff Hall B-03 (map)
November 30, 2008 6:14 pm | By Stefan Posey
This years lecture on innovation will be Dr. Jim West of Johns Hopkins University. It will be on noise in medical environments and microphones. Lunch will be provided afterward in the Galleries of the Ferst Center. The talk begins at 11am on December 2nd in the Ferst Center.
November 12, 2008 10:49 pm | By Andy Bardagjy
This past Saturday, marked the completion of our 2008 Technology Enrichment Sessions. The RoboJackets would like to congratulate the the winning teams.
- 1st – Tech High (64 Points)
- 2nd – Riverwood High School (43 Points)
- 3rd – Mays High School (41 Points)
We would also like to thank our event sponsors MSC, Yahoo! and Cisco and TE Sessions sponsors Caterpillar, National Instruments, Rockwell Automation, the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the College of Computing. Finally, the RoboJackets would like to thank the teachers, the students and parents for allowing this event, and the sessions themselves to be such a success! See you next year!
November 4, 2008 12:27 am | By Stefan Posey
At our next general meeting (Thursday, November, 6 @ 7pm in Van Leer W200) Norman Ahmad from JPL will be giving a presentation about his work at JPL including the up coming MSL (Mars Science Lander). Below is a short bio of the speaker.
Norman Ahmad received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee State University in 2004. He spent 3 summers interning at JPL prior to being hired on as a Robotics Hardware Engineer in 2005. During his 3 years at JPL he has worked on the MER mobility platform, ATHLETE Vehicle, MSL Electronics Ground Support Equipment, and MSL Drill Ground Support Equipment.
Norman became interested in Robotics as a young boy in grade school. He loved watching cartoons like Transformers and Voltron which depicted robots doing various cool things! Every since then Norman has always wanted to be a part of the robotics world. Currently he is working on the Mars Science Laboratory – MSL project which is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2009.
October 31, 2008 6:59 pm | By Stefan Posey
The RoboJackets will be hosting a single day workshop on Saturday, November 15th in the Van Leer Auditorium (Bldg. No 85). Registration is now open. To register have your team fill out the form located here. Stay tuned for more updates.
Schedule
- 8:30 am Check-in
- 9:00 am LabVIEW/System Overview
- 10:30 am C/C++
- 11:30 am Hardware review
- 12:00 pm Questions
- 1:00 pm Teams Leave
Parking
Parking will be in W21. (Parking Map)
6:46 pm | By Stefan Posey
The TE Competition will be held on November 8th in the MARC Atrium starting at 10am. More info about rules and directions can be found here.
