The 2015 UK Techfest was held at Birmingham City University, Millennium Point on Saturday June 27. With a huge range of contests and entries, there was plenty to keep the robot enthusiast busy all day. Here are the results for the maze-based events:
UPDATE: Unfortunately, we will not be able to arrange a group purchase after all. Sorry for any inconvenience. It may be possible to arrange a group purchase of Faulhaber motors. The exact model would be 1717T003SR with IE2-512 encoder. If enough people were interested, the price could come down to about…
Birmingham City University are set to run their fifth annual Techfest at the City Centre Campus, Millenium Point, Birmingham. On Saturday 27 June 2015, the University will be host to a celebration of technology, engineering and science. (more…)
IF you are anywhere near UCLA on Sunday, you should check out the 2015 All America Micromouse Contest. This is their 3rd event and takes place on Sunday May 10th. All are welcome. You do not have to be a student at UCLA - or anywhere else. Even if you…
Just a couple of days to Minos 2015 and I have a provisional timetable for the Saturday: 10:30 Registration and Coffee 10:40 10:50 _________________________________ 11:00 Welcome and Administrivia 11:10 David Otten 11:20 - Lessons from Jehu 11:30 _________________________________ 11:40 Bernard Grabowski 11:50 - Cel Robox 3D printer 12:00 _________________________________ 12:10…
Minos 2015 will soon be upon us. Minos will again be run with the support of Birmingham City University at Millennium Point in Birmingham on April 18th and April 19th. Minos is still the event for catching up with goings on in the world of micromouse and small robots. REGISTRATION…
Huge excitement here. Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill are publishing a third edition of their classic book "The Art of Electronics". Possibly the best electronics text book in the world, my copy of the second edition is one of my most valuable textbooks on any subject. It has something to…