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2006
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Bilby Mark II (Part 2)
Well, our new line following robot is done. With any engineering project, you can always do more, but after tidying up the program, and tweaking values for a few hours, we came up with a reasonable configuration, able to complete out test circuit in an average of 40 seconds.
The robot is much quicker making left turns [...]
Bilby Mark II (Part 1)
Fun and games last night. Bradley Robinson (who absolutely refuses to have his photo taken) bought a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit. Brad has had it a few days before I had a chance to see it. When I first saw it it was configured as a walking bi-ped, though it more a shuffle than a [...]
Rocket Science
When you declare war on the neighbouring dorm, make sure you have a weapon of mass hydration!
At short notice today we decided to build a machine to launch water balloons at the neighbouring building. With the aid of Levi, we designed, acquired parts, and assembled in a few hours a lethal water balloon launching sling shot.
The weapon [...]