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Robotics in the Curriculum

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:April 2, 2008
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All fools day it may have been … but not at the Open University headquarters today in Milton Keynes. The ‘Robotics in the Curriculum’ event was attended by a variety of people from the commercial and education worlds. Looking for ways to develop the use of robotics in education, there was plenty of experience to be shared. I was there showing off micromouse and the related schools competitions to pretty well anyone who would stand still long enough to look interested…

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Rise of the Robots

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:March 24, 2008
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The National Space Centre is having a robot weekend in May this year: See robots from the TV series Robot Wars Compete in the battle arena Take part challenges to test your skills and win prizes Build and test your own robot, including the new LEGO Mindstorm Support your team…

Club meeting March 3rd

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:March 4, 2008
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Tonight was the monthly Midlands Club meeting. The club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Technology Innovation Centre in Birmingham. We have been running for a couple of years now and anyone interested in micromouse or robotics in general is welcome to come along for a chat. We had a modest turnout tonight, a good chat about (mostly) mouse related matters and a talk about VHDL from Tony Wilcox. There were a few mice to have a look at and compare notes. It was good to see Andrew Lloyd return after travels afar.

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RoboTIC 2007 results

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:November 29, 2007
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Weren’t around for roboTIC, or intrigued by the results?

These results were kindly supplied by Derek Hall.

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Robosavvy bipeds at ROBOtic’07

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:September 5, 2007
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The guys from Robosavvy forum have confirmed that they will yet again be demonstrating their bipedal wares at ROBOtic'07, and are intending to run several competitions.The bipeds were very well received at UK Micromouse 2007, and a promised demonstration of stair climbing could mean that they reach even greater heights…

Half size micromouse contest

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:August 1, 2007
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It seems that the Japanese organising committee for micromouse would like to update the rules to reduce mouse and maze to half its current size. Check out the Google-translated page: www.robomedia.org

Lego micromouse spotted

Post author:Peter Harrison
Post published:June 19, 2007
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While testing out a new (to me) video search engine, I came across a Youtube video of a micromouse built from the new Lego NXT kit. Slow, to be sure, but convincing nonetheless. Have a look:

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